In my book When People Speak for God, one of the key issues I discuss is how one hears God’s word. One must test and discern when God is truly speaking. Claims are easy to make–people do so every day. The proposed course of action violates ethical or moral standards. “God’s words” come to a…
Continuing the look at small groups, I notice that one of the most common questions I’m asked about Bible study groups is just how one goes about studying a text. Often somebody points to a note in their study Bible and says, “I don’t see how they got that. I can’t see it in the…
Summer time is often a slow time in churches. Many small groups don’t meet through the summer because people are gone on vacation, or just busy with all those other things you can do while the kids are out of school. Sunday School classes are smaller for the same reason. This is a good time…
OK, why would a business owner tell you not to buy directly from his company? That sounds pretty weird. Is there something wrong? Well, no, there isn’t anything wrong with the company, though there is something wrong with buying directly, for most people. If you are an individual, buying just a few books, then it…
We have replaced our mission statement with one that is more succinct: Our mission is to use web and print publishing to educate Christian laity and clergy, to energize the whole church to commitment and action, and to empower all members of the body of Christ to be effective witnesses for Jesus. This replaces our…
Note: This applies only to the pamphlets and not to any books. Since we first published participatory study series pamphlets we have offered source files in Word Doc (a few in Open Document Format) and in PDF along with permission to print as many as you desired. They will remain available, and we intend to…
There’s a title that cries out for punctuation, especially once you learn that it refers to the Rapture Ready web site. I found this via Exploring Our Matrix, and immediately knew I needed to write a piece relating it (or not!) to my study guide on Revelation. One of the key elements of that page,…
In writing for my wife’s devotional list and my Running Toward the Goal podcast (this podcast is no longer available and all links have been removed from this post 10/14/2018) this week, I have been focusing on the work of the Holy Spirit and the gifts. Since I’m also focusing on gifts here, I’d like to…
One of the critical elements in understanding spiritual gifts is relating them properly to the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-26) and particularly to love. Many times we have a tendency to think of the work of the Holy Spirit in a chaotic, scattered fashion. Some groups focus on the Fruit of the Spirit, but…
A couple of days ago I listened to a KJV-Only video on YouTube which introduced me to the web site ApostasyWatch. My introduction was negative, because there was a major error in a critical part of the video that came from that site. I’ll embed my video response at the end. The reason I bring…
