Not long ago it was reported that another prominent Protestant pastor now advocates a pluralist belief that there are many roads to God and salvation (Michael A. Walrond Jr. of Harlem’s 10,000-member First Corinthian Baptist Church.) Among other things he said was “People take many paths to God, he argued, noting that he personally celebrates…

There has been many articles of leaders in the media lately who take advantage of other people. This is a common pattern of abuse in which leaders use their positions of authority to take advantage of their subordinates or those looking to them for help. There are many signs of abusive leadership, which can relate…

Recently I have been reading some articles critical of NAR (the so-called new apostolic reformation) which (oftentimes) correctly calls attention to some abuses perpetrated in the name of the apostolic. When a friend told me I should respond to one article in particular—I smiled when I read it because I had nothing to rebut except…

Pain is unavoidable in this world. The primary kind of pain I am referring to throughout this article is emotional, mental and psychological. Jesus promised us that in the world we will suffer tribulation John 16:33. (Both physical and emotional in this context.) There are many different reasons for pain: some pain is self inflicted,…

Divorce has become a major plot line in entertainment today. Although we all know the divorce rate is over 50% in the USA, I have observed that many divorces occur with couples who have been married well over 20 years and are each over 45 years of age. This has astonished me. I used to…

Since I have been serving God in leadership since 1980 I have observed serious gaps in the church in at least seven major areas. If not corrected, these seven areas will greatly limit the ability of the church to fulfill the great commission which is preparing us for the bodily return of Jesus. To deal…

Since worship is such an integral part of the church, it is important that worship leaders be spiritually mature in order to be effective. The following are traits of these worship leaders: 1-They are true worshippers in private True worship leaders are effective because their public worship is an overflow of their deep private worship….

It is hard to believe we are already a quarter into the year 2018! I have been so busy that I have not had time to write a ministry report until now. Hopefully I will remember everything! The following is a month-by-month report in the first-quarter of 2018 (Of course this ministry report does not…

Through the years there has been much opposition to the restoration of Apostolic ministry today. Having been educated in non-charismatic bible institutes and universities, I have a very good understanding of those who misunderstand the global restoration of the five-fold ministry gifts as seen in Ephesians 4:11. The following are twelve of the arguments against…

Nowadays, many leaders, including myself, are attempting to apply the Bible to contemporary culture so the church can function as salt and light and disciple the nations. This is nothing new. The early church grappled with the same issue of being biblical but relevant to contemporary society. Soon after the first generation of its birth,…