This is a beautiful testimony from someone who lived the truth: Richard Wurmbrand was an evangelical minister in Romania during the Soviet occupation after World War II. When the communists came to power, they convened a so-called “Congress of Cults”, where religious leaders were supposed to swear allegiance to the new communist regime and declare […]
Read more3As the end approaches, people are going to be self-absorbed, money-hungry, self-promoting, stuck-up, profane, contemptuous of parents, crude, coarse, dog-eat-dog, unbending, slanderers, impulsively wild, savage, cynical, treacherous, ruthless, bloated windbags, addicted to lust, and allergic to God. 4They’ll make a show of religion, but behind the scenes they’re animals. A few years ago, all Sunday […]
Read morePhilippians 4:10-20 I didn’t want to write about this for fear of stepping on some toes. But it weighs on me and I can’t keep quiet. Let me say at the outset: I’m not against the church. A friend called me. He wanted to distribute the Crossroad books at church. But the pastor objected. He […]
Read moreJesus equipped special people for the church. He equipped priests, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and pastors for this task. Their task: 12 He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christ’s followers in skilled servant work … And the result is: 13 … working within Christ’s body, the church, until we’re all […]
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