It’s as though Satan has sent forth an army of faultfinding demons against the church and they are just looking for bodies to be able to speak through and do the greatest amount of damage. How can we continually preach “unity” without a careful examination of one of the greatest devices that causes disunity in the church? It seems that …
Is “Nice” a Fruit of the Spirit?
The fruit of the [Holy] Spirit is listed for us in Galatians 5:22-23, “Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” But is “nice” a fruit of the Spirit? Was Jesus always “nice?” As we read His Word, sometimes we find He wasn’t nice at all―at least not by our standards. There are several different definitions of the …
The Process of Sanctification
For anyone who knows us well, they know that we (Vito and Pat) have been called to focus on, clarify, teach and preach on the subject of “Sanctification” for the last 25 years. Some have actually told us to our faces that they are tired of hearing us speak on this subject! But we brushed the criticism off and kept …
What Lens are you Looking Through?
When we have trouble seeing well, we make an appointment with an eye doctor. He or she will “fit” us with the correct lens through which everything will become more clear and easier to distinguish. But what about our spiritual lens? It matters what lens you have fitted on your spiritual eyes because that lens filters everything as to how …
The Power of the Blood
On April 9, 2023 Christians all over the world celebrated Resurrection Day, a day we remember as the day our Savior rose from the grave. Many of us have heard and sang the hymns about the power of Jesus’ shed blood, but do we truly believe there is “wonder-working power” in the blood? Or has the very mention of the …
Jealousies & Judgments
Prov. 27:4 has this to say about jealousy, “Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, but who is able to stand before jealousy?” The Bible tells us in Matt. 27:18 that even Jesus was “handed over [to be crucified] because of envy.” Prior to that time, it seemed that every day after Jesus began His ministry here on Earth He …
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE FREE IN CHRIST?
There are four qualifiers in knowing we are walking in the total freedom Jesus came to give us (Luke 4:18-19). We are free in Christ when we have: Let’s take a look at each of these. First of all, we know we are free in Christ when we have nothing to hide. Remember, the very first thing Adam and Eve …
Sinner’s Prayer – or Sinner’s Snare?
When we were pondering many of the teachings of Charles Finney, Andrew Murray, R. A. Torrey, A. B. Simpson, Smith Wigglesworth, and D. L. Moody recently, we wondered, Where did we get some of the traditions that we practice today? Have we ever questioned “WHY” we do things different today than in years gone by? Where did we get the …
How to Redeem the Time
No one would argue that these are unusual, fast-paced times in which we live. In fact, everything seems to be accelerated today in our rapidly-changing world. It is difficult to keep up with all that is changing and swirling around us. Maybe it’s because there seems to be so much to keep up with that the time seems to slip …
Three Irrefutable Truths
Recently, we were having lunch with a pastor friend of ours and his wife, and I mentioned the fact that some people do not believe that God is good all the time. The pastor then said something I have never been able to forget: He said there are three irrefutable truths that a new believer must have as his or …
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