Speaking Truth To Power

Recently the Chinese Communist Party, in "Article 3 of the Measures" act requires clergy — among other demands — to support the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) rule, the Chinese socialist political system, effectively imposing a political test to...

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When Will Judgement Come?

When does God say enough, that "My longsuffering and patience has ended. It is time for judgement to begin." We find a precedent for this in 2 Kings 21:6ff. Manasseh, the king of Judah and son of Hezekiah, did "evil in the sight of the Lord"...

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Prepare Yourself

What an amazing two months since I have last posted. We have experienced miracles of provision, miracles of healing and opportunity for greater service. Who says that life is only a coasting to the grave? With Jesus life is an adventure that never...

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Keep On Adding

One of my passions is learning new skills. This summer I learned how to upload FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for my radio programming, then how to apply the macro settings to convert the files into MP3 using Audacity. This alone saved me a ton of...

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Certainty of Answered Prayer

"... in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" (Ben Franklin). Maybe so, if one lives with only the values of this world. But what of the values of the eternal Kingdom, that knows no limitations and interacts with...

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Spirit And Truth

Now I understand. I don’t know how many times that I have read this passage in the past and it just never fully clicked. You’ve had those moments. I was reading John 4 of Jesus’s conversation with the woman at the well at Sychar. She had given to...

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Full Or Empty

All four gospels speak of Jesus' baptism by John. Three of the four relate the temptation of Jesus. Only one explains to us the source of Jesus' power. It would be easy to simply glide past this critical event in Jesus' life that gave impetus to...

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Wait For It!

"Arise, shine for your light has come" (Is.60:1) You would almost think that the writer Jude was speaking of the day we live in. "I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered...

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Truth Revealed

"Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world" Have you ever had one of those "aha" moments, when the veil is lifted off your mind and your eyes suddenly see the truth before you? You may have read the Scriptures many times and...

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Because I Must!

"I am a voice, crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord" (Jn.1:23) I suspect that the questions posed to John were not asked by the "common folk" who came to both hear and be baptized by John. The questioners are identified as...

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Please know that I love to speak with my Father and to bring others before Him in prayer. I have this unfailing belief that He both hears and answers the prayers of His children.
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Dave Griggs, MDiv