When God doesn’t heal now, you can apply essential truths about faith and healing that are anchored in Scripture. I’ve identified four key actions we should take when we face a serious illness: 1. Have others join their faith to yours in bringing your infirmity to Jesus. “When the sun was setting, all those who had …
Simple misunderstandings can foster conflict in your relationship with your child. How do you tear down the walls that hinder effective communication?
John stood at our door arrayed in all his black leather
splendor. Safety pins ringed his ear lobes; jewelry pierced his nose and
lips. Tattoos covered his arms. Both sides of his head were shaved, the
hair on top spiked down the middle.
Our daughter had told me her date was coming, but I wasn’t
prepared for what greeted me when I opened the door.
My thoughts raced: Should I let this road warrior in? Is
my daughter in danger? What will my congregation think if she brings
this guy to church?
Simple misunderstandings can foster conflict in your relationship with your child. How do you tear down the walls that hinder effective communication?
John stood at our door arrayed in all his black leather
splendor. Safety pins ringed his ear lobes; jewelry pierced his nose and
lips. Tattoos covered his arms. Both sides of his head were shaved, the
hair on top spiked down the middle.
Our daughter had told me her date was coming, but I wasn’t
prepared for what greeted me when I opened the door.
My thoughts raced: Should I let this road warrior in? Is
my daughter in danger? What will my congregation think if she brings
this guy to church?
Whenever Tom tried to witness to his lost brother, a lump
rose in his throat and panic caused his heart to race. William, Tom’s
brother, had a Ph.D. in philosophy and loved to argue about religion.
That made Tom feel inadequate and just plain stupid.
William always raised questions about Christianity that
Tom had never considered. So Tom quickly retreated, asking standby
questions such as, “If you were to die tonight, would you go to heaven?”
William would immediately derail the conversation, asking:
“How do you know that there’s a heaven? How do you know that the Bible
is any more valid than the Qur’an? If God truly loves us, why do
innocent children suffer and die?”
John stood at our door arrayed in all his black leather
splendor. Safety pins ringed his ear lobes; jewelry pierced his nose and
lips. Tattoos covered his arms. Both sides of his head were shaved, the
hair on top spiked down the middle.
Our daughter had told me her date was coming, but I wasn’t
prepared for what greeted me when I opened the door.
My thoughts raced: Should I let this road warrior in? Is
my daughter in danger? What will my congregation think if she brings
this guy to church?
By Joseph Mattera | Destiny Image | softcover | 208 pages | $16.99
For decades, most mainline denominations have recognized that the commission of Christ calls the church into the world to establish the kingdom of God as well as to make disciples. However, many Pentecostals, charismatics and mainline evangelicals have essentially ignored this “kingdom” mindset and “marketplace” commission. Joseph Mattera, presiding bishop of the Christ Covenant Coalition and senior pastor of Resurrection Church in New York City, makes a bold call to all Spirit-filled movements to embrace a “kingdom revolution” in his book by that title.
It’s true. Husbands and wives who pray together usually stay together. After church one Sunday morning, a wife, with her husband at her side, said to me, “I’ve always heard that the husband is head of the home just as Jesus is head of the church. If this is true, my husband isn’t doing his …
Does Jesus heal people with out faith? We’ve debunked the myths of faith healing. Some believers focus exclusively on faith as the key to healing. Yet Jesus healed many who apparently had no faith. Some were healed because their friends had faith. Others were bound up by demonic spirits and healed by exorcism, even against …
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The key to more effective ministry is found not in accomplishing more, but in taking time for spiritual and physical refreshment. My name is Larry Keefauver, and I am a recovering ministry addict!” To my salvation as a young child, I added eight years of ministerial education as a young adult. For more than 20 …
Whenever Tom tried to witness to his lost brother, a lump rose in his throat and panic caused his heart to race. William, Tom’s brother, had a Ph.D. in philosophy and loved to argue about religion. That made Tom feel inadequate and just plain stupid. William always raised questions about Christianity that Tom had never …
John stood at our door arrayed in all his black leather splendor. Safety pins ringed his ear lobes; jewelry pierced his nose and lips. Tattoos covered his arms. Both sides of his head were shaved, the hair on top spiked down the middle. Our daughter had told me her date was coming, but I wasn’t …
