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Interview with Christian author Candise Farmer

I recently had an opportunity to interact with Bible teacher and Christian author, Candise Farmer, concerning her ministry and book Green Pastures in a Barren Land: finding contentment in life's desolate seasons (Free Church Press, Carrollton. 2012 $14.95). Her folksy style and gentle aura complement her deep Christian convictions making chats with Candise a mesmerizing experience. God surely blesses this young Christian lady with tremendous communicating abilities. More significantly, however, is Candise's encouraging message birthed from difficulties she and her husband faced for several years. I pray He chooses to... Read more →

Ever heard of John Donne? David Allen will introduce you

Dr. David Allen has an inspiring piece on Anglican preacher, poet, and Dean of London's St. Paul’s Church during the 17th Century, John Donne. Allen writes >>> Donne’s life was pockmarked with pain. When Donne was 4 years old, his father died suddenly, leaving him and two other siblings to be raised by his mother. At the age of 11, he entered Oxford where he studied for three years. He spent the next three years at Cambridge, but formally graduated from neither as he refused to take the Oath of... Read more →

A Mom's Love is Never Done by Peter Lumpkins

Hariette Petersen (most know her as "SelahV") has a penetrating testimony of a mother who never stops loving her son. In her piece entitled, "When the Inconceivable Falls on Mother's Day," she confesses: "I wondered how I'd feel today. It's been six years since Mother's Day exploded on May 8th. Each year, I've had a bit of a respite from that horrific anniversary of my 33 year-old son's death and Mother's Day celebration. The past few years I took some solace in the fact that this day sanctified as the... Read more →

Judgment is No Joke by Peter Lumpkins

A few years ago, I preached a message entitled “Judgment is no Joke” based upon perhaps the most provocative words the Lord Jesus ever spoke; so provocative, in fact, some scholars deny the Lord of Glory spoke them. In part Jesus said>>> "And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire…And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to... Read more →

"Faith on its Feet": Expository Teasers from the Epistle of James: Part I

Presently I am in the process of moving a bunch of stuff around in my study, unloading other stuff from an old office I abandoned a few years back. An Atlanta church allowed me to keep some things there in an unused part of their facilities. As I separated some things to store away, part of the stuff I tagged for the attic included hundreds of pages of sermon notes I've kept through the years. I don't know how I've kept them because a dozen times, I've decided to throw... Read more →