Israel as a nation needed to be revived at many different times. If we want to know what revival looks like, Israel is a great place to start. After all, “The things written aforetime were written for our learning.” Specifically with 1 Samuel 7 and 8 we find a comprehensive overview of this seemingly mysterious process we like to call […]
» Read moreEvery revival needs a man of God to serve as a leader for God’s people as they renew their commitment to the Scriptures. Pentecost had Peter. The Reformation had Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin. The Evangelical Revival in England had Whitefield and Wesley; in America, Jonathan Edwards. In the same way, Israel had their spiritual leaders to guide in spiritual restoration, […]
» Read moreGod is a God Who works, not only in spite of our failures, but through them. He works in difficult circumstances. He works in times of departure from His Word. Thus it should be no surprise that as we come to the book of 1 Samuel we find God working through a barren woman and a failing high priest. This […]
» Read moreRevival is seldom criticized amongst Christians, because nearly every person wants revival. We all want to see change. The Charismatic community wants to see everyone restored to full experience of God and His wonders. The Catholic community (not that we should consider it Christian in the Biblical sense) wants to see everyone “come home to Rome.” The traditionalists want restoration […]
» Read moreIf some Evangelicals today were asked to define worldliness, what would they come up with? After all, many find nothing wrong with advertising “Beer and Bible Study” so as to attract others. Tattoos and piercings are seen as perfectly acceptable, since there is no verse that directly says “Thou shalt not…” except in the book of Leviticus (But who cares […]
» Read moreOver the past century self esteem has become a tremendous emphasis in Christendom, due to a number of factors, which won’t be discussed here. In a society that makes emotion the basis for everything, the idea that all our problems can be solved by a simple refocusing on the commendability of “number one” is massively accepted. And in Christian circles, […]
» Read more“We need to stop judging one another” has been the rallying cry of Evangelicalism for a number of years now. Yes, we need to be more considerate of our idiosyncratic differences. Yes, we cannot constantly accuse believers of bad motives, when we simply can’t see their heart. But has the constant preaching of the phrase “Judge not, lest you be […]
» Read moreIn our North American Evangelical culture today the Christian and his relationship to the political world is hotly debated. Democratic principles have allowed people to actually have a say – or think they have a say – in how their country is run, and since many believers have been raised in this atmosphere a seemingly inevitable compromise with Scripture has […]
» Read moreGod is Light When we open our Bibles and look for the topic of the glory of God as being the goal of God, we could find several individual verses that support this concept. Yet perhaps more so we find it as an overarching theme throughout the whole of Scripture – a theme that takes a broad overview of God’s […]
» Read moreFor we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is […]
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