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- 1. How You Can Find Blessings in Your Suffering
- I would do anything to receive a greater anointing of the Holy Spirit. One might say that seeking a greater anointing is almost all I live for—rightly or wrongly. I used to say that I would gladly push ...
- Created on 10 September 2019
- 2. 4 Things They Didn't Teach Me at Seminary
- Aseminary education can be of great value, but sometimes it comes up short. In my experience, a few important elements were missing. First, they did not teach me how to lead a soul to Jesus Christ. I would ...
- Created on 07 January 2019
- 3. RT Kendall: Why You Need the Holy Spirit
- As you perhaps know, there has been a silent divorce in the church today—all over the world, it seems to me—between the Word and the Spirit. One difference between "Word" people and "Spirit" people is ...
- Created on 08 October 2018
- 4. R.T. Kendall: Keys to Make Sure You're Sound in the Scriptures
- A few years ago, Ricky Skaggs brought Bob Jones to my bedside in Vanderbilt Hospital the day after my open-heart surgery. I was not only recuperating from the operation but still coming out of the anesthetic. ...
- Created on 23 February 2018
- 5. Inner Preparation
- Are you missing the most essential part of sermon prep? That God would call a man from the hills of Kentucky to England's Westminster Chapel is one of the great incongruities of church history. I was ...
- Created on 25 October 2012
- 6. Word & Spirit to the People
- What will it take to get back to preaching that results in people wanting to "talk about God"? A pastor in Kentucky had only one sermon. Even though recall time was coming, he could not come up with ...
- Created on 27 June 2012
- 7. Mind Your Prayer Language
- Are you praying for President Obama (while secretly hoping he will fail)? The majority of evangelical Americans did not vote for Barack Obama to be president. He knows that. But all Christians know ...
- Created on 20 April 2009
- 8. What Would You Die For?
- To become dangerous and effective, we must refocus on the gospel Josif Tson used to say to me, “The most dangerous person in the world is the one who is unafraid to die.” He said that before Sept. ...
- Created on 12 February 2009
- 9. Where's the Discernment?
- Our lack of knowledge is indicative of a sleeping church I believe in all the gifts of the Spirit, yet I fear there is a scarcity of that underestimated gift called "discerning of spirits" (1 Cor.12:10). ...
- Created on 17 December 2008
- 10. Running Ahead of Jesus
- How many times have you pushed ahead in your own strength? One of the scariest moments in the Gospels comes when Joseph and Mary are returning from Jerusalem to Galilee. They think they have Jesus ...
- Created on 31 October 2008
- 11. A Final Verdict
- It takes more courage to say Lakeland isn’t of God. Why, then, am I so sure that’s the case? I can think of nothing worse than for God to be powerfully at work and I miss it—all because I was biased and ...
- Created on 31 August 2008
- 12. Sheer Integrity
- Through the hype of potential 'last-days ministry' can we see character? It is too early to assess the fallout of the current movement in Lakeland, Fla. I began watching GOD TV nightly after receiving ...
- Created on 30 June 2008
- 13. Raising Hell
- Hell’s existence isn’t up for debate, so why aren’t we preaching about it? Several years ago one of my British publishers produced a series of books under the theme "I believe." The books were variously ...
- Created on 30 April 2008
- 14. Judgment at the House of God
- Are the recent church scandals God’s judgment? I have been asking the question of late: Whatever is going on lately in some charismatic circles with the increase of financial scandals, sex scandals, ...
- Created on 29 February 2008
- 15. A Forgotten Kind of Evangelism
- Have we lost sight of Christ-likeness? In July 2007 John Stott spoke at the Keswick Convention in England for what was billed as the veteran preacher's "final sermon." Now 88 years old, he chose ...
- Created on 31 December 2007
- 16. 'God Told Me' ... Really?
- It’s time believers stop abusing God’s name to add weight to words. One of the hardest habits for some of us to break is saying, "God told me this" or "Here is what the Lord showed me." Is this ...
- Created on 31 August 2007
- 17. Are You Known in Hell?
- The true test of how much God is using us is our reputation with the enemy. Are you a threat to Satan? Nearly 50 years ago I heard a sermon by Rolfe Barnard that continues to impact me. He called ...
- Created on 30 June 2007
- 18. Finish Strong
- Thoughts, fears and guidelines for living in the shadow of the judgment seat. The older I get, the more I find myself crying to God, "Let me end well." I have been stunned to discover how many ...
- Created on 30 April 2007
- 19. While We Were Sleeping
- The ten virgins' last-days lesson for slumbering saints. The parable of the ten virgins (see Matt. 25:1-13) was introduced by Jesus in the context of eschatology. Matthew 24 is largely an answer ...
- Created on 28 February 2007
- 20. Accountable to Whom?
- If you're accountable to God, you'll prove it by being accountable to God's people. In my book The Anointing I refer to King Saul as a type of "yesterday's man." I choose to believe that Ted Haggard ...
- Created on 31 December 2006