With today being Mother’s Day, I wanted to write a little bit about my mom. The Bible instructs us to “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you” (Deuteronomy 5:16).  This is a big deal to God…it made it into the Ten Commandments and was also reiterated by Jesus and...

In my last post, A Supernatural Showdown, I talked about how there are two sources of supernatural knowledge and power- God and Satan.  This means that supernatural activity must not be automatically rejected or accepted, but must be tested to see whether it is from God or not.  Though we need to welcome the Holy Spirit in all of His supernatural gifts, we must not automatically accept every supernatural manifestation as from God. 1...

“So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, just as the Lord commanded. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.” -Exodus...

Over the past few months I have been really pondering the concept of what is known as “fivefold ministry.”  This term comes from Ephesians 4:11-12: “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.”  Jesus has given various ministry gifts to the church –...

As we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus this weekend, it is good to remember just how significant the resurrection is. Consider what the apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:14-19: “And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead...