Trusting in Revival Will Lead to Hell

Tent Revival
Source: Wikimedia Commons, Christopher Paquette

I said in a previous post “that I do believe that some people will spend eternity apart from Christ even though a ‘revival’ at some church gave them confidence that just the opposite would happen.”

An unhealthy emphasis on spiritual awakening among unsaved people and a failure to define terms has no doubt led some people to believe that they had a relationship with Jesus Christ because they attended a church service, walked an aisle during an invitation, and prayed a prayer asking Jesus to come into their heart and be their Lord. Read Full Post

Your Life Should Be Characterized by Fear

After writing about a half dozen posts on why we should not be fearful as the Coronavirus ravages the world (and now murder hornets?), I would like to conclude with one final post about why you should live in fear.

Yes, you read that right. Your life should be fear.

A lot of fear.

“But that contradicts everything you’ve already said!” Read Full Post

Flaunting Fearlessness

“I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus. You can quote me on that.” Bishop Gerald O. Glenn shared these words in a sermon to his congregation at New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Richmond, VA, on March 22.

This in-person sermon was also the last that Bishop Glenn would deliver. Read Full Post

Replacing Fear with a Healthy Awareness

“What is that car doing?”

I slowed down as another car slowly crept onto the road. Somehow they thought it was a good idea to pull out in front of me and a Domino’s delivery car on a street that wasn’t very busy. Nothing too dangerous, but it was definitely unexpected and required me briefly to pump my brakes. Read Full Post

“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”

Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933 Inauguration

“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”

Recognize that reference?

With this powerful call upon Americans to place their faith in their leaders and release their grip on fear, new president Franklin D. Roosevelt began his inaugural address on March 4, 1933. Read Full Post