Our media and field rep programs have been very busy lately.
About a dozen new congregations have been met with over the past 3 months in 5 different states, and many more are scheduled. We have some very exciting things happening and we want to share those with you.
Read More“I watched your program this past Sunday. It was the first time I had seen it. I NEED to be baptized!”
Read MoreWhen we launched a nationwide broadcast last summer, we made some very difficult decisions to pull back in some of our local markets as well as national feeds on satellite on multiple channels. At that time, we were broadcasting to a potential of over 40 million households across the US alone not to mention some other countries.
Read MoreWe are seeing the beauty of spring in Middle Tennessee. The cold weather isn’t completely gone yet with the what seems like dozens of “winters” that come near spring. Going from one extreme to the other in just a matter of days sure does work on my allergies, sinus, and tiredness.
Read MoreEver feel like you don’t have enough time in the day? Me TOO!
I have personally begun a lot of new projects in the past few months. Some of these are easier to complete than others. Some seem like a never-ending journey.
Read MoreJanuary was sort of a monumental month for us, and is one reason that the newsletter was a bit delayed this month.
Read MoreOver the course of a few years, I witnessed this man, who became one of my best friends, change from the "rodeo supporting" Texas cowboy to a "new age" Birkenstock wearing yuppy sort of guy.
His son, who also worked with me for a few years, told me that he had "worn" several images over the years. From business suit professional to leather wearing motorcycle rider,
Read MoreWe are MOVING our offices and building a brand new state-of-the-art studio to bring more and higher quality content to our viewers!
Read MoreRead MoreI felt pushed into baptism when I was young. I am 75 years old, and most of my life I have wondered if the baptism “counts”. Should I be baptized again, or continue to ask for the remission of my sins as I have been doing for years. I want to go to heaven.
The song “Count your many blessings” is heard very often in worship services and probably is on your mind now that I have mentioned it. What a concept…but do we really do that? Do we “name them one by one…and see what God has done?” Oh, the riches of God’s love that just pours and pours out. Sure…I know that there are those that have hard times and never seem to “get a leg up” when it comes to finances or material things…but is that all we have to look at when counting our blessings?
Read MorePaul wrote in 1 Corinthians 13 about the greatest gifts that we hold as God’s children. He spoke of three things…faith, hope, and charity (love). Let’s take a look at these three items for a moment.
Faith - Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Heb 11:1). Without faith, it is impossible to please Him (Heb 11:6). Faith without works is dead (James 2:26).
We often hear the phrase “you just have to have faith.” But, how do we know what faith really is, and when do we have it? Faith is sometimes compared to the element of hope in which that we “believe” that something will in fact happen. Heavenly faith is certainly a characteristic of the child of God, in which one believes in that eternal home described in John 14 and in Revelation 21.
Read MoreWhere do we go from here?
Our country (and some places of the world) has been crippled for several months now because of various reasons. There came this virus that grew to a pandemic, that grew to social outrage, that continues to confuse us all it seems. The article posted last month can shed more light on what I mean about that.
Read MoreGoverning bodies have said we could attend worship…then we couldn’t. Then they said they couldn’t tell us that we couldn’t…and then they said we shouldn’t…
Leadership at congregations said that the church would meet…then they were told they couldn’t. Then leaders said maybe we shouldn’t meet…then they were told that they should.
Creativity came into play. Worship services have been streamed. Parking lot services seemed to be invented (very creative idea). Some folks met at home as a family, either joining a congregation that was online, or maybe worship was just with their own. Some brethren and my family worshiped this past weekend in an amphitheater at a state park that was open! We sang, we studied the word of God, we prayed, we communed, and we chose how to give.
Confusing? You got that right! What are we to do next?
Read MoreSpiritual bullying…yes, you read the title right. That is exactly what it says.
What does it mean, though?
Let’s take a brief look and try to understand it better and resolve to help ourselves not become spiritual bullies!
Read More“When it rains…it pours.”
“Why is this happening to me?”
“How can God do this to me?”
These are all statements that can be heard almost daily, and maybe you have said them yourself as well. There certainly are times when our trials seem like they are overbearing.
