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No Anointing

February 04th, 201012:58 PM ET

By Dale Garris

"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?" Matthew 5:13 Whenever I have a get-together, I always invite Barry. Yeah, things can go just fine without him, but when he's there, he adds an extra spice to the party. I guess he's sort of half nuts, but the half of him that's nuts is a real...
She Shall Be Saved in Childbearing

August 01st, 200901:58 PM ET

By Dale Garris

Revival is coming to Kenya. It isn't just something that's in the air; it's in their hearts. I listened to a lady from the U.S. as she told me how great the praise and worship services were in Kenya. It's not the praise and worship that gets me excited -- it's the altar calls. In church after church, I have presented a message of re...
Is the Gospel of Jesus Still Relevant?

June 19th, 200906:18 AM ET

By Jeff Goins

I recently had a debate with a friend, regarding sharing the gospel and cultural relevance. He asked me, "What's the worst that could happen if you unwaveringly shared the gospel with someone, not caring about being sensitive to their situation or culturally relevant?" His reasoning was sound, and it challenged me. I had grown up in an irreligious...
The Grasp of God

May 21st, 200902:11 AM ET

By Dale Garris

There's something great and vast about Life that eludes me. Often we try to pierce the veil of this reality with feelings and emotions that are thrust out of our soul like spears into the night in an attempt to touch that ethereal something that barely escapes the fingertips of our soul. We call it searching for Truth, but the concept is always s...
Something is wrong with the Church

May 04th, 200901:23 PM ET

By Dale Garris

Something is wrong in the Church today. I don't say that lightly, or as someone who thrives on criticizing everyone else so as to establish my own spiritual superiority, or as someone who is feeding on sour grapes because things aren't the way I would like them. I say it because of how many people I meet on a daily basis who are discouraged by tr...
Why Discomfort Is Not a Christian's Enemy

March 29th, 200903:31 PM ET

By Jeff Goins

Today at church, we had a discussion about praying "dangerous prayers." A few people in the class admitted that they were afraid of asking God to do certain things in their lives, because they didn't trust him. This is a pretty bold and unapologetically honest group, so I appreciated the candor. We talked about how tough it is to trust God sometim...
What Does Missional Mean?

January 31st, 200910:50 AM ET

By Jeff Goins

There is a lot of talk in churches and in the blogosphere these days about being "missional." We used to call it being "outreach-oriented," but now there's this new buzzword: missional. It sounds cool, but what, exactly, does it mean to be missional? One blogger explained being missional like this: There was a day when people believed in i...

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