Teachings & Articles

May the following teachings challenge your traditions and enable you to be more effective for the Gospel in these Last Days

Fulfilling the Great Commission During these Last Days

Was the ultimate purpose of the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost for believers to flow in the gifts, or was there A FAR MORE IMPORTANT purpose?

“Well, that’s just how it is…!” — the pretext for NO SUBSTANTIAL FRUIT on typical mission trips. AND “Are you evangelical or charismatic?” “Neither.”

Are you using an old obsolete dial telephone? Of course not! So why are you still…..?

Traditional Missions and the Last Days

Much attention is now focused on Israel and prophecies being fulfilled before the return of the Messiah. But He will NOT return until “every nation, tribe, people and language” has heard the gospel and been discipled. WHAT SHOULD WE THEN DO?

How can we reach 3,000 unreached people groups during these Last Days when the remaining time is short?

Is “revival” an end in itself, or a means to something far more momentous?

What radio, television, and the internet cannot do for the harvest during these Last Days

Restoring the ESSENTIAL BALANCE between gifts vs. power & authority during these Last Days

Make the Gospel Powerful Again!

What does Matthew 24:14 actually teach?

Why do missions today fall so far short of what we see in Acts?

Yes, every mission has its own humanitarian calling from God, but what about missions as recorded in Acts?

During these Last Days it no longer needs to be “business as usual” on the foreign mission field

What do you do in missions when sharing the gospel with someone who has a physical infirmity?

How The Elijah Challenge differs from other teachings

During these Last Days the Church is beginning to write Acts 29—the final Chapter of Acts

Understanding the reservations of evangelicals regarding the miraculous

Miraculous Healing: the perfect Redemptive Analogy relevant for all cultures

One scriptural way to find the “man of peace” in Luke 10

What did Jesus mean in Luke 10:2 by “the workers are few”?

What event which took place just before the birth of Christ 2,000 years ago is now being fulfilled again?

Last Days Revolution in Third World Missions: Restoration of Acts

Exactly why did Jesus perform miraculous healings?

Salute to young missionary John Allen Chau who gave his life for the gospel

“We doing the works that Jesus did as he promised in John 14:12? No way…impossible!”

Non-traditional missions accelerate during these Last Days to fulfill Matthew 24:14

The REVOLUTION in MISSIONS during these Last Days has begun

Going back to the gospels and training harvest workers EXACTLY as Jesus trained his disciples

During these Last Days many will be saved like the thief on the cross

What happens when the harvest worker is lacking a sharp sickle?

Do you sense a call to the foreign mission field?

Proclaiming the KINGDOM of GOD is not the same as “preaching the gospel”

The Role of the Church during these Last Days

Why the miracles in Acts are not seen in the Church today

Eleven members of a high caste Hindu family in Delhi together commit suicide

Focus on INDONESIA—the 4th most populous nation on earth

What is the REAL missionary calling according to Scripture?

What NOT to do on your mission trip to Pakistan

What should be the priority of the Church during these Last Days?

Are missions today REALLY just like missions in Acts? Why not?

The YWAM missionary was told regarding the lack of fruit on the mission trip: “Well, that’s just how it is…”

Local harvest workers are the most effective missionaries during these Last Days

Giant of the faith Billy Graham has gone home, but SO MUCH WORK is still to be done

According to Jesus, will many be saved?

To SPIRIT-FILLED believers who want to hasten the return of Jesus Christ

We are neither charismatic nor cessationist

Exploding the Lie of the “Struggling Missionary” on the Foreign Mission Field

Rural vs. Urban Missions in the Third World: which should have priority during these Last Days?

Preaching the gospel in the Third World: the approach used by the disciples in the gospels & Acts RESTORED

Traditional missions as we know it—fading away during these Last Days?

