Mean-spirited and abusive church leaders have hurt lots of people. If you’ve been wounded, please don’t give up on the church. A while ago I visited a large church to meet with the staff. The objective was to give the pastor feedback and recommendations about their strengths and weaknesses. What I found was all too …
God has given men a unique role as leaders of our homes and families. But how do we reconcile this in a culture that has become reactionary against men exercising biblical authority? We live in a society that is pushing for male sensitivity and female strength. That’s fine. But much of the current societal norms …
Would you let immigrants from another country live under your roof? These families say they had no choice but to show Christian hospitality.
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in 2005 as Charisma magazine’s cover story. At that time, Billy Graham was about to make his last stadium appearance. On his 95th birthday, Charisma looks back to honor America’s favorite evangelist. The all-night prayer meeting was heating up. People poured out their hearts before God. “It seemed we had a hotline …
Young Lolek awakened with a start in the wee hours of a Polish winter’s night in 1939. In the clearing fog of sleep, he was unsure of what had stirred him, but his senses quickly roared to alert anyway. These were dangerous times. There were war clouds hovering over the land, hunger moved men to …
Most people don’t know how warmly Pope John Paul II welcomed the renewal of the Holy Spirit. I saw his passion for God up close.
Pursue God for more than personal satisfaction, need or individual purpose. There was a time when the United States was known for having the very best of everything. Remember when U.S.-made products and automobiles were the very best, the U.S. economy was the strongest, and the American work ethic was a benchmark standard? It seems …
Nancy Alcorn didn’t just stand on the sidelines and watch troubled girls throw their lives away. She built them a refuge.
As the number of homeless, abandoned children grows, caring Christians are reaching out with Christ’s compassion.
Do you feel a void after leaving church on Sunday morning? Perhaps we are missing out on the true purpose of worship—entering God’s presence. The $64,000 question is, “How do we attain God’s presence in worship?” Although I would have to say I don’t know, I do know when He’s there, and I know when He’s …
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Thousands of American children are caught in the foster care system. But Christians are working hard to place them in loving homes.
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 …
At a unique Christian children’s hospital in Oklahoma, the most fragile kids find a love that only God can provide.
We charismatics love prophecy and revelation. But we must be aware that not all spiritual information is from God. We are living in a day in which spiritual eyes and ears are being opened to receive information with unprecedented clarity. At the same time, our adversary, the devil, is releasing deluding revelation from heavenly places …
Reaching the unchurched … is the responsibility of every follower of Jesus Christ in this country. Period. A hazard of being a traveling evangelist is coming home to the sight of a pile of unpaid bills. While I’m gone they stack up on my desk. If I were to let them go unpaid (which I …
