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1. Has the Rapture Become Your Escape Plan?

No one is coming to save you before the return of Christ, so work hard, be responsible and make something beautiful of your life. Without realizing it, many Christians have begun to view the return of ...

Created on 28 April 2021

2. Believers Must Beseech the Lord to Fight Against the Enemy

Decree and declare that confusion enters into our enemy's camp. It is written: "I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies ...

Created on 07 April 2021

3. Why It's More Important to Be a Christian Than to Be Called One

... ng behavior won't save any souls. Going to church every Sunday is not the litmus test for Christianity. A born-again believer will be marked by increasing measures of love, joy, peace, patience, kindne ...

Created on 07 April 2021

4. Why Believers Must Return to the Upper Room

There's a weighty call from the Lord to return to the upper room in this new era. The upper room is a place of prayer. It's a place of being in the Lord's Presence and of not rushing away. There's a fresh ...

Created on 30 March 2021

5. Why Do We Celebrate Easter?

... the reason for Easter celebration has one thing in common: the resurrection of Christ, which is the foundation for all Christianity. As Easter approaches, I took the opportunity a few nights ago to read ...

Created on 30 March 2021

6. Why It's Imperative for Believers to Follow the 'Real' Jesus

We are seeing something of a reinvented Jesus within our society today. According to many Christians, if Jesus walked the earth with us now, He would never speak about the doctrine of eternal punishment. ...

Created on 25 March 2021

7. Charisma and Theology Do Not Equate to Character and True Spirituality

The four Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—show several encounters of Jesus with theologians. Largely, they were not positive encounters because the theologians thought that they knew much more than ...

Created on 10 March 2021

8. Why a Perfect Church Cannot and Does Not Exist

A usual complaint from people who left the church is that they found something bad in the church. They did not like the sermons of the minister. They did not like the service format. They did not like ...

Created on 09 March 2021

9. Is Progressive Christianity Our 'Garden Moment'? ...

... and spiritual decline we are witnessing throughout the world. Progressive Christianity is pushing a narrative that changes what God said is good and right according to His Word. Some are even saying that ...

Created on 08 March 2021

10. Has the Church Lost Sight of Kingdom-Minded Evangelism?

Recently, I've been profoundly stirred about evangelism. Now, just before your eyes glaze over at the mention of the "e" word, take a moment to hear me out—or, read me out, as it may be. The new kingdom ...

Created on 08 March 2021

11. Is God Truly in Control?

We often hear many believers say that "God is in control." In fact, we hear it way too many times for my liking. My question to you today is this, "Is God in control?" We need to reconsider and straighten ...

Created on 03 March 2021

12. Why Believers Must Become Pillars of Strength for the Gospel

Do you see the separation happening around us? It's happening within our culture, our world and, yes, even in the church. In Matthew 13:36-43, Jesus explained the parable of the wheat and the tares. He ...

Created on 01 March 2021

13. Why Believers Must Fight Culture's Most Constant and Enduring Problem

One of the most consistent and enduring problems within our culture is racial strife—even within the body of Christ. In our latest episode of the Pinnacle Leaders Podcast, one of our distinguished faculty ...

Created on 01 March 2021

14. Why Virtual Church Isn't Bad—but Virtual Christianity Is ...

... publicly fall or leave the faith entirely, many in the church are falling in private. Virtual church services are not my greatest concern. Virtual Christianity is. The word "virtual" describes somethin ...

Created on 26 February 2021

15. 2 Crucial Elements to Disciple Believers Into Effective Prayer

A lot of people in our pews struggle with prayer because they do not have a good theology of prayer. They do not understand how prayer works or how they should engage in it, and many have little expectation ...

Created on 26 February 2021

16. How This Historical Jewish Tradition Influences Modern-Day Christianity ...

When my father, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founded the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship), 38 years ago, his vision was to build bridges of understanding between Christians and ...

Created on 22 February 2021

17. Why Wouldn't You Want to Talk About Hell?

Many people don't want to talk about hell. Many of them think hell is just a joke or a scare tactic—or that it was invented to keep people afraid and tied to religion. Some thing hell is used to enforce ...

Created on 12 February 2021

18. Why God Calls You to Honor the Dishonorable

If you're like me, then you've probably had a thousand thoughts over the past several weeks concerning recent national events. I'm willing to bet that many people like you and I can really use some help ...

Created on 29 January 2021

19. Prophetic Word: There Is a Time and Season for Everything

Is it time to let fear rule our lives? The problem is that what we focus on becomes what we worship, and who wants to worship fear? Instead of focusing on fear, recall the command Jesus gave us in John ...

Created on 20 January 2021

20. Contrasting the Kingdom of God and Christian Nationalism

During the past several months, there has been much talk and concern regarding Christian nationalism. There is a fine line, an almost indiscernible line, between Christian nationalism and patriotism. I ...

Created on 07 January 2021