There is a heavy wind of doctrine blowing in these days that needs to be addressed by all believers. Paul warned us of such winds and wrote that it is possible to reach a point in growth where we are no longer “. . . tossed here and there by…

We Christians, like all people, are creatures of habit that often conduct ourselves according to traditions that have been passed down to us through the years. Most traditions are harmless but when one replaces God’s word it can be a serious problem. Jesus was once confronted by the Pharisees and…

Compared to the believers in the early church and other periods of history we Christians in America are spoiled. The advancing of the economy of our nation until recently has had us believing that as a blessed nation we can have just about anything we want whenever we want it…

Legalism is the idea that we can do something in our own effort without the need of God. It is a very dangerous trap to fall into. It moves you away from the grace of God and His redemptive work into the lie that you can secure salvation by your…

In this message I’m going to share a truth that is difficult to believe. I say that because it is one of those scriptural certainties that challenges many of the things we are accepting in modern church life. In applying this truth to our lives I may step on some…

This is a brief message I wrote in the church bulletin in 1986 just months before we walked away from official ministry. It will help you understand what God has been doing these many years in our lives and why we speak and write as we do. The word “Gethsemane”…

The Bible speaks of a time at the end of the age when a great apostasy will take place. The apostle warned us with these words: Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is…

Truth is elusive to the fallen human mind because we tend to define what is true according to our way of thinking. Our minds are muddled and self-centered so in our confused state we decide what is true overlooking the fact that our messed up mind is not capable of…

My last message was on the power of God expressed through the gifts of the Spirit provided to the body of Christ for ministry. There is something even more powerful than these gifts. Paul explains here: For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family…