Revelation or Imagination?
How can someone cut through the haze of religious confusion to understand the true will of God? There’s so many different ideas, but I propose that there are two types of people who attempt to understand God’s wishes. First, the spiritual person refers to the words of the Spirit and quotes Scripture. In Hebrews 3:7-8, […]
Recommend This Church Twice Each Week
Those who study “church growth” tell us that our best opportunity for increase arises out of every member recommending their own congregation to people they know or with whom they have contact. Such recommendations should be brief, to-the-point statements that are designed to appeal to the specific individual. Here are some examples: To a new […]
The Healing of the Nobleman’s Son
“He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son; for he […]
Stampedes and Towers
In 2008, a sad news story emerged from India about 145 “pilgrims” who were trampled as they made their way up to a hilltop shrine during Shravan Navratras, a nine-day festival that honors the Hindu goddess Shakti, or “Divine Mother.” Jawahar Khurana, a father of three children who were among the crowd, said, “I fail […]