The Spirit and Power of Elijah are being restored during these Last Days

The TIP OF THE SPEAR: the last piece of the puzzle for end time missionaries

Crusade and TV Evangelism CANNOT fulfill the Great Commission

An Open Letter to Missionaries and Mission Organizations

“Description and not prescription”: Cleverly disguised cessationism which cripples the Church in fulfilling the Great Commission

The Holy Spirit & Possessing the Promised Land

The Holy Spirit: the stark contrast between the Church in Acts & the Church in America today

Which has higher priority: “Feed my sheep” or “Preach the gospel to all creation”?

The New Testament Perspective on Miraculous Healing

When the gospel becomes part of a nation’s culture it eventually loses its power

If you are zealous & desperate to have lasting impact for the Kingdom of God during these last days…

Does Scripture teach that believers in America will be persecuted?

Is it “easier” to preach the gospel in America or in a pagan nation in the Third World?

The income of the Church in America is a good chunk of one trillion dollars each year

Night is now coming to America

Training the Lord’s Disciples: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight!

Why has the Church failed to fulfill the Great Commission after 2,000 years?

Contextualization of the gospel in America

Dilemma for Dispensationism (aka Cessationism)

Possessing the Promised Land: Fulfilling the Great Commission

What is the purpose of prayer & fasting and worship gatherings? 

What is happening now in America is a fulfillment of Scripture

The Spirit of Elijah Revisited

An unintended consequence of the Western worldview on the Great Commission

The Temple of God is now being rebuilt

Healing the sick as contextualization of the gospel message

Jesus Christ emphasized the necessity of unity for the fulfillment of the Great Commission

Prophecy FULFILLED: “many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other”

 

Reaching gospel-resistant people groups in the Third world

Note: “D” in the following articles refers to the predominant religion in the Middle East, while “Ds” refer to the adherents of that religion

The largest unreached people group in the world

Reaching the gospel-resistant: going back to basics

The 100,000 Syrians coming to the USA: how to reach them without studying the Quran

The extraordinary testimony of a devout Muslim woman who hated Christians

Do Muslims & Christians worship the same God?

Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez killed five US Marines in Tennessee for “pleasures…never seen.”

What happens when a Christian gets “radicalized”? I

What happens when a “Christian” gets radicalized? II

The Religionists are coming! The Religionists are coming!

America: Sharing the gospel with your Muslim friend or co-worker

The Kingdom of the Pharisees Today

Can the Church in America compete with Islam on a level playing field?

“Why is the West creating crazy, killer converts to Islam?”

IRONY: “Grace” in the Church today vs. “works” in the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq

Is there a visible outward difference between Christianity and Ahmadiyya Islam which preaches peace & love?

2,700 gospel-resistant peoples (& counting) reached for Jesus Christ

Christianity or Jesus Christ?

The Kingdom of God comes from within, not from without

How should the Church respond to the spirit of the “D” religion?

Terrorism: Why isn’t the Church reaching the “Ds” in our cities?

Britain adopts “D” law

CIA: “D” is a system

The inexorable advance of “D” in America & the West

A new paradigm for fulfilling the Great Commission to the Unreachable

Toward a mass movement of “Ds” to Christ

How the Church in the West can stop the advance of the “D” religion in its own backyard

Why did God put such huge oil reserves in the Middle East?

The Joys of “D” Women

Reaching the unreachable    

 

Teaching for “Calebs”

Caleb: only 1 of 2 of the thousands of men who left Egypt to enter the Promised Land


Caleb vs. the grasshoppers

An Introduction to Jesus Christ, Chief Drill Instructor

A teaching for the Special Forces of the Kingdom

Living a long, healthy, and fruitful life  (or What to do if you’re a Senior Citizen)

What does it mean to “enter the Promised Land” for a New Testament believer?

The Determination of Heavenly Reward

Qualities of Kingdom of God Special Forces

For Discontents Only

Finish the race

You can “win” the race, but still be disqualified for the prize

Preaching the Gospel & Healing the Sick As Jesus Did

“WELL, THAT’S JUST HOW IT IS!” — the explanation why typical mission trips bear little fruit and do not really advance the gospel

Were the commands of Jesus Christ fully carried out by the early disciples as recorded in Acts?

