Reviving the Gospel

An Elephant in the Church

There is an elephant in the church. "What?" Yes, like the proverbial "elephant in the room," there is an elephant in the church! The story goes like this: A huge, audacious, stubborn elephant is sitting in the center of the room, but everyone continues on with business as usual. People get so accustomed to seeing it staunchly implanted in the midst of daily activities that they begin to forget what life was like before the elephant arrived. Some people have never seen the room without the elephant. Others feed it on occasion, having developed a secretly-harbored affinity for the creature ...

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The Next Great Awakening

Going half-way for Jesus is good enough, affirmed the excited young minister. If we keep demanding wholehearted commitment, our churches are going to die out. But I have the solution! Since we can't expect people to actually follow Christ anymore, why don't we just ask them to agree with a few key doctrines? An awkward silence fell over the group. At first it seemed like a preposterous suggestion. After all, who were these men, that they could modify such a central element of Christianity? You're serious about this? one of them gasped in disbelief. Do you really ...

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The Goal of every Christian

By John Newton -- The author of Amazing Grace challenges us to embrace faith that transforms, and proves from Scripture that there is a standard that verifies genuine salvation.

The use and importance of faith, as it respects a sinner's justification before God, is well known. But it is likewise of great use and importance in the daily concerns of life. It gives evidence and subsistence to things not seen, so that the great truths of the gospel become abiding and living principles of support and direction while we are passing through this wilderness. Thus faith is as the eye ...

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Abducted by an Alien Gospel

I was abducted by an alien gospel. At least that seems like the best way to describe what happened when I was eleven years old. One day, during a summertime visit to my aunt's home, I found some matches and played with them in the backyard. As she was putting me to bed, my aunt, who had been tipped off by a neighbor, asked me if I had been playing with matches. Being an eleven-year-old, I naturally said, "No." "God knows if you were playing with matches," my aunt said sternly. "If you are lying, you are committing a ...

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Getting into the Battle

SORO: Ray, it is great to speak with you. I'd like to start by getting a sense of how God called you into evangelistic ministry and what motivated you to come to the States.

Ray Comfort: From the moment I got saved, I immediately felt deep concern for my family, neighbors, and even people I didn't know. I wanted to reach out to the lost with all the energy I could muster. It's been my heart's cry to be used of God.

I remember being so passionate in my prayers that I would actually punch things ...

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The Power of the Cross

SORO: Why do you believe the gospel can change lives? Sammy Tippit: Because I've seen people's lives change. I've seen my life change. The gospel contains the power of God. There is something supernatural that transpires when it is proclaimed. In Moldova, in 1990, I preached the first national evangelistic crusade in that nation. An atheist journalist asked me right before I got up to speak, "Mr. Tippit, do you really believe lives are going to be changed because of some words you speak?" I answered him simply, "I know they will, not because I'm speaking ...

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Peace Unleashed

[Tom Elliff, preaching] Do you have doubts regarding your salvation? Many people do, even faithful church members who are actively serving the Lord. That's why I want to address the most important issue of life-your relationship with God. [Tim Grissom, hearing] I remember those words as if I'd heard them yesterday. With that brief introduction, Tom Elliff opened his message to our staff. Before the service ended that night, I became a child of God. Preacher: When the apostle Paul challenged the Corinthians to "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves" (2 Cor ...

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