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Chip Brogden

Him We Preach

Chip Brogden"Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. To this end I labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily" (Colossians 1:28,29). Paul is writing to the Colossian Christians. He is writing to brothe... Read More
Darrell Champlin

Love with Shoes On

Why missions? That's the first question I ask my students in the schools and the missions classes. Now beloved, we're worried about a lot of different things in this world today. We're concerned about inflation. We see it reach five percent, and suddenly the whole financial structure of the United S... Read More
Gospel Fellowships

Bible Verses on Topic of Christian Persecution

Gospel FellowshipsReason for Persecution: The Cross separates us from the world John 15:18-21 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hate... Read More
Gospel Fellowships

Starting a House Church Fellowship

Gospel Fellowships“What is the Church? the Church is the society of the redeemed. A place where people can actually see the body of Christ. Not simply briefly touched by an abbreviated gospel of an evangelistic Blitzkrieg (A German term for “lightning war,”) of short duration. We want to return to the New Testament s... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 14 on the Acts of the Apostles

John ChrysostomActs V. 34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded the men to be put forth a little space. This Gamaliel was Paul's teacher. And one may well wonder, how, being so right-minded in his judgment, and... Read More
John Franklin

The Practice to Which the Church Must Return

This series of articles has been arguing that the root cause of the moral collapse in America and more specifically the church has been the loss of the fear of God. My primary appeal to this fact is that on the whole those calling themselves Christians are basically doing the same things in the same... Read More
John Nelson Darby

The Acts of the Apostles - Part 2

John Nelson Darby100 Acts 3 - 17 What is striking here is that, after the setting up, in a sense, of the church, and saying "Save yourselves from this untoward generation," Peter then addresses himself to Israel as such, and tells them "Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out," not ... Read More
Jon Courson

Christians and Demons

Jon CoursonFrom time to time teachings circulate through the body of Christ that are neither Scripturally nor historically held. The Apostle Paul calls such unsound teaching "wind of doctrine (Ephesians 4:14)." Tragically, as these winds blow through the church some people find themselves caught up and blown o... Read More
Jon Courson

Seeing Our City - Acts 18:10

Jon CoursonIt has rightly been said that Europe is looked over by millions of travelers and overlooked by millions of believers. Such was not the case with Paul, who, on his third missionary journey, went to Europe not as a sight-seer, but as a soul-winner. Here in Chapter 18, however, after meeting opposition... Read More
Raymond Barber

Heaven's Mandate to Win the Lost

The book of Acts is commonly called the fifth Gospel because it is a continuation of that which our Lord began both to do and teach in the days of His flesh upon the earth. "Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."–Acts 5:29. Dearly beloved, when we... Read More

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