How evangelical workers on the mission field can minister to the sick and cast out demons miraculously as Jesus did—without being a stumbling block to more conservative brethren

How we EXPLAIN AWAY John 14:12—where Jesus solemnly declared that believers would do the works he did, and even greater works

What is actually the PRIMARY PURPOSE of miraculous healing in the New Testament? Probably not what many believers think.

Understanding John 5:19—“the Son can do nothing by himself”—within its proper context

Ministering to infirm believers in the context of CHURCH

Ministry to Sick Believers in the Context of the Body of Christ according to James 5 (latest teaching – 2015)

What did James mean by “praying over” the sick in James 5:14?

Do Charismatic Churches really understand healing as they think they do?

“We doing the works that Jesus did as he promised in John 14:12? No way…impossible!”

“I have NEVER come upon any ministry with this type of teaching and many other things…”

Why are so few sick believers miraculously healed?

What is the meaning of “by his wounds we are healed” in Isaiah 53 and 1 Peter 2?

Do we always need a “rhema” or a leading from the Holy Spirit before ministering healing?

The New Testament Perspective on Miraculous Healing

Miraculous healing by traditional prayer vs. the use of authority and power

When is it God’s will for the sick to be healed?

What is “the children’s bread” in its proper context?

”Most people who were healed in his ministry did not experience long-lasting healing”

What You Should Do After Jesus Heals You

We have set aside the commands of God to observe our traditions

Our commentary on “An open letter to Robin Williams” by Dr. Keith Ablow

Why are only 10% of prayers for healing answered?

 What if nothing happens?

God’s will to heal

Does the “prayer of agreement” for healing have strong support in Scripture?

Hope for healing for infirm believers  or “Health Care Reform” and the Church

Why do the James 5 instructions for ministering healing to believers rarely work?

New light on healing from James 5

Command the Healing instead of merely claiming the Healing

Is there a strong Scriptural basis for “claiming one’s healing by faith?”


Ministering healing in the context of EVANGELISM & sharing the gospel

Do Charismatic Churches really understand healing as they think they do?

Why did Jesus rebuke his disciples when they failed to heal the epileptic boy?

The work of the Holy Spirit does not negate what Jesus taught his disciples

Do we always need a “rhema” or a leading from the Holy Spirit before ministering healing?

“We doing the works that Jesus did as he promised in John 14:12? No way…impossible!”

Do we always need a word of knowledge or “rhema” before we attempt to heal the sick?

The coming of the Holy Spirit did not nullify the commands of Jesus in the gospels

“I have not found such great faith even in [the Church]”

Meaning of “But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting”

How much authority has the Lord given to disciples?

What is the meaning of “by his wounds we are healed” in Isaiah 53 and 1 Peter 2?

The New Testament Perspective on Miraculous Healing

Miraculous healing by traditional prayer vs. the use of authority and power

Is it God’s will to save the lost?

When is it God’s will for the sick to be healed?

Why are the infirm sometimes healed progressively during ministry in a meeting?

”Most people who were healed in his ministry did not experience long-lasting healing”

What if God doesn’t heal? A tribute to my sister Mayin

Is it “easier” to preach the gospel in America or in a pagan nation in the Third World?

Jesus Christ delegated authority & power to His disciples for the sake of the gospel

What You Should Do After Jesus Heals You

If you know how to cast out demons, you can already heal the sick!

Power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases

“Spirit-filled” ministers & the ministry of healing as recorded in the gospels

Four approaches for healing the sick & sharing the gospel in the open-air

We have set aside the commands of God to observe our traditions

Why all the drama when ministering to the sick?

“Silver or gold have I none, but what I have I give you…”

Why are only 10% of prayers for healing answered?

Dry evangelicalism or wacky charismania: only two alternatives?

Miraculous healing for God-fearing evangelicals to proclaim the kingdom of God to the lost?

What if nothing happens?

God’s will to heal

Does the “prayer of agreement” for healing have strong support in Scripture?

We trained with The Elijah Challenge, but why are people no longer healed when we minister to them?

Why we fail to heal the sick as Jesus commands us

The Theology of Helplessness

NT Evangelism: Multiplication, not just addition

How 38 house churches were planted in 11 weeks by mostly new believers

Why did Jesus command his disciples to heal the sick?

“Spiritual Warfare” is not necessary for effective evangelism

Does Ephesians 6 really teach “spiritual warfare” in the heavenlies?

Did Jesus command us to drive out territorial spirits from geographic regions?

“Just another Healing Seminar”

The Age of the Nameless & Faceless Believer

The “Second Gun” of the Church

Our ill-equipped missionaries

Do charismatics have a monopoly on miracles in missions & evangelism?

Ministering supernatural healing – for evangelicals

Why we no longer see the miraculous healings as we did in the early days of the Charismatic Renewal

The age of the nameless & faceless believer: the “one-man-show” is fading away

The End of an Era and the Beginning of a Greater One

A powerful testimony of mountain-moving faith with extreme perseverance

Was Jesus able to perform miracles solely because He was in very nature God?

What was the initial purpose of the infilling of the Holy Spirit in Acts?

Faith in God vs. faith of God

“Rhema” vs. “logos”

Miraculous visitations of God vs. accompanying miraculous signs

For charismatic eyes only: John Wimber and Power Evangelism

The following articles were written in earlier years as the Lord taught us step-by-step:

The miracles are glorious, but you will be tested

What is the role of “being slain in the Spirit” in healing and evangelism?

How do we know which is the only True God?

Will unbelievers will confuse Biblical healing with pagan healing through demonic spirits?

Teaching vs. Preaching

How to have a “Happy and Successful” Evangelistic Ministry  (or Major in that which is major, and minor in that which is minor)

Is it easy to heal the sick?

The restoration of the kingly office to the New Testament Church

The Biblical Paradigm of Miraculous Healing

Has the Church taken a step backwards to the Old Testament?

Is it necessary to be in good health to minister healing to others?

The fulfillment of Luther’s Reformation?

Truth vs. truth: does God will to heal everyone?

Evangelical and charismatic churches minister together in unity & manifest power

Command the healing instead of merely claiming the healing

Is there a strong Scriptural basis for “claiming one’s healing by faith?”

Does the Church have a spirit of FEAR?

Faith of God

The devil has stolen from the church

Pastor John of India ministers “mass healing”

From helplessness & defeat to mountain-moving faith & victory

The kingly office for the fulfillment of the Great Commission

Did Jesus pray for the sick?

Why are some promises in Scripture unfulfilled?

A New Look: the Authority to Heal vs. the Gift of Healing

The Age of the Body of Christ

A new perspective for those who want to “depend completely” on God

The Relationship between Believers’ Authority over Disease and the Gift of Healing

“Pray as a Priest and Heal as a King”

FORTY DAYS in India and Pakistan

Believers preach the gospel, believers heal the sick, believers cast out demons

Does it bother Jesus when believers cannot heal the sick?

Should believers do it the way Jesus did it?

Can a believer actually learn how to heal the sick?

Does God put disease on people?

Must it be God’s express will for miraculous healing to take place?

The role of God’s will to heal in miraculous healing

Three Kinds of Healing on a Continuum

In the Old Testament, the Prophets Spoke It Before the Lord Performed It

When does Jesus “show up” in our ministry?

“The Son can do nothing of Himself” – What does this mean?

“Quick & easy” miracles to demonstrate publicly that Jesus is the Son of God

“Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have…”

The Days of Gideon are here

Self-deception in the Church?

The Charismatic Renewal Revisited

The tragic story of Ezekiel, an “anointed” servant of God

Was the ultimate purpose of the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost for believers to flow in the gifts, or was there A FAR MORE IMPORTANT purpose?

