THE POWER OF KINGDOM SYSTEMS: TRANSFORMING THE WORLD THROUGH GODLY PRINCIPLES

In our spiritual journey, we often find ourselves eagerly awaiting miracles, praying fervently for sudden breakthroughs, and hoping for instantaneous change. While these divine interventions are certainly part of God's repertoire, there's another powerful aspect of His nature that we sometimes overlook; His role as the ultimate CEO and master of systems and processes...

THE POWER OF BLESSING: RESTORING IDENTITY AND DESTINY IN OUR FAMILIES

In a world where family structures are being redefined and traditional roles questioned, there's an ancient practice that holds transformative power for individuals and communities alike; the practice of blessing. This isn't merely about saying "God bless you" or offering mystical words of favour. It's about something far more profound: answering the deepest questions of the human heart...

THE FUTURE CHURCH: BEYOND THE FOUR WALLS

The church is undergoing a profound transformation. We're standing at the threshold of what many are calling a great church reformation; a return to the roots of the Book of Acts, but with fresh vision for reaching a world that desperately needs the Kingdom of God.

But here's the question that should challenge every christian: What if the revival we're praying for isn't waiting to happen inside our church buildings? What if it's already happening out there in the streets, marketplaces, schools, and communities, just waiting for equipped christians to step into it?...

BEYOND THE FOUR WALLS: REDISCOVERING THE POWER OF KINGDOM TRAINING

In an era where the church is being called to transform society, a profound question emerges: Are we truly equipping christians for the work they've been called to do? While Sunday morning services remain vital for corporate worship and spiritual nourishment, a growing movement recognizes that two hours once a week cannot fully prepare God's people to disciple nations and transform their spheres of influence...

CALLED OUT FOR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: UNDERSTANDING YOUR DIVINE PURPOSE

Have you ever wondered if God has a specific assignment just for you? Not just a general calling to be a Christian, but something uniquely designed for your gifts, passions, and sphere of influence? The answer might surprise you...

THE TRUE MEANING OF DESTINY BEYOND SELF AND INTO CHRIST

In an age where personal fulfillment and self-actualization dominate the cultural conversation, the concept of "destiny" has become both a buzzword and a battleground. Even within Christian circles, this loaded term has sparked controversy, confusion, and unfortunately, sometimes led believers down dangerous paths of narcissism and deception.

But what if we've been looking at destiny all wrong?...

BEYOND SUNDAY MORNING: THE MISSING INGREDIENT IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Have you ever wondered why it's possible to attend church faithfully for decades - showing up every Sunday, participating in midweek Bible studies, enjoying fellowship at barbecues - and yet not experience the deep, transformative growth you long for? You're not alone in this puzzling reality...

WHEN PROPHECY BECOMES PERFORMANCE: REDISCOVERING THE TRUE HEART OF GOD'S VOICE
 

There's a profound difference between hearing God speak to you and needing the world to know you heard God speak. In our age of instant connectivity and digital validation, this distinction has become increasingly blurred, and the consequences are reshaping how we understand prophetic ministry in the church today...

THE MARRIAGE OF VISION AND ACTION: WHEN PROPHETIC REVELATION MEETS APOSTOLIC BUILDING

There's a profound truth emerging in the body of Christ today that demands our attention: revelation without application is merely inspiration that fades with the morning sun. We've become accustomed to a steady stream of prophetic words: declarations of breakthrough, promises of imminent change, announcements of new seasons.. yet many of us find ourselves wondering why so little seems to manifest in our actual lives...

BREAKING FREE: THE HIDDEN CHAINS OF SELF-SABOTAGE

Have you ever stood at the threshold of an incredible opportunity, only to watch yourself inexplicably walk away? Or found yourself making decisions that directly contradict your stated goals and dreams? You're not alone. There's a powerful force at work in many of our lives that operates beneath the surface of our conscious awareness: self-sabotage...

TAKING CONTROL: THE BATTLEFIELD OF YOUR MIND

The ancient battlefield isn't found on distant plains or in physical combat, it exists in the three pounds of matter between your ears. Your mind is where victories are won or lost, where breakthrough begins or ends, where poverty takes root or wealth starts to grow. Understanding this truth could be the difference between living in the fullness of what's available to you and remaining stuck in destructive patterns...

THE HIDDEN SECRETS OF BREAKTHROUGH: WHY MOST PEOPLE NEVER REACH THEIR GOALS

Have you ever bought a gym membership with the best intentions, only to find yourself avoiding it like the plague? Or perhaps you've set a New Year's resolution that quietly died by February? You're not alone. In fact, you're part of the 97% who struggle to turn good intentions into lasting change.

But what about the other 3%? What do they know that the rest of us don't?...

PUTTING POLITICS IN IT'S RIGHTFUL PLACE

Jesus didn’t emphasize politics the way we do. This might be why…

When it comes to politics there is an unfortunate glaring difference between the Old and New Testaments. Today when we want to illustrate Kingdom influence in the public square or political sphere, our illustrations are almost always Old Testament examples. Stories of political and strategic alliances formed through marriage, courageous prophets boldly standing before a king and conveying a message from God, or Israel’s armies conquering territory, often by military force...

Bill C-9 MIGHT BE A TURNING POINT FOR THE CHURCH, HERE'S WHY...

For several decades now, the Canadian Church has entertained somewhat of a political fetish - maybe an obsession…

At times our Christianity and politics were so intertwined, it was hard to distinguish between the pursuit of the power of Jesus and political power. 

Our goal over the years took on a certain sound. “Saving the nation.” ...

