Failure! Not Me! Not Ever!

“Go and serve God. Make all kinds of mistakes and learn wisdom from your errors,” I advised the young preacher.
“Failure!” the young preacher replied, her eyes connecting with mine. “Not me! Not ever!”
I smiled, hoping to lessen the chill in the air between us. “Nobody wants to make mistakes, but we do. It happens to [...]

Swimming Upstream: “Need Encouragemnt?”

Bad economic news. Terrorism. Abortions. Same-sex marriages. Illegal aliens. Swine flu. Yuck! Double yuck! Where’s some good news for us Christians?
Order is always proceeded by chaos. Whenever God restores order, something is birthed out of the chaos He allowed in the first place. Everything is part of the whole with God. We look at the [...]

Is Miss California Really A Hero?

Dave Welch’s column, Is Carrie Prejean Really A Hero?, appeared on World Net Daily today.
In the article, Welch looked down his nose, through his pince-nez eyeglasses at Carrie Prejean, Miss California. What he saw, was not her heart, but instead, her clothing and a beauty pageant.
Sadly, Carrie fell short of Welch’s religious standards; and without [...]

Swimming Upstream: “Eternally Secure…Or Not?”

A twenty-year old girl stood in front of me at Starbucks wearing the above slogans on a tee-shirt. “That’s funny,” I said to her.
Out of nowhere, a young man appeared in my face. “So, what are you?” he said. His chin readying for a battle.
“I’m probably more Calvinist than Arminian, especially on the grace and [...]

Swimming Upstream: “The Cross”

Do you like to read? Do you want to be inspired?

Then, I felt the Lord speak, Arthur, you’ve been praying about wanting to carry the cross behind the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall. There are no walls! The walls, the iron curtains, are in your mind. I don’t have an iron curtain. (The Cross, [...]

Need Prosperity? (Conclusion)

Click on following for earlier articles: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,  Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 and Part 10.
A leader of an international ministry which provides food and supplies to the world’s needy was given a surprise offering of one million dollars. He promptly gave it [...]

Swimming Upstream: “My Most Unforgettable Christian Character”

Mention a well known Christian preacher and what do you picture? Probably, a dark suit, white shirt, conservative tie and aloofness, right? This is the cookie-cutter mold for most Christian luminaries who are podium-stars on the Christian church circuits.
Then, there’s Arthur Blessitt. A most unconventional evangelist. He has carried the cross around the world and [...]

Need Prosperity? (Part 10)

Click on following for earlier articles: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,  Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 and Part 9.

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven… (Matthew 6: [...]

Swimming Upstream: “Are You Prepared for Storms?”

The cell phone rang; I flipped it open. “Hello,” I said.
“I have cancer. Will you pray for me?” she said through panic-weighted sobs.
Though shocked, I replied, “Yes, of course I will.”
This just happened, but over my twenty-four years of being a believer, I’ve heard it often. Storms happen, you know. At times, the storms blow [...]

Swimming Upstream: “At What Point, Will I Fall Away?”

Anna at Bigger Than Me, has written an article, Spiritual, Supernatural Things (Part 2), which has brought on some interesting comments from truthwalker.
Now I know, it’s easy for us believers, especially me, to point our fingers at truthwalker and say, “You shoulda done this. You shoulda done that. What’s your problem?”
Anna admitted in her article:
And [...]