I like to play with numbers; just checked my old stomping ground of Illinois and the CoG population there. There are 127 CoG’s in the state of 12,880.580 residents. If each church were to divide up the population there would be 101,422 members per church. As it is CoG membership is about 0.00001 percent of […]

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Friday, June 24th is the 34th anniversary of my marriage to Kathy Lanier in Sanford, NC. I still recall how nervous we both were.  Standing outside the sanctuary, I literally looked down at my pant legs shaking from the nervousness.  Part of that was due to Kathy’s insistence that I sing to her as part […]

I’m in my 26th year of seminary teaching, so I’ve been working with young people for many years. Over the years, my sense is that this generation has changed. Here are some changes I’ve seen: 1. They show a stronger desire to be part of a multigenerational church. They genuinely want to hang out with…

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“If you are the light of the world you have to burn brighter than the darkness” Bishop Jackson Plant @PlantMinistries @bishopjplant

Tribulation = G3986 – peirasmos πειρασμός 1) an experiment, attempt, trial, proving a) trial, proving: the trial made of you by my bodily condition, since condition served as to test the love of the Galatians toward Paul (Gal. 4:14) b) the trial of man’s fidelity, integrity, virtue, constancy 1) an enticement to sin, temptation, whether […]

Earlier this month, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) sat down with Jan Markell, radio host of Understanding the Times, and discussed President Barack Obama’s September decision to support vetted Syrian rebels, who she calls terrorists, with equipment and training. In this discussion she said, “This happened and as of today the United States is willingly, knowingly, intentionally sending arms to terrorists, now what […]