From a post from 2015: Are our books safe? I certainly hope not! I make every effort to make sure that I’m not publishing safe books. I want to publish books that make you think. I want to publish books that scare you. I want to publish books that change you, and through you change the world….
The new creation brought about by love, under whose control Christians live (2 Cor. 5:14), is not an amorphous conglomerate of passive robots who do God’s will en masse. The Christian life of the new creation is not the boring life of an idealized perfection on this earth. It is the exciting life of taking…
Allan Bevere Interview: Holiness of Heart and Life Energion owner Henry Neufeld interviewed Dr. Allan R. Bevere recently regarding his new volume in the Topical Line Drives series, Holiness of Heart and Life. Dr. Bevere works from the Wesleyan tradition and discusses topics such as the relationship of holiness and grace and the Wesleyan doctrine…
Easter Sunday represents hope fulfilled, but also the promise of hope to all for all time. A Message We have a message to tell the world – a message of undeniable hope that will explode with power when it is lived out in day-to-day life. Deborah L. Roeger, The Power of Hope, p. 244 Faith,…
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…
The cross reveals the fullness of Jesus’ love for humankind in all its ambiguity and sin. Willing to embrace his destiny as God’s beloved child and healer, Jesus faces the agony of Calvary. He did not want to die, nor did he wish to suffer excruciating pain. Still, Jesus placed his suffering and abandonment in…
Today is Good Friday. It’s important to remember, however, that we see it as Good Friday by looking back. The disciples saw it as anything but good. For them, hope was dying with their Lord on the cross. But hope is for the difficult, devastating times. Hope Looking Forward Hope allows that which is “not…
Certainty of Hope God knows full well that hope tethers us to Him as nothing else will. And being tethered to a trustworthy and faithful God makes all the difference in the world! Our end is secure, our hope is certain! Deborah L. Roeger, The Power of Hope, p. 243 Your Call and Hope While…
Foreword to Running My Race Though I don’t identify myself in the book itself, Dave Black asked me to write the foreword to his book Running My Race, published in 2016. I reproduce it here. Since my embrace of the gospel commission along with the often disparaged words “evangelism” and “mission,” often draws criticism, I’ll…
We continue with quotes showing the multidimensional nature of faith and its connection to hope. Hope Is the Glue We could say that faith initially connected Abraham to the promise that God had made, but hope was the glue that kept him connected until God fulfilled His word. Deborah L. Roeger, The Power of Hope,…
