If you are tired of just going to church without allowing the Holy Spirit and the power of God to bring change in your life you might just need to get right with God. HEY! There is no way in heaven (or hell for that matter) that you can have a relationship with...

Almost 2,000 years ago something happened in an upper room that transformed the world: the Holy Spirit arrived. You can read all about it in the second chapter of Acts (Acts 2:2). It Only Took Two Years! What was so phenomenal about the Holy Spirit coming into the...

driv.en (verb) Motivated by or having a compulsive quality or need. When I was 16 years old I was asked to be the youth group leader at my church. There were only four or five of us (And 2 of them were the pastor's kids!). I remember the first time I ever preached...

I remember one time, when I was 13, I went to a tent meeting with some people from church. When we got there, we went into this huge tent. And I mean it was a HUGE tent! Inside there was a sawdust floor and what seemed like thousands of chairs everywhere. We had...

The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness. And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. (Isa. 33:5-6) The LORD is exalted, for He...

Philosophy says: THINK your way out; Indulgence says: DRINK your way out; Science says: INVENT your way out; Industry says: WORK your way out; Communism says: STRIKE your way out; Fascism says: BLUFF your way out; Militarism says: FIGHT your way out; The world...

Commitment is not an option! If your commitment to Jesus becomes an option you will cheapen the importance of everything you do, and thus dilute the power of God's love and His Word working in your life. Don't miss opportunities to make maximum impact in the lives...

I realize so many of you are about as interested in hearing about the season's reason and what Christmas really means, as you are interested in hearing more about the latest events in Iraq. In other words, Christmas to you has the purest purpose and greatest reason...

Remember when Jesus got ticked because his hometown didn't receive Him? Remember that? The Bible says a prophet has no honor in his own country. Well, if you remember, Jesus got a little ticked and He said, "OK, devil, I am going to get even." So He called all of...

In Numbers 13, you'll find what I call "The 12 spy syndrome." The Israelites have been in the wilderness for 20 years and they decide to go in and spy out the Promised Land. Moses sent the twelve spies in. Ten came back with a bad report, and two came back with a...

Hey, you don't have to buy a detergent to have permission to shout! When a child of God looks into the Word of God and sees the Son of God, he is changed by the Spirit of God into the image of God for the Glory of God! God is radical! Jesus, His Son, is the King of...

So you think you're having a bad day? When I was just out of high school, I was dating a girl that I thought I was going to marry. Sometime into our relationship she had the audacity to break up with me. I couldn't believe it! I said, "Woman, you're making a...