The Real Lazarus Generation.

I have preached on the Lazarus Generation for at least twenty-five years. And I was wrong. I was given the mantle of this by the preacher who first heard it from the Spirit and coined the phrase. He and I were both wrong. If you were to gauge exactly who this generation is and how…

Through a Glass, Darkly.

I don’t think that you can be disqualified. I do believe that you can be hobbled. I’m just saying that there is some line between a trial and a breaking. Almost like it’s amateur versus pro or something. I thought I was broken at 10. Turns out, there was way, way more behind curtain number…

Get Saved, Get Real, or Get Out.

Many times over the years I have walked into a church building and felt uncomfortable. There was no single source that I could point at for what I was feeling, just that feeling of discomfort and the overwhelming desire to be out of there as soon as I could. I had a tough time putting…

I am Bad for the Church.

So, here we are all… Coffee is in the foyer and if you’ll fill out this visitor card, you’ll get a free gift for visiting us today! Hi. I’m JC and I am bad for the church. Now, some of you are not like me. You are Jonathans, raised in the house of your father,…

Monday, February 8, 2021

A religious mentality, characterized by timidity and lack of moral courage has given us today a flabby Christianity, intellectually impoverished, dull, repetitious, and to a great many persons, just plain boresome. This peddled as the very faith of our fathers in direct lineal descent from Christ and the apostles. We spoon-feed this insipid pabulum to…

Catharsis

  I packed what was most precious to me and left the rest behind. A few small tokens, some letters from my kids from the last Father’s Day, a day I saw two of them only briefly. I took my Boston Red Sox coffee mug, my Irish blessing plaque, my ceramic sign that read in…

Revolutionary Papers: July 1, 2019

Revolutionary Papers: June 28, 2019 When you can’t get your Inheritance. I’m not sure about you but I’m someone that needs answers. I have to know, there’s no getting around it. And once I think that I know a thing, I have to be sure that it works practically. This can be quite a challenge…

Living by Faith part 1

George Mueller of Bristol After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not…

Revolutionary Papers: June 28, 2019

The Inheritance of the Meek Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 So we understand that meekness is not a submissive attitude that is easily imposed on. Rather, it is to demonstrate power without undue harshness. Quite a difference there. Christ’s promise to those that are meek is incredible; they…

Revolutionary Papers: June 27, 2019

The Meekness Conspiracy Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 One of the very best things to me about Scripture is it’s limitless depth. When you get to the point of presuming that you have mastered a section, scripture has a way of quickly humbling you. Take this single verse from the Beatitudes, it has been translated so improperly that it beggars belief. It’s seriously almost offensive, we have…