What the Church Needs Now
What the Church Needs Now Isaiah 56:6-7 NKJV “… Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant —Even them I will […]
Ministry of the Holy Spirit
What America Needs Now
What America Needs Now In this follow-up piece to my essay, What the World Needs Now, I want to speak to the challenges facing the […]
What the World Needs Now…
“Love, Sweet Love…” It was a hit song on the pop charts in the late 1960s but it was far from typical. It was a […]
Touched by the Power
(Author’s Note: This piece was written on assignment for Southeastern College of the Assemblies of God in Lakeland, FL when I was a faculty member […]
Fire and Form: Dividing Soul from Spirit
The Importance of this Two-edged Sword When it comes to a surgery this delicate, dealing with invisible things like soul and spirit, a special, sharp […]
Nostalgia Is Not Worship
Remembering without Falling Back Isaiah 46:9-10 KJV Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, […]
The True Mantle of Pentecost
(Author’s Note: In 1988, I was the Worship Pastor at First Assembly of God in Winston-Salem, NC where Rev. Ronald F. McManus was the Senior […]
I Am a Worship Leader
(Author’s Note: My friend and professor in my doctoral studies, Dr. Lester Ruth, while doing research for a book on the history of the Praise […]
The Lineman and the Worship Leader (1991)
The Lineman and the Worship Leader (Author’s Note: This article was published in the Pentecostal Evangel (the weekly magazine of the Assemblies of God) in […]
The Calamity of Culturally-Driven Worship Part Two: The Solution
Worship: Content The Calamity of Culturally-Driven Worship Part Two: The Solution The Holy Counterculture Isaiah 60:1-3 NKJV Arise, shine; For your light has come! And […]