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Emotional Bullying: Using Guilt to Lead Kids to God

I was talking to a friend who, although raised in the church, is pretty antagonistic toward Christianity. He was talking about his childhood and how Sunday school and VBS constantly beat into his head his personal responsibility for Christ’s death. Not in the “Christ died for your sins” vein, but more like, “It was your […] »

Looking Beyond

“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” - 2 Corinthians 4:18   In the movie “Patch Adams”, which is based on a true story, Patch began his … »

INSIDE OF THE GAZA STRUGGLE

During my 29 years of traveling to the Holy Land in 34 trips, I have never been in or near the Gaza strip. Gaza in Biblical history, was the land of the ancient Philistines, a large tribal group that included the coastal areas of Israel from the border... »

SHE SAW THE PLANE CRASH BEFORE IT OCCURRED

Several days prior to making the journey to England for the New Testament Church of God’s annual conference in Birmingham, I received a test from one of our youth leaders which resulted into a prophetic word and warning.  There is a young woman who on several occasions experiences dreams and visions of events, which no one knows are coming and in her dreams she sees events before they o... »