acts-3:19-20

GOD’S GREATEST PROBLEM God’s greatest problem is summed up in one little word: S-I-N. Heaven is at battle stations today because sin has invaded the human race and the moral Universe. It is high time the Church knew her enemy! Her first enemy is not the Devil, it is not death, it is not despair. Her... Read More

All studies of the Kingdom of Heaven must begin with the King Himself. No kingdom is greater than its king, nor more wise or powerful than the one who is best qualified to rule it. The Bible tells us about this King, the greatest Ruler of all, the King of all Kings. If we study it carefully what doe... Read More

By revival we mean a “time of refreshing from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19)—resulting in the thorough renewing and great deepening of spiritual life in the hearts of God’s children, the reclaiming of backsliders and in conviction, repentance (including confession and restitution), conversion... Read More

The Church in the first century made a powerful impact upon the world as the early Christians spread the gospel across cultural, racial and national boundaries. By the time the apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Colossians, he could declare, "All over the world this gospel is producing fruit and g... Read More

By the mercy of God I have been a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ since my early youth. Over the years of my earthly pilgrimage I have known what it is like to climb great spiritual mountains and how it feels to fall into chasms of blackness. I have had long seasons of great Christian joy and inte... Read More

The idea that prayer brings revival can be somewhat of a copout. It is generally accepted that prayer is the path toward the renewal of God’s presence and power in the church, but prayer alone won’t do it. The proof text for the prayer cure for dying churches is Second Chronicles 7:14 and the much-q... Read More

Joel, the prophet of the coming of the Holy Ghost, held up as the first of Israel’s prophets the immense beaconlight of His coming. But it remained unfulfilled for eight hundred years, until Pentecost. Meanwhile, revival after revival swept through Israel. Exactly so, the advent of the Holy Ghost in... Read More

"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord" (Acts 3:19). Only a sweeping religious awakening will bring God back to America and save our land. We need a religious awakening that will expose the bitter, devilish, hell-begotten e... Read More

The more someone is with Jesus, the more that person becomes like Christ, in purity, holiness and love. In turn, his pure walk produces in him a great boldness for God. Scripture says, “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion” (Proverbs 28:1). The word for bold in ... Read More

Admonishing (3560) (warning, cautioning, gently reproving, exhorting) (noutheteo from noús = mind + títhemi = place) (see also Nouthesia) literally means to place in the mind and so to warn or give notice to beforehand especially of danger or evil. The idea is to lay it on the mind or heart of the p... Read More