Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #3 — The Children of Israel
In the first 2 installments in this series, we have explored the origins of poverty, several biblical patriarchs and their …
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Never Surrender!
I do not know the name of the author of the following article, but from his words, he is both …
The Fundamentalists Strike Back
Today, an article entitled “Christian, You Are Upset About The Wrong Things” was brought to my attention on Facebook by …
They Speak With Other Tongues #8 — Slain in the Spirit?
Along with tongues and divine healing, the charismatic phenomenon of being “slain in the Spirit” completes the triad of the …
Ask & You Shall Receive #13 —The Blood of Jesus
In my opening article in this series, I addressed in passing the essential truth that none of us is worthy to …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #2 — The Book of Proverbs
In the first article of this series, we examined God’s original intentions for mankind concerning wealth as well as the …
Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #1 — Eden & The Hebrew Patriarchs
One of the most controversial doctrines that has been taught over the last 30 years or so is that of …
Of Blind Men & Elephants
A recent trend I’ve seen which greatly disturbs me — even angers me, at times — is a tendency for …
By His Stripes We’re Healed #6: Divine Euthanasia?
There is a term I learned from a former pastor who used it whenever he was discussing phrases or statements …
A Requiem for George: A Tragic Cautionary Tale of Addiction — Part 1
My step-brother George passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. He was born just short of being exactly 3-years-to-the-day older …
Calvinism vs. Arminianism
Historically, one of the most destructive and divisive controversies within Protestantism has been between the followers of reformer John Calvin, …
They Speak With Other Tongues #7: The Rest of the Gifts
Back in the fourth article in this series, I presented the 9 gifts of the Spirit as listed in 1 Corinthians 12. …
Ask & You Shall Receive #12 — The Beauty of Worship
In a previous article entitled Know Your Weapons, I mentioned that God has used animals to teach me things on …
The Warrior Ethos
We’ve all heard sermons referring to the Body of Christ as “the Army of the Lord.” Many of us have …
Ask & You Shall Receive #11 — The Whole Armor of God
I cannot even begin to count the number of sermons, books, and other teachings I’ve encountered on this topic over …
Ask & You Shall Receive #10 — Thanksgiving in Prayer
One of the concepts that is linked to prayer in the NT on more than one occasion is the giving …
Ask & You Shall Receive #9 — Unpacking the Lord’s Prayer
Show me any inter-denominational meeting of church folk and somewhere along the line, one of the leaders will have the …
Ask & You Shall Receive #8 — Talking to Mountains?
When I taught on prayer awhile back and stated that there are models taught in the Bible on how to …
Christian No-Nos
I’m taking a second break away from my Ask & You Shall Receive series to write something that God has …
Milestones
Today I celebrated my 60th birthday along with my brother-from-another-mother/brother-in-Christ, Pete Parise and his wife Deb, as well as my …
