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• Should You Get the Surgery or BELIEVE FOR HEALING?

  Whether a person should seek physicians for a healing or go to the LORD is an ancient conundrum, as King Asa dealt with the issue 2900 years ago (2 Chronicles 16:12). So, if you’re facing this dilemma, it’s nothing new. The answer is entirely dependent upon the individual. Healing is a core benefit of the […]

• What Is the “AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY”?

    All people born into this world since Adam & Eve were born with a sinful nature (Romans 5:17), which explains why David said “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me” (Psalm 51:5). The “age of accountability” addresses the age that God begins holding people accountable to their […]

• What Is the “Romans Road” to Salvation?

    The “Romans road” to salvation is an easy-to-remember tool for sharing the message of Christ with people. It involves a smattering of verses from the book of Romans (with maybe another optional verse added to the mix, like John 3:16). What’s great about the Romans road is you don’t have to remember anything word-for-word. […]

• What Are the Nine GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT?

    The Bible lists the nine gifts of the Spirit in this passage: There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. 7 Now to each one […]

• What Is CESSATIONISM and Is It Biblical?

  Cessationism (seh-SAY-shun-izm) is the erroneous belief that gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:4-11) ceased by the end of the 1st Century when the last of the original apostles passed away and the biblical canon was completed. While most adherents of cessationism believe God still performs miracles, they don’t believe that the LORD works miracles […]

• What’s the Difference Between TEACHING and PREACHING?

  The New Testament speaks of both teaching and preaching God’s Word, whatever the topic might be: Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. Matthew 9:35 (NKJV)   And every day, in the temple […]

• The Fivefold Ministry Gifts — Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher

    When people hear the term ‘minister’ they naturally think of a pastor, a minister who oversees a local assembly, but pastoring is only one of the five ministerial gifts in the body of Christ. This can be observed in this passage: So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and […]

• What if You KNOW a Confrontation Will Turn UGLY?

    When people offend you, confrontation & correction is a biblical solution to the problem (Matthew 18:15-17), but there are seven common sense guidelines for rebuke, especially if you want the correction to be successful. But what if the individual that needs confronted is known for being difficult (with you, if no one else) and […]

• Can the Power/Anointing of God Rest on an Object?

  During the days of the early Church, articles that Paul touched, like handkerchiefs and aprons, “were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them” (Acts 19:11-12). It was the same thing with Peter’s shadow (Acts 5:15-16). These things had the anointing of God on them and thus physically or […]

• Relating to God from Different Angles — Father, Friend, Helper, Creator, King, Almighty, Master, Savior, etc.

  What is the difference between healthy fear of the LORD and unhealthy fear? Is it possible to “feel at ease” with God while, at the same time, having reverence for God? These are good questions. Think of it in terms of a wise father and his boy on Earth: The dad takes the kid places, […]