As the story goes, a poor man who spent his life as a tenant farmer was working in the field. He had gone over the ground countless times with his
The Need to Retune Your Focus
One of my favorite people in history was William Booth. Booth was a man given to and used mightily by God. As founder of the Salvation Army, General
As Bold as a Llama
Careful. They spit. Llamas: A rather odd looking pack animal (related to the camel) found in the Andes. These sociable creatures not only have great
No Turning Back … No Matter What
Wednesday night I was privileged to attend a night of worship and remembrance the graduating advanced students of Ellerslie Training put on for the
In the Worst of Characters
This selection from Steve Gallagher's book Standing Firm Through the Great Apostasy is an answer to the great need for every Christian today. We as
A New Principle
This guest post, by one of my favorite preachers in Christian history, Ian Thomas is taken from his book The Saving Life of Christ (which I highly
How Heavy Is Your Cross?
Though the entire book greatly pressed my soul, one small passage on the weight of the cross from L.E. Maxwell's book Crowded to Christ, made me stop
Breaking Up the Fallow Ground
When we open your lives bare before the Spirit and allow Him to pierce, probe, correct, and transform us, He takes us into greater depths and richness
Temptations
What is the secret to overcoming temptation? As a friend of mine often says, the only time we fall into temptation is when we remove our focus from