Why did God scatter the wonderful Spirit-filled Church in Acts 8?

What have we accomplished a half-century after the “20th Century Outpouring of the Holy Spirit”?

What is happening to the Charismatic Renewal Movement?

“Pendulum”

Why we no longer see the miraculous healings as we did in the early days of the Charismatic Renewal

Redressing the imbalance between the Gifts of the Spirit and Power & Authority

Comments on The Elijah Challenge from a very charismatic believer who has known Christ for 45 years


Why the baptism of the Holy Spirit today is different from Acts

 

A Scriptural look at “the anointing”

The tragic story of Ezekiel, an “anointed” servant of God

Does the Holy Spirit today teach us “new” things which Jesus never taught in the gospels?

Who are the false prophets who Jesus warned us would appear in the Last Days?

“The anointing” and the College Admissions Scandal

Understanding the reservations of evangelicals regarding the miraculous

As Paul warned in Colossians, some today may have “lost connection with the Head”

The Anointing and the Antichrists

Why you should be discerning regarding “the anointing”

The Failure of Democracy in America (and in the Church)

The Relationship between the Traditional Church and Progressive Liberalism

Coveting “the Anointing”: Becoming (like) God?

Anointed to know the truth

The “Anointing” Revisited

“The anointing” as found in the Church today: scriptural or not?

The Vital Difference between Gift and Anointing

How do we discern which miraculous signs are of God?

“Do not touch the Lord’s anointed”: applicable today or not?

“The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing”?

False spirits invade the Church (YouTube video)

Kundalini Warning by Andrew Strom

Caught in the crossfire: “You should be ashamed of your behavior…”

 

“Depending completely on God” – a NEW perspective on John 5:19

Was every word spoken by Jesus directly from the Father?

“THE SON CAN DO NOTHING OF HIMSELF” – What does this mean?

Do we always need a word of knowledge or “rhema” before we attempt to heal the sick?

NEW perspective for those who want to “depend completely” on God

Clarification: “The only time the Spirit heals or delivers is when it is God’s will”

As Paul warned in Colossians, some today may have “lost connection with the Head”

Does the Holy Spirit today teach us “new” things which Jesus never taught in the gospels?

 

 

The Religion of "Christianity" in the West

 
The birth of progressive liberalism in the post-Christian west is a fulfillment of 2 Peter 2.

20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. 22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”
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In these Last Days scoffers have come, scoffing and following their own evil desires (or why Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists don’t believe in abortion)

Why are some Christian leaders leaving the faith?

Prophecy FULFILLED: “many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other”

The West: “And the final condition of that person is worse than the first”

Are we discipling God’s people through our Sunday church services?

Imbalance between “grace” and works of obedience—the root cause of popular socialism today?

How “the pursuit of happiness” in America is related to progressive liberalism

Is it the job of the Church to “make the world a better place”?

Denial (of reality) in the Church

Why does God allow Mega-Churches?

The Golden Rule in the Church: “He who has the gold, rules”

The Inevitable for “Christian” Nations

Why Western Cultures Drift toward Progressive Liberalism (Inevitably)

“God-haters”: fulfilled in the movement of Progressive Liberalism in the West

When the gospel becomes part of a nation’s culture it eventually loses its power—in accordance with God’s plan

The “Christian” Origin of Liberal Progressivism

Material blessings from God (sadly) eventually bring spiritual complacency in a nation

To the Church in America: “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded”

Why the gospel is fading in the West

Persecution or Christianization: which is actually worse for the Church?

 

Prophecy FULFILLED: “many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other”

“Church-hopping”: a sign of “peace and prosperity”

Prophecy now being fulfilled: “Everyone will hate you because of me.”

“Revival” will not happen in the West

The Golden Rule in the Church: “He who has the gold, rules”

Is it the job of the Church to “make the world a better place”?

Protecting our children from the agenda of the progressive left in our public schools

Does Scripture teach that believers in America will be persecuted?

