Acts 6:14

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 40 CHRIST FEARED BY THE SANHEDRIN John 11:45-57 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The effects of Christ’s great miracle, verses 45, 46. 2. The Council and their predicament, verses 47, 48. 3. Caiaphas and h... Read More

1 Corinthians 12:7 says, But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. If the Spirit of God is dwelling in your life, it will be manifested in many different ways. We have discussed how having the Holy Spirit in you is distinct and separate from having the Holy Spirit o... Read More

It is the purpose of this series of studies to bring you into a close, intimate, personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. Our study last Thursday night dealt with the person of the Holy Spirit showing that, from the Scriptures, He has all the characteristics of personality and He is referred to w... Read More

The simplest way to bring about change, as I mentioned in Chapter 3, is to start with yourself. If I demand or expect change from others but refuse to do so myself, I will never see any difference. I must take the initiative and lead by my example. This works in a family, in an organization and in a... Read More

Editorial Four In concluding this brief series of editorials, for the time being, we are going to sum up this matter of the Church and the churches by looking more seriously at the great crisis or turning point which we have in the New Testament. From what we can discern in the relevant literature, ... Read More

We have laid great emphasis upon the fact that, in the beginnings, everything was under the government of the Holy Spirit who had taken over the whole purpose of God and was its custodian. As in the case of the tabernacle of old, the complete pattern was conceived in heaven to the last detail, and s... Read More

An Appeal for Spiritual Christianity Acts 22:20 (Acts 6 & 7) It would be difficult to find a Christian who did not hold Stephen in very high esteem. The reading of the account of his martyrdom, as that of a young man of great gifts and unimpeachable character, stirs every kind of emotion into intens... Read More

In Spirit-filled circles today, there is much talk about the need for restoring apostles and prophets in the Church, based on the idea that over the centuries the importance and centrality of these ministries were lost in the wake of Church history. These proponents point out that the huge and varie... Read More

We are now 2000 years after the advent of the Church and the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ who obeyed His command to spread the Good News to the world. How this Church spread from then to now 2000 years later to almost every nation and people group in the earth happened through growth and multiplicat... Read More

In June of 1990 I found myself unexpectedly in awe. I had joined a team of about 250 people to participate in a two week evangelistic crusade in Mombasa, Kenya, a seaside city of roughly a million people. The organizers divided most of us into teams of three and we went hut to hut, house to house pr... Read More