A U-Turn Is Needed Today’s church is so busy trying to be relevant that it’s leaving many of the teachings and truths of the Bible behind. Leonard Revenhill said, “Before the Church arises to shake the world, some obscure truth of God arises to shake the church.” The church needs to make a U-turn. It […]

When the Going Gets Tough I don’t know about you, but when things start going south while I’m still going north, I just want to run and hide. I really don’t like difficulties, but when they start to overwhelm, I just want to find a hole to crawl into it, or a cave to hide […]

The Christ We See In Revelation chapter one John sees Christ as He has never seen Him before. His hair was extreme white, his face shined like the sun in full strength, His eyes burned of fire, out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and His words were the sound of many waters. […]

Turn and Live “For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live” (Ezekiel 18:32) Repentance involves our mental acceptance of the fact that we have sinned and our sins have not only affected others but have hurt and wounded God. This should produce within us a deep […]

Repent and Believe Repentance involves our mental acceptance of the fact that we have sinned and our sins have not only affected others, but have hurt and wounded God. This should produce within us a deep heartfelt sorrow over what we have done, where it literally breaks our hearts when we think about it. But […]

God’s Unchanging Love Does God ever change? Through the prophet Malachi, God said, “I the Lord do not change.” (Malachi 3:6a) But we also read numerous examples of God changing due to the people’s repentance. In fact, this is actually a promise God gives. “Perhaps they will listen and each will turn from his evil […]

No Passing the Buck Passing the buck is the art of evading responsibility for ones own actions. But if we’re the ones responsible then we’re to own it. President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that understood this reality. It said, “The Buck Stops Here.” “When Judas, who had betrayed Jesus, saw that […]

Repentant Fruit While dragon fruit may need to repent, this is not the fruit I’m talking about. Fruit refers to the way we live our lives. Do we live our lives for Christ, or do we live our lives for Satan, the dragon, or ourselves? Repentance is not just being sorry. To repent means to […]

America’s End Unless We Repent Whenever a nation forsakes God, it is ensuring it’s eventual destruction. “They sow to the wind. And reap the whirlwind.” (Hosea 8:7) This is the conclusion brought forth by the prophet Hosea concerning Israel’s blatant disregard of the Lord even though they don’t recognize they’ve done so. They said, “My […]

Turn and Live The Gospel Old Testament style is a simple equation: Turn and Live. “Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you […]