A Call to Repentance

We are in a mess, aren’t we? Murder is so often in the news it sounds almost normal.  Adultery is glamorized and glorified in commercial after commercial and in one television program after another.  Homosexuality is applauded along with transgenderism and every other kind of morally questionable “ism” as well.  Divorce is so common-place that…

Drastic Christianity

Everywhere I go these days I am meeting people who are gravely concerned about the condition of Christianity in this generation.  I cannot tell you how many conversations I have had  that were focussed on the idea that “something is definitely wrong” and “we need help!”  It spans all ages. It spans all groups. It…

How to Practice Fervent and Earnest Prayer

It is my contention that we need more praying that is fervent and earnest.  Instead of following hours of news programs and scheduling more discussion forums and worrying in our hearts about the condition of our society, isn’t it time to pray like this?  Instead of wasting hours every day reading the latest blogs of…

A Higher Level of Praying?

Luke 11 is a passage that deserves our careful consideration.  Most of us know it as the “Lord, teach us to pray” passage where Jesus spoke the words that we commonly call “The Lord’s Prayer.”  It is a wealth of information, instruction, and encouragement, and I have greatly profited from studying it.  There is a…