Over the last forty years, I believe I have heard just about every excuse possible why Christ-followers cannot be faithful to weekly church attendance, cannot be consistent in sharing Christ with the lost or answering the call into fulltime ministry. … Continue reading
Dr. Martin Luther was a Roman monk. He was a theologian—a professor in a school. He was desperately trying to learn how to be right with God. There came a time he took a journey to Rome and climbed on … Continue reading
Pastors and ministry leaders from across 22 Pacific Island nations converged in Fiji October 8-10, 2024, for the FINISH Oceania Summit, where they collaboratively developed missional strategies for leadership development, evangelism, discipleship, church planting and strategic networking. Convened by the Global … Continue reading
Multiplication Impact of Ministry Training Hubs – Reaching 800 by 2030 – Essential to FINISH the Great Commission in this Generation With a mission to finalize the Great Commission by 2030, Global Church Network (GCN) has set a goal of … Continue reading
Do you want to know why this world is in darkness? It is because people have refused the light. They cannot tell the difference between right and wrong because they are living in darkness and cannot see. Jesus is the … Continue reading
What is the number one issue in the world today? Is it abortion, safe sex, homosexuality, or AIDS? Is it terrorism, ISIS or war? I submit the number one issue in the world is what we are going to do … Continue reading
All who will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. If you’re not suffering any, it’s just a plain fact that you are not living godly in Christ Jesus. If you are a child of God, you’re living in … Continue reading
You hold in your hands the guidebook to Glory and the pathway to purity in a world of worldliness. I do not claim to have all the answers; but I do believe that while we live in an era of … Continue reading
At the time that Jude was written in the early history of the church, apostates were already on the scene. In verse 4 he says, “For there are certain men.” They are already present. They are present today. Apostates exist … Continue reading
The Lord wants us to be able to distinguish false doctrine when we hear it or read it. It’s very important to be able to tell the difference. God has given us this little book in the Bible to help … Continue reading
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities (Jude 8). We now come to Jude 8, where the kind dreams never come true. General William Booth was the founder of the Salvation Army. … Continue reading
Just as tides roll in and out on the shore, generations come and go across the sea of time. Without a God-given supernatural interruption, the generational tide that comes in will also disappear in the blink of an eye. When … Continue reading
As we continue our study of the Book of Jude, without question, one of the strangest verses in the Bible is Jude 9: But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil about the body of Moses, did not … Continue reading
We are living in the days of apostasy. Any person who knows anything about the Bible and has any understanding of current, contemporary events is certainly aware of the fact that we are living in times of gross apostasy. Apostasy … Continue reading
The Book of Jude teaches us how to prepare for the coming of a group of teachers on the earth known as the Apostates. Apostates are false teachers who teach doctrines of apostasy. Doctrines of apostasy are doctrines that depart … Continue reading
Jesus’ first disciples were fishermen. And, I want to say that all of the disciples today should be fishermen. I want to talk to you today on this subject: “How To Make Your Net Work.” I don’t know of anything more … Continue reading
We are about to step into the 3rd Millennium of the Church. The Global Church Network is making plans to celebrate the 2000th Birthday of the Church on June 9-11, 2030 in Jerusalem, Israel. While at the same time, we … Continue reading
Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain!” (Jude 11) The book of Genesis is a book of beginnings. Genesis records the birth of the universe, the world, the sun, the moon, stars, animal life, plant life, … Continue reading
What is evangelism? Over the decades I have been asked this question. It is hard to believe but some leaders have many different definitions and descriptions. It is amazing that some many Christian leaders love to celebrate the baby Jesus … Continue reading
In II Timothy 4:2-4, the apostle Paul talks about the last days and says, “Preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season: reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will … Continue reading
The plumb line was created 3,000 years ago through Egyptian engineering. Ancient Egyptians used a plumb line attached to the top outer part of of a tool resembling a letter E. When placed against a wall, the plumb line would … Continue reading
Operation Christmas Child’s goal is to ship more than 12 million shoeboxes for Christmas 2024. Operation Christmas Child is the number one shipper of shoeboxes each year in the world. How did this begin? The Making of the Shoebox: Until … Continue reading
All of us from time to time will struggle with fear. Christians who say they never struggle with fear, will also share other falsehoods with you. Leading Christian Psychologists tell us there are different levels of fear. I suppose the … Continue reading
More than two thousand years ago, Mankind nailed his Maker on a cross of wood. On that horrific day, the devil laughed, the people sneered and the Father turned His back on his Son. Jesus Christ did not … Continue reading
There is a joy and peace that passes all understanding; but in order to walk in this joy and peace, we must embrace Christ daily and live in the power of the Holy Spirit. God had given a land, a … Continue reading
Happiness depends on what transpires, but joy enriches the soul and comes only from the Lord. Truly, the joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10). As we begin our joy journey together, it important that we come to cognitive clarity as to … Continue reading
“These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; raging … Continue reading
In Colossians 2:20, we read, “Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to … Continue reading
Life is what you are alive to. Mention cars and many teenage boys come alive. Mention boyfriends and all the teenage girls come alive. Mention money and the stock market and a lot of people come alive. Life indeed is … Continue reading
Colossians is the blueprint that tells us how we can put our lives together. It also gives us God’s plan for getting this good news to lost people. It is tragic, but true, that most people live their entire life … Continue reading
As we begin this chapter, please carefully read the words: “Let no man therefore judge you (condemn you or look down on you) in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, … Continue reading
Will Christ be the center of your celebration this Christmas season? Are you living for the things that Christ died for? The Christian needs to remember that our joy is because of Jesus, our songs because of our Savior, our love because … Continue reading
John 1:6-9 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the Light, but he came to testify … Continue reading
The Apostle Paul was a masterful writer, under the anointing of the Holy Spirit. In his writings, he describes how we have now entered into a transition from the Sufficiency of Christ to the deficiency of cults. In Colossians 2:3, … Continue reading
Dear Visionary Leader, Merry Christmas! When I was 15 years old, my Father had a plant nursery business called, Davis Brothers’ Nursery in Mobile, Alabama. Our nursery had more than 30,000 hanging baskets in greenhouses and thousands of … Continue reading