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« Previous EntriesThe Influence of a Single Life
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008My friend Chaplain Scott McChrystal, COL, USA Ret., director of the military side of Assemblies of God Chaplaincy Ministries, just sent the following article out in his Chaplaincy Newsletter. Scott spent seven years as senior chaplain at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
A Letter from Christ
By Scott McChrystal
“You yourselves are our letter, written on […]
In the News: Praying to the Dead
Thursday, April 24th, 2008The AP reported today from San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy:
The body of Padre Pio, a hugely popular Italian saint, goes on public display Thursday in a southern Italian town where thousands have gathered to pray to the mystic monk….
This kind of woeful superstition and benighted religion persists in much of the world. Unfortunately, this is […]
D’oh! Simpsons Not Fit for Kids?
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Venezuela has it right: The TV program The Simpsons is not fit for kids (or anyone else for that matter).
The totalitarian regime of President Hugo Chavez made news by labeling The Simpsons unfit for children and pulled it from the 11 a.m. slot of nationally-controlled Venezuelan television. Even a stopped clock is right every now […]
Scriptures to Live by: Colossians 3:23
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008This has been a life verse for me. “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men” (Colossians 3:23, NKJV).
There have been times in my life when I did not excel because I did not give it my all. There are also times that I didn’t do too well […]
6 Reasons for Delayed or Denied Healing
Sunday, March 30th, 2008My article on “Divine Healing Fanatics” dealt primarily with suffering and treatable conditions. (Read it here.) But it raises a related issue. Here are my thoughts from a Vantage Point column of several years ago:
When God Doesn’t Heal
God still heals. Absolutely. Positively. I’ve seen it too often to believe anything else.
I used to take ministry […]
Building Blocks of Intimate Relationships
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Part two of my interview with Dr. Gary Allen addresses building healthy intimacy in the home. Dr. Allen is the director of the Ministerial Enrichment Office for the Assemblies of God and Executive Editor of Enrichment Journal. Listen here.
Have a Joyous Resurrection Sunday
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008We celebrate the wonderful truth that we serve a living Savior!
As We Recall the Resurrection, Let Us Turn Our Hearts to Thoughts of Revival
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 […]
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 […]
Two Friends Named Paul
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008My friend Paul Veliquette, pastor of the Windsor (Colo.) Assembly of God, wrote our Daily Boost devotional today. Daily Boost is a devotional that TPE puts out every weekday, available both online or by free email subscription.
Paul’s devotional is of special interest to me because it is about a mutual friend who is no longer […]
