The greatest miracle that God can do today is to take an unholy man out of an unholy world, and make that man holy, and put him back into that unholy world and keep him holy in it.
Author: Jay Jones
Tragedy in four stages
Stage 1–The Empty Pew Sleeping late Weekend visits Excuses No resolve Deepening neglect Stage 2–An Empty Heart No time for God No time for prayer Not interested in the Bible Spiritual cobwebs More excuses Stage 3–An Empty life Influence for God–nil Influence for church–nil Example to children on selecting the best–nil Influence on neighbors–nil Materialism… Continue reading Tragedy in four stages
Quoted: D. L. Moody on Excuses
Excuses are the cradle…that Satan rocks men off to sleep in.
President Obama Drops Creator Reference from Declaration of Independence
This is a man speaking with a tele-prompter. If not, I would say perhaps a memory lapse caused it… but at 22:30 he begin quoting the Declaration and says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Mr.… Continue reading President Obama Drops Creator Reference from Declaration of Independence
The Perils of ‘Wanna be Cool’ Christianity
‘How can we stop the oil gusher?” may have been the question of the summer for most Americans. Yet for many evangelical pastors and leaders, the leaking well is nothing compared to the threat posed by an ongoing gusher of a different sort: Young people pouring out of their churches, never to return. As a… Continue reading The Perils of ‘Wanna be Cool’ Christianity
Quoted: Antoine de Saint-Exupery on Motivating People
If you want to build a ship, don’t summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs and organize the work, rather teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.
Counseling Adultery In The Church
(Where both spouses are in church) 1. Prayer Each spouse should seek daily time before God in prayer, reading the Scriptures and asking Him for the ability to grow in Christ-like attitudes and actions. 2. No Contact The unfaithful spouse must have no contact whatsoever with the third party. Like an addiction, the only way… Continue reading Counseling Adultery In The Church
Quoted: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Fear of Change
The softminded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea… The softminded man always wants to freeze the moment and hold life in the gripping yoke of sameness.
Seven Sins of Dying Churches
The Book, “Essential Church? Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts” by authors, Thom S. Rainer and Sam Rainer III, identifies seven sins of dying churches that serve as the driving factors behind losing the generational battle – the battle for every generation to see the significance of the church. Sin 1: Doctrine Dilution “Teaching anything less… Continue reading Seven Sins of Dying Churches
Iranian Pastor Facing Execution
TEHRAN, IRAN (Worthy News)– A well-known Iranian pastor faces execution after two judges agreed to make him “liable to capital punishment,” as part of a crackdown on the growing Protestant church movement in the Islamic nation, Worthy News and its parner agency BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 13. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani was detained in June along… Continue reading Iranian Pastor Facing Execution