A study of true Holy Spirit revivals has proved that people coming under the sphere of the Spirit’s reach, change their behavioral patterns and society in general becomes a better place wherein to live. It is said that during the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905 and the years that followed saw a drastic reduction in violent […]
There are times we enjoy humor. In response to a funny clip sent me via WhatsApp recently, I responded … “I needed that. I needed to laugh.” Sadly though, when other things happen, such as what people ought not to do, we tend enjoy it when judgment or punishment is passed quickly. I cannot speak […]
There are so many “fake miraculous happenings” performed or written about that one wonders whether it’s man’s vivid imagination or the devil’s cunning or both. Often claims are made that the miraculous is happening at a certain establishment (a Church or some other place) or by a certain person. Some have performed thorough forensic investigations […]
My dad could never understand when I said that as clergy we were going on a retreat. Commonly, amongst other titles such a gathering over a few days was known as a Clergy Retreat. The idea was we retreated from our normal ministry to get away for times of personal and corporate prayer, Bible Study […]
Remember my lengthy introduction yesterday? The onslaught upon the Gospel can be severe and it is nothing new as we have seen in the Book of Acts and see again today. Ac 19:9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples […]
In schools, colleges and universities you may generally speak your mind. You have freedom of speech. You may raise topics, discuss topics, pose questions about virtually anything … but the one thing you are no allowed to do is speak about Jesus Christ, the Bible and Christianity. When the principal of a high school asked […]
Some passages in the Bible are harder to read and understand, whilst others are far easier. I have always maintained that Christians must read the Bible, but that in itself does not provide a perfect understanding of every text. It is true: Jn 14:26 the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in […]
We have spoken about apologetics already. Some men are particularly gifted to defend the faith in public in this way. One thinks of men like Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tacelli who wrote ‘The Handbook of Christian Apologetics’; Lee Strobel and his book ‘The Case for Christ’; CS Lewis and ‘Mere Christianity’; Josh McDowell and ‘Evidence […]
Have you notice that in some Churches, baptism is a huge issue? In Protestantism, baptism together with the Lord’s Supper are the only two sacraments. Is baptism a big issue to you? We are told to baptize all new converts and—in some churches, like the one I belong to—we baptize infants of believing parents. Will […]
I have a dear friend who, when he went on holiday, always visited people. He had friends everywhere and everywhere he went he visited everyone he knew. Personally I would have been totally exhausted doing this. We used to use our holidays to relax, be refreshed and reinvigorated so that once back home and at […]