What Godly Pastors in America face

Why I believe “Revival” Will Not Happen in America

Startling Bible Studies & The Parables of Jesus

Startling Revelations from the Parables of Jesus

Parables from Jesus about the kingdom of heaven

Exactly who will be weeping and gnashing their teeth?

How many foolish servants are there in the Church?

The risks of being a servant of the Lord

The Parable of the Sower: consider carefully how you listen

The Parable of the Rich Fool

The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

The Young Rich Ruler (or The True Gospel of Prosperity)

Does Scripture ever portray Jesus as a hard master?

 

Selected topics

Matthew 3 “Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire”

Matthew 4 “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me”

Matthew 14 “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

Matthew 15 “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?”

Matthew 16 “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees”

Matthew 17 “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”

Matthew 18  “Cut it off and throw it away…”

Matthew 18  Physical healing for believers is contingent on forgiving others

Matthew 19 & 20  “But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first”

Matthew 19  “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”

Matthew 21  “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.”

Matthew 21 – “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Matthew 23 Pharisees in the Church Today

Matthew 24 “For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many”

Matthew 22 “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Matthew 25 – The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Matthew 25 “He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left”

Matthew 26 – “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?”

Luke 4  Power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases

John 9  “Night is coming, when no one can work”

Romans 1  “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”

 

Miscellaneous

The primary calling of The Elijah Challenge

“Yahshua” or “Jesus”?

Nearly deaf boy healed in the name of Yahshua the Messiah

Preaching “Yeshua HaMashiach” (instead of “Jesus Christ”) to Hindus and Buddhists

Reflections on our Fortieth Wedding Anniversary

Divorce: “As Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her”

My extraordinary zeal as a young disciple—but without knowledge

Examining Popular Teachings & Traditions in the Church

Direct “strategic-level spiritual warfare” against territorial spirits: should you engage in it?

A brief exchange on Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare

Are you and your loved ones undergoing trial after trial?

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare

Benin: African King Hands over Kingdom to Christ (without any “spiritual warfare”)

Did Simon the sorcerer in Acts 8 know more than disciples of Jesus Christ today?

Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare Revisited—is Scripture really INSUFFICIENT as implied?

Cessationism vs. Strategic-level Spiritual Warfare: Two Extremes in the Church Today

Does Ephesians 6 really teach “spiritual warfare” in the heavenlies?

Must-read warning from Brazilian Pastor about demonic attacks

Did Jesus command us to drive out “territorial spirits”?

What about our being “seated in the heavenly realms in Christ”?

“Spiritual Warfare” is not necessary or desirable for effective evangelism

Believer healed and set free following repentance from the practice of “spiritual warfare”

“Warfare Prayer” is an oxymoron

The rebuking of territorial spirits is dangerous: “Do Not Go There!”

Examining the practice of “binding and loosing” from Scripture

The correlation between “spiritual warfare” and “prosperity teaching”

INDONESIA: “strategic-level spiritual warfare” unnecessary and risky

 

The practices & teachings of the Nicolaitans—which Jesus hates
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Church Buildings: a few potted plants or a forest?

What Godly Pastors in America face

The Relationship between the Traditional Church and Progressive Liberalism

The Golden Rule in the Church: “He who has the gold, rules”

The Mist in the Sanctuary

What is the difference between a believer and a disciple? (Or the teaching of the Nicolaitans which Jesus hates)

Church & State and the Nicolaitan System

What I saw on Christian television in Brazil

Church buildings: God’s perfect plan for the Body of Christ?

250,000 animals brutally killed by Hindus as sacrifice to goddess (or The practices of the Nicolaitans: Christ calls the Church to repent—but from what?)

Related articles & teachings:

Who are the Pharisees of today?

Does the “teaching of Balaam” exist today?

“The anointing” as found in the Church today: scriptural or not?

