While giving a sermon at a local SBC church in Shreveport, the pastor mentioned his joyful willingness to partner a local church called the Word of God Ministries. Honestly, the name alone drew my attention as it suggests affiliation with the Word of Faith and Prosperity Gospel movements. Given this concern, it made sense to tour their website (See link in 1st endnote) and determine whether or not grounds existed to support my suspicion. On their website, I accessed their belief statement which...

While giving a sermon at a local SBC church in Shreveport, the pastor mentioned his joyful willingness to partner a local church called the Word of God Ministries. Honestly, the name alone drew my attention as it suggests affiliation with the Word of Faith and Prosperity Gospel movements. Given this concern, it made sense to tour their website (See link in 1st endnote) and determine whether or not grounds existed to support my suspicion. On their website, I accessed their belief statement which...

While giving at a sermon a local SBC church in Shreveport, the pastor mentioned his joyful willingness to partner with a local church called the Word of God Ministries. Honestly, the name alone drew my attention as it suggests affiliation with the Word of Faith and Prosperity Gospel movements. Given this concern, it made sense to tour their website (See link in 1st endnote) and determine whether or not grounds existed to support my suspicion. On their website, I accessed their belief statement ...

Over the last several weeks, I have come across three separate pastors (all in the SBC like me) who have, in one way or another, given a message on the need for Christians to develop an attitude of gratitude. One of them said it in exactly that way. Another argued that a Christian’s intimacy with God is broken when they start complaining, and this leads to doubt. To allay this process from the start, he urged believers to practice being thankful. The third pastor, believing he was giving a bibl...

(Note: All true believers have been indwelled and sealed by the Holy Spirit. Both of these divine actions remain permanent and set apart those who are believers who have been called in Christ heavenward. This article will focus on what it means for believers to filled by the Spirit during their earthly lives.) In Ephesians 5:19, Paul, who is writing to his Christian audience (i.e., those who have been indwelled by the Spirit) tells believers that they are to be filled with the Holy Spirit. A...