Archive for March, 2008
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008This is Saturday of Holy Week. By rights, I should be writing a post on the celebration of the Resurrection. Believers do have so much to celebrate. But I hear the Holy Spirit saying something else to me right now: As we recall the Resurrection, we should turn our hearts to thoughts of revival.
These thoughts […]
Easter Q & A
Friday, March 21st, 2008Read my answers to questions about Easter on our Answers blog.
Evidences of Revival
Thursday, March 20th, 2008My friend James K. Bridges completes his 15 years as general treasurer of the Assemblies of God at the end of this month. I’m a big fan of this man of God. We held a special luncheon in his honor with our staff this Tuesday. He has been a huge encouragement and support to the […]
Ethnic Groups Impacting the AG
Monday, March 17th, 2008“I wish every pastor and Assemblies of God lay person could have been in the room the day we met with the Ethnicity Commission and heard the reports of what God is doing,” General Superintendent George O. Wood told me following the annual meeting of The Commission on Ethnicity, December 5, 2007.
“I was moved with […]
For Writers
Monday, March 17th, 2008We have a lot of people ask us for writing tips that will help them to get published. Here are three things you can do to improve your writing.
(1) Purchase our book The Write Way, written by the staff of Today’s Pentecostal Evangel. Order information is here.
(2) Visit my writing blog. It’s called Write Right […]
You Think Things Are Bad Today …
Friday, March 14th, 2008In recent days the news has carried the following stories:
Hair stylist shoots client in the back because she complained about her haircut.
Son shoots dad to death because he restricted his MySpace time.
Daughter, with help from lover and friends, murders her family (dad critically injured but lives) because parents disapproved of her boyfriend. (Looks like they […]
Grizzly Attack TPExtra for March 16, 2008 TPE
Monday, March 10th, 2008What a blessing it was to meet Pastor Johnny McCoy when I was last in Alaska. I was there for a trip with and story about Master’s Commission North Pole ministering in Athabascan villages along the Yukon River. Meeting Johnny McCoy was an added blessing. His story will be read by hundreds of thousands of […]
TV to Avoid #5
Saturday, March 8th, 2008Commercials
Yes, advertisements have been on my TV to Avoid list for a long time … but for increasingly different reasons.
I have muted commercials for years. I don’t like the volume or the propaganda. If you think about all the time in your life you have sat in front of that box letting propagandists pour their […]
The Broom (From Africa)
Friday, March 7th, 2008Wayne and Sylvia Turner are Assemblies of God missionaries to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I traveled there and did a story for our World Missions Edition some years ago. I received the following in February:
The Broom
By Sylvia Turner
On national television, the newly elected president’s wife prayed that each day the Lord would take […]
Souls Are More Important Than Appearances
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Assemblies of God Prayer Summit Report
Forgive me for diverting to an area that will be of most interest to preachers. Of course, those of you readers who are not preachers do listen to preaching, so you’ll be better off if the preachers you listen to take this advice from Jim Cymbala.
As a former pastor and […]
