Every Christian believer is actually, and expected to demonstrate it in reality, a worker, a laborer with God. Notice this phrase in II Corinthians 6:1, "For we are God's fellow workers..." (ESV); also I Corinthians 16:16, "... working together with [...]
Acts 2:42 is a summary statement of the first few weeks of the aftermath of Pentecost. "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers" (KJV). I now move on to [...]
"I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in me" (John 17:23 KJV). The Spirit becomes a personal possession -- personal to each believer. This could never be true of a relationship to Jesus. He [...]
Acts 2:42 is a summary statement of the first few weeks of the aftermath of Pentecost. "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers" (KJV). Not only did the new [...]
I'm writing this just a week after we celebrated Pentecost Sunday. Acts 2:1-4 tells of the first day of Pentecost for the young church and chapters 2-7 record the immediate aftermath. All Christian churches have no option but to recognize [...]
It never ceases to surprise me how many genuine Christians go along with practices that contradict the Bible. Recently a close friend of mine went to a prayer meeting in a home, along with two friends. They were asked by [...]
Bill Wade (left), Peter Wade's father. member of male quartet, 1936 It comes as no surprise to regular readers of our blog and newsletters that I come from a musical background. The constant quoting of songs and hymns gives [...]
Easter Sunday is known to many as Resurrection Day. We celebrate with Christians worldwide this glorious, history-changing event when Jesus was raised from the dead. Paul's revelation in Ephesians gives us the background story. "[God] made us alive together with [...]
At one time a constant visitor to my last church was an evangelist and his young family, when he did not have a speaking engagement. He was what we called in the Salvation Army a "real trophy of grace." I [...]
I recently conducted funerals for two dear friends who at one time were members of a congregation I pastored. They personally asked me a decade or so ago to lead their final farewell to this life. At the second funeral [...]