No, we are not taking a drug-use survey. The Book of Acts is an ACTion and Adventure thriller. It stars “big name” ACTors like Peter and Paul, with a supporting cast of thousands of lesser known spiritual luminaries. Many people do not know that during the course of his spectacular ministry, the great Apostle Paul once got stoned. Check it …
Let’s Party!
“Mirth” is not a word we hear much these days. Do you like to “make mirth”? Hint: It involves laughter. That’s what happened among the Israelites who had returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon when Ezra and Nehemiah explained the Hebrew Scriptures to them and showed them how they could avoid such affliction in the future. Join us for …
How Do You Know You Love Chocolate?
Because you decided to TRY IT! Likewise, how can you know whether or not you love The One True God, the Creator of the universe, unless you choose to come to His Word and see for yourself how much HE LOVES YOU and what He desires to do for you? Psalm 34:8 encourages us to, “Taste and see that the …
Get Naked Before The Lord
In the Church Epistles, the ”Lord” always refers to Jesus. What the Lord Jesus desires is that you be his friend, to the degree that he can teach you how to be like him. Intimacy with Jesus Christ is the key to a successful spiritual life. To achieve that kind of sweet relationship, we must choose to look to his …
Is My Christianity Contagious?
Back in the 1990s I amassed a collection of NO FEAR brand T-shirts. Here are some of the sayings on them: You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Life is a contact sport. You’ll never steal second with your foot on first. If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space. Nothing is more …
The Greatest Cause of Both Unity and Division
Happy New Year! Fasten your seat belt, here comes 2017! Actually, your seat belt has already been fastened—permanently—by the Lord Jesus Christ, who has seated you in the heavenlies, figuratively speaking, and sealed you in his salvation, thus guaranteeing you safe travel from here to eternity. Meanwhile, we still have a calendar, and it seems that this particular new year …
Department Store Evangelism and The Joy of Giving
Picture this scene: Christmas shoppers who are forced to pause for breath amidst the frenzied consumer melee in a department store actually listen to the words of a Christmas carol playing in the background while they are slumped over a lingerie display case. What might they hear? “Come, desire of nations, come. Fix in us they humble home. Rise, the …
Political Correctness
This November 8, we here in the USA will hold a national election, with the Presidential race being perhaps the most polarized, most vitriolic, and most sensational ever. As Christians, we should base our political ideas and involvement upon what the Word of God says. After all, civil government was His idea. Actually, I think He intended it to be …
Jesus Christ Diameter of the Ages
Thank you for praying for Franco Bottley and me as we push toward completing our new video presentation, Jesus Christ: The Diameter of the Ages, which we hope to release sometime in November. We think you will love it! I can tell you that the Devil has worked overtime to stop this project from coming into fruition. I wonder why. …
The God Who Risks
When I survey the landscape of “Christendom,” particularly in regard to what is by farthe most prevalent and practically debilitating error diluting the faith of most Christians by confusing their understanding of God, I wonder if the word should perhaps be spelled “Christen-dumb.” That would more aptly describe the egregious biblical and intellectual contradictions that otherwise intelligent believers are willing …