Author Archives: pp

Take Heart
By Matt Chandler and David Roark

Christendom is dead. And that’s a good thing.

The Christian culture that has underpinned Western society for centuries has been eroded.  We’re now at the point where to disagree with people on issues such as marriage and sexuality, is seen as hateful.  Christians are no longer seen as honorable, but as bigots.  But history testifies that the more people try to destroy Christianity, the more it grows.  (more…)

Follow The Cloud
By John Stickl

There is a big difference between being set free and living free.

How do I know what to do with my life? How do I hear God’s voice?  Maybe the answer is easier than we think.  When God led the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, He gave them a cloud to follow.  He led them in an intimately personal, ever-present way one next step at a time.  He led them without revealing the whole picture because he wanted them to follow by faith.  (more…)

Katharina & Martin Luther
By Michelle DeRusha

Their revolutionary marriage was arguably one of the most scandalous and intriguing in history.  Yet five centuries later, we still know little about Martin and Katharina Luther’s life as husband and wife. Until now.

Against all odds, the unlikely union worked, over time blossoming into the most tender of love stories.  This unique biography tells the riveting story of two extraordinary people and their extraordinary (more…)

Growing in Gratitude
By Mary K. Mohler

As women, we are often encouraged to “count our blessings”. But truly biblical gratitude is much more than this.

Mary K. Mohler unpacks Scripture to help us grow in gracious gratitude (thanking God for who he is) as well as natural gratitude (thanking him for his blessings) — and to identify and deal with some of the things that hinder us — to help us rediscover the joy of a thankful heart.  (more…)

Playing With Holy Fire
By Michael L. Brown, Phd.

Over the last hundred-plus years the Pentecostal-Charismatic church has witnessed miraculous conversions.

From the Azusa Street Revival, which began in 1906, a movement has grown to bring more people to Jesus than any other movement in history.  While secularism continues to be on the rise in today’s society, many areas of the world still experience church growth, thanks to (more…)

The Prayer of the Lord
By R.C. Sproul

What is the Lord’s Prayer?  In The Prayer of the Lord, Dr. R. C. Sproul writes, “Jesus’ intent was to give His disciples a model prayer, an example to follow, one that would teach them transferrable principles for conversation with God.”  In short, Christ gave the Lord’s Prayer to teach His disciples about prayer, and Dr. Sproul, in his trademark fashion, brings out many of the truths Christ intended for His followers to learn.
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