 

Cessationism & Charismania: opposing poles of the Church spectrum

The false prophets performing great signs and wonders Jesus warned would now appear to deceive even the elect—who could they be?

“The anointing” and the College Admissions Scandal

Understanding the reservations of evangelicals regarding the miraculous

As Paul warned in Colossians, some today may have “lost connection with the Head”

The significance of prescription versus description for New Testament disciples

“Description and not prescription”: Cleverly disguised cessationism which cripples the Church in fulfilling the Great Commission

THIS is not THAT

It is argued by some that supernatural “gifts” have disappeared—but what about power and authority?

The Yeast of the Pharisees in the Church today

We have set aside the commands of God to observe our traditions

NOT Your Old “Signs & Wonders” Movement

Why has the Church failed to fulfill the Great Commission after 2,000 years?

Why all the drama when ministering to the sick?

So miracles have ceased in this age…but has witchcraft also ceased? (or, Does the enemy play fair?)

“Get out of the way and let God”?

How and when does “God get all the glory”?

Can the Church in America compete with Islam on a level playing field?

“The Pendulum” – balance between dry evangelicalism and charismania

Our desire is not to see “backflips off the pew”

Does God heal everyone, or no one?

“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed” (and less blessed are those who saw and believed)

“Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed”

The Lord wants those with A DIFFERENT SPIRIT who say: “We can certainly do it!” (vs. Grasshopper Christians)

Is there a visible outward difference between Christianity and Ahmadiyya Islam which preaches peace & love?

An open letter to our Cessationist Brethren: “We might be a special case”

CHARISMATIC FALLACIES with Dr. Tissa Weerasingha

“The Anointing” vs “Gifts” vs “Power & Authority” in the area of supernatural healing

“The Anointing”: Studies from Scripture

Can we temper our cessationist position for the sake of winning those who want to plant the flag of jihad over the White House in Washington?

It is argued by some that supernatural gifts have ceased, but what about power & authority?

“I will get the job done as you have commanded me” VERSUS “I don’t know if I can do it, Lord, but I will do my best. But even if I fail, I know that somehow you will somehow get the glory.” Which attitude is more pleasing to the Lord?

True prophets should and will outdo false prophets in this dispensation

Persecuted by Muslims….and Christians?

It is argued by some that supernatural “gifts” have disappeared—but what about power and authority?

“Are you evangelical or charismatic?” “Neither.”

Caught in the crossfire between the two poles of the Church

Dilemma for Dispensationalism (aka Cessationism)

John MacArthur and Finding the Balance between Form and Frenzy

Cessationism vs. Strategic-level Spiritual Warfare: Two Extremes in the Church

The Theology of Weakness & Helplessness

Either dry evangelicalism or wacky charismania: only two choices?

 

The fruit of true grace vs. the fruit of cheap grace

Heaven on Earth

Can we all receive Christ just like the dying thief on the cross?

Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez killed five US Marines in Tennessee for “pleasures…never seen.”

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect”: What could Jesus possibly mean by that?

IRONY: “Grace” in the Church today vs. “works” in the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq

Judging the popular teaching of “Do not judge”

“Unhealthy” dependence on God?

The secret to writing a “successful” Christian book

Overcomers in the last days according to Revelation

Where’s God’s grace in the messages to the seven churches of Revelation?

“Radical Grace” in the Life of Paul (or Radical New Testament Grace)

“Destined to Reign: The Secret to Effortless Success…”

Is obedience optional for a disciple?

How much “leeway” does Scripture give us to sin?

Is the Entitlement Mentality a By-Product of Western “Christianity”?

Obedience is not a dirty word

Overcoming the sin and temptation of pornography

Read the “fine print” before Romans 6:23

Read the “fine print” behind Romans 8:1

Warnings from an apostle: “falling from your secure position”

The curious case of 1 John 1:9

An oxymoron in Galatians?

The age of (extreme) grace

“God’s grace” gone wild?

“What has God done for me lately?”

Type 2 Diabetes: God’s “grace” in action?

