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The Fold vs. The Flock

Incredible entry by Neil Cole on his blog from last August.  I’ve read it multiple times over the last year.  May it encourage you to follow Jesus outside the comfortable fold and into the unknown.  Neil writes:   I found…

Has anyone here died today?

The following is a true story relayed by missionary David Watson:   Recently two Africans came to faith in Christ.  These were unschooled, ordinary men who could barely read.  They wanted to take the gospel message out to the surrounding…

Soren Kierkegaard

 “The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute weunderstand, we are…

Are “prayer requests” Biblical?

A sincere question: are prayer requests Biblical?   “Please pray for my cousin’s brother-in-law’s sister who is really, really sick.  It doesn’t look good…”   Have you ever heard something like that?   Does God answer prayers based on the…

My Christmas Wish

I’ve been thinking about Christmas.  You know what?  Christmas is not my birthday.   It’s Jesus’ birthday.   On that note:   Jesus, for your birthday this year, I’d like to offer you five persons of peace (Luke 10) who…

The prayer of faith

And the prayer of faith will make the sick person well. – James 5:15.  Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947) was a guy who had enormous faith and had many stories to tell of God doing the miraculous through him. Here’s one of his stories…