If we considered Jesus’ definition of a disciple, we would likely conclude the percentage of professing Christians today who are true disciples to be less than 10%. As seen in the Gospels, far more people followed Jesus than became His disciples. So, we don’t want to discount those who do not...

We have been looking at the body of Christ in general in light of where we are going. As the great philosopher Yogi Berra once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” We need to have a clear vision of where we are going, but to get there, we must know where we...

We have been addressing how the weakening of the call to follow Jesus has produced weak followers. This is not the only contributing factor to this, but it is a big one. The teaching found in most churches in the West, which focuses more on the benefits and blessings of believers in place of Christ...

When the civil powers of Israel threatened the apostles if they continued to preach in Jesus’ name, they did not pray for more miracles, healing, or prophetic words so they could be more persuasive. They prayed for more boldness (see Acts 4:23-31). Boldness is the willingness or ability to be...

The Lord said the end of this age will be “the harvest.” As we see in the book of Revelation, the whole earth, including every nation and tongue, will be a part of this. It will be the biggest ingathering ever. One reason for this will be another event the Lord said would come at the end of this...

From the beginning, God has allowed man to choose who He will serve. According to psychological studies, making choices is a challenge about 80% of people do not want to face. They would rather be told what to do than to make a choice, even when it involves their own destiny. To walk with the Lord...

To enable mankind’s return to our original purpose of fellowshipping and walking with God and participating in the cultivation of creation, He created the most glorious and wonderful Way. He requires us to walk out this restoration process amid a world in chaos. This makes the contrast even more...

Good can be the worst enemy of best. We are thankful for the institutions that have sought to preserve the truth and do the works of God, and for all the good they have done, but their time is up. In place of “moves of God” we are entering a time when God will truly move. He never really has been a...

In Hebrews 12:26-29, we see a poignant picture of what is happening in our world today: His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can...

Just as there are ever-increasing troubles in the world, there are ever-increasing signs of revival and another great awakening. Just as great subterranean upsurges of magma break out in various places before a volcanic explosion, revivals will break out as warnings that pressure is building for “...