Photo by Emily Morter on Unsplash There’s a great need to teach apologetics in the church today. It’s one of the reasons people are afraid of questions when they share their faith with others. They may feel unable to answer them. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Apologetics…
So often in our lives, we lose things by not doing anything. In relationships, not moving ahead rarely means you’re standing still. So does this principle of needing to move forward in our relationships apply to our relationship with God? When we don’t know God better or love Him more…
Photo by Arthur Savary on Unsplash For some people, it’s a controversial issue. But as a Pentecostal, I believe one of the keys to sharing your faith with power is to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. In Acts 2:1-4, the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples in a special…
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Throughout the checkered past of human history, racism has been a strong force for creating distinctions and false ideas which lead to grave consequences. Someone might ask why in the world I am writing an article concerning this outmoded idea which we have evolved…
Photo by Luca Baggio on Unsplash After you tell your story, what should you do next? You gathered up all the courage to walk up to someone and tell them how Jesus changed your life. That’s awesome! But what you do next? How do you end the conversation? Most of…
Photo by Igor Rodrigues on Unsplash A very disturbing river runs through the Pentecostal/charismatic movement, a river of mysticism and random weirdness viewed as spiritual maturity. But this spiritual phooey actually sets itself against spiritual maturity, and Christian thinking! I speak now of those weird moments in a service where…
Photo by Sarah Noltner on Unsplash Jesus instituted a powerful force on the earth before he left. The church is full of brothers and sisters in Christ, people who are on your side. This is where you get the resources to be the best witness for Jesus you can be.…
Photo by Cupcake Media on Unsplash I hear many people referring to faith in some strange ways nowadays. For some odd reason, faith has become an unreliable thing, like the phrase points out, “Take it on faith,” meaning even though you don’t see it and there’s no proof, it’s still…
Photo by Rosie Fraser on Unsplash You hear about them all the time in church, those elusive divine appointments. Are they moments with God? Or are they special times of renewal? A divine appointment is when the Holy Spirit leads you to the right person at the right time with…
Photo by Greyson Joralemon on Unsplash When I was first introduced to evangelism models, I was taught the process of coming to Christ from the hardened atheist to the growing saint. The one overwhelming aspect was guiding anyone through this process myself. It’s a daunting responsibility! And I was freaked…