One way to fall from your secure position in Christ

Insulting the Spirit of grace?

Does Scripture teach that “Christians are not perfect, just forgiven?”

How to have confidence on the Day of Judgment

The “Ministry of Condemnation”

Rejoice not that the demons submit to you

How to increase your “mountain-moving faith”

What is the Original Message of the Gospel?

In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war…

How to resist sin effectively

 

Possible Deception in the Church?

The false prophets performing great signs and wonders Jesus warned would now appear to deceive even the elect—who could they be?

Does the Holy Spirit today teach us “new” things which Jesus never taught in the gospels?

“The anointing” and the College Admissions Scandal

As Paul warned in Colossians, some today may have “lost connection with the Head”

“Claiming” and the Word of Faith according to Mark 11:24

CHARISMATIC FALLACIES with Dr. Tissa Weerasingha

The Charismatic Renewal Revisited

Denial of reality in the Church

Self-Deception in the Church?

The “anointing” and the antichrists in 1 John 2 and 4

Why there were no “prosperity churches” in the early Church

The income of the Church in America is a good chunk of one trillion dollars each year

Assemblies of God exposed to New Apostolic Reformation through Empowered21

“Judas Iscariots” in the Church today

The Yeast of the Pharisees in the Church today

We have set aside the commands of God to observe our traditions

The Mist in the Sanctuary

Dilemma for Dispensationism (aka Cessationism)

Judging the popular teaching of “Do not judge”

“Unhealthy” dependence on God?

Dry evangelicalism or wacky charismania: only two alternatives?

Brazilian mission leader David Botelho condemns extreme “prosperity teaching”

Caught in the crossfire: “You should be ashamed of your behavior…”

Suffering for Christ or the devil’s schemes? (by John Wen)

How do we discern which miraculous signs are of God?

The “theology of helplessness”

Church & State and the Nicolaitan System

What is the difference between a believer and a disciple? (Or the teaching of the Nicolaitans which Jesus hates)

What is the purpose of prayer & fasting and worship gatherings?

Study of Joseph Prince on Self-Examination, Confession, Repentance, Stewardship and Conviction

“Destined to Reign: The Secret to Effortless Disappointment…”

What happens when you follow false prophets

“Do not touch the Lord’s anointed”: applicable today or not?

“The anointing” as found in the Church today: scriptural or not?

“The Anointing” Revisited

The Vital Difference between Gift and Anointing

“The yoke shall be destroyed because of the ANOINTING”?

What I saw in Christian television in Brazil

Church buildings: God’s perfect plan for the Body of Christ?

False spirits invade the Church (YouTube)

Kundalini warning by Andrew Strom

What kind of worship is pleasing to God in the New Testament?

What is happening to the Charismatic Renewal Movement?

20/20 Hindsight: What I Hope We Learned From The Lakeland Revival

“Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare” is not necessary or desirable for effective evangelism

Did Jesus command us to drive out “territorial spirits”?

250,000 animals brutally killed by Hindus as sacrifice to goddess (or The practices of the Nicolaitans: Christ calls the Church to repent—but from what?)

Jim Bakker: “I was wrong” (or A Better Reason for Giving)

“The Evangelist”

The Church and the American Dream

The Teaching of the Nicolaitans

Who are the Pharisees of today?

The (real) price of freedom

A perspective on Steve Chalke, “The Intelligent Church” and the Emerging Church movement

Does the “teaching of Balaam” exist today?

To the Church in America: What should we now do?

Is having a large church always the evidence of God’s blessing?

The headlong rush for size and crowds

What you sit under is what you will get

Our Fascination with Financial Miracles

Extreme Prosperity Teaching

Is the Church following a pagan model?

Living through the economic crisis: how to see money

The sad secret of the Church

Becoming a false prophet

Is the love of God unconditional?

What does it mean that the eye is the lamp of the body?

Possible Deception in the Church?

More thought-provoking, non-traditional articles based soundly on Scripture