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Chris Surber is an Energion author, pastor, and missionary.
Chris Surber is an Energion author, pastor, and missionary.
Our current editing work on books to be released in the next month is very rich with thoughts for Pentecost Sunday. In each case, page numbers are from the advance reader copies and may vary slightly in the final edition. First, from Unfettered Spirit: Spiritual Gifts for the New Great Awakening by Bob Cornwall, pages…
Belief, Trust, and Hope … [T]o believe is beyond intellectual agreement to something. It undeniably denotes a sense of firmness, certainty and reliability. To believe is to firmly entrust yourself to reliable God. This entrustment serves to motivate a person’s action based on their reliance on God’s faithfulnessand His promise(s). Deborah L. Roeger, The Power…
Saturday is sometimes called Silent Saturday, a day of waiting, of shattered hopes, of finding a way to cope. Just like the disciples, we often experience our silent Saturdays. Endure for the True Power of Hope The key to every hope-er’s overcoming victory is stated clearly in Hebrews 6:12, “[Be] imitators of those who through…
Good Friday is a good time to think about Christian unity. Just before the story of the cross in the Gospel According to John, Jesus told his disciples to love one another as he had loved them. If you think a love-centered Christianity is weak or easy, consider that standard! Today I want to link…
Things would get worse for the serpent. In Genesis 3:15 we have the protoevangelium, or the first piece of the “good news,” which has come to be known as the gospel. God told the serpent, although ultimately speaking to Satan, that he “will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and…
Starting Monday, March 22, 2021, we will be welcoming a series of posts by our authors and some of our friends regarding the law in scripture and in Christian thought. The first article in this discussion will be by Alden Thompson, author of Who’s Afraid of the Old Testament God? and Inspiration: Hard Questions, Honest…