THE HARD TRUTH: PASTORS HAVE TO DEAL WITH  FALSE PROPHECY ON A REGULAR BASIS

Through the years I’ve pastored, I’ve found myself involved in the lives of individuals facing many different decisions. During this time, I’ve seen the genuine voice of God directing people, and I’ve also heard some wild ideas from people convinced they heard a word from the Lord. The desire to have God confirm their inner desires can at times be so strong, they are willing to even violate scripture, opening themselves up to deception. Here’s the thing about spiritual deception…

WHY I'VE BEEN TURNING DOWN INVITATIONS TO SPEAK AT PROPHETIC CONFERENCES

It is not that I am turning down all speaking engagements in this space. I am mostly just accepting invitations from leadership who have read my book - Reset.

Here is my reason…

Over the years I have had the privilege of serving on the Canadian Prophetic Council among other great prophetic groups and movements here in Canada.  This opened the door to speaking on the prophetic conference circuit many times over the years in Canada and cross borders...

THE "ESTABLISHING PROPHETS" THE NEW BREED

The Prophet Elisha didn’t need a mountaintop (or stage) to change the nation…

One could say, walking in double glory found Elisha with “his feet on the ground plowing in a field.”

Elisha, though spiritual, was also a prophet of strategy, and he provides a great picture of an “establishing prophet.” One laboring in the field, (the world), establishing the Church and the glory of the Kingdom of God in every sector of the land. We find this kind of prophet in the marketplace, the education sector, politics and other realms...

WE PROPHECY FROM THE STAGE LIKE ELIJAH, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE THE NATION

“The church has been conditioned to cheer for the prophetic word but not steward the word. As a result, many despise the word.”

We are seeing a numbness and “prophetic fatigue” in the body of Christ these days.

Remember Elijah on Mount Carmel and his show down with the prophets of Baal?

The stage was set, and the altar prepared… 

MORE ON WHY I WROTE RESET AT THIS TIME  

"Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it" — Emily Dickinson

My own desire to finally lend my voice and contribute to the Church by writing the RESET actually began as a podcast series entitled “A Mature Apostolic/Prophetic.” Through this vehicle I was able to somewhat unburden myself by grappling with a few of the predominant issues plaguing prophetic ministry at this time. Also, through a number of podcast interviews I was able to hear from other authorities on the subject...

Part 2 - CITY BREAKTHROUGH: FROM BUILDING AN ALTAR, TO APOSTOLIC STRATEGY  

Cont’d from “City Breakthrough: Pastor Makes Himself Homeless and Builds an Altar”

“…somehow, under the weight of the day-to-day management of church issues, locked inside our church building, the real issues where lost people lived, was at a distance.”

One of the most significant things I noticed while praying and walking over those 3 days of homelessness, was that suddenly it felt like my eyes were open to the issues in our city surrounding me around every corner...

City Breakthrough: Pastor Makes Himself Homeless in Oshawa and Built an Altar

“I decided to turn the lights off, close my office door, and make myself homeless on the streets of our city for three days.”

As a pastor I can remember a time where I found myself frustrated with the Church… 

FROM BACKLASH TO BREAKTHROUGH

HOW PRAYER MIXED WITH STRATEGY HELPED OUR CHURCH TAKE TERRITORY IN OUR CITY

Not everyone who prays for breakthrough in the land has authority in the land. It’s a question of authority, maturity and strategy.

When I was young in ministry, I had the privilege of leading a revival among the youth and young adults in our city. Much of our city where our church was located was established by city fathers who were Free Masons... 

The Time I Spoke in Tongues in the Marketplace and Spoke Farcy (Persian)

A number of years ago I was involved with a particular company based in Toronto, Canada. The CEO and the upper-level leadership were not Christians, although there were several Christians involved at a lower level including myself. Just the presence of these few Christians began infusing the company with an atmosphere of prayer, just like leaven in bread...

HOW I LEARNED TO PRAY ALL NIGHT

The biblical concept of praying all night is not something widely practiced here in Canada as it is in some nations. As a pastor there came a time where I wanted to see our church move into more of God through this type of fervent prayer. I felt for our church to move to the next level, implementing this kind of fervent prayer was absolutely necessary. I reasoned that if people can pray like this in one part of the world, I’m sure they can do it elsewhere and reap the same blessings...

How I Shifted from “Church as Usual,” to EKKLESIA Impacting the City

(By the way… I’m still the Pastor of a thriving local church!) 

I had the privilege of pastoring for over 10 years in a thriving local church in the City of Oshawa. At the time, we experienced some great things. We had a big congregation in a big building, with lots of great things taking place. However, for some reason it felt like our city hardly knew we existed...

CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WHO TRANSLATE VISION TO EXECUTION

🔸"Organized thought" is required to translate vision to reality. 

🔸Making vision a reality requires organized people, organized thought, and organized action...

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE GOAL? 

…THE ONE THAT IF YOU ACCOMPLISHED TODAY, YOU WOULD BE READY TO DIE…EVEN YOUNGER THAN OLD AGE

“Life is not limited to old age, but life should be measured by the achieving of our God given goals and fulfilling our vision…”

Here’s what to do…

WITHIN 24 HOURS OF HEARING A SERMON YOU’VE FORGOTTEN 70% OF IT! 

Here’s what to do…

One of the fundamental challenges facing Christianity today, is that  we’ve become sort of a culture of talkers rather than doers and demonstrators. We’ve become theorists and conversationalists, more than people who are actually doing the gospel...

YOU ARE A KINGDOM DISTRIBUTOR

I believe in the local church.  I pastor a local church. But I hardly depend on my timeslot in a building on Sunday only, for people to come and decide whether they want the Kingdom or not…

HOW I TRADED UNHEALTHY CHRISTIANITY FOR A KINGDOM OF PEACE

The world more than ever before is looking for peace. You might even already know God yet are saying,  “I am a Christian yes, but I don’t have peace in my life.”

I myself grew up in the church, and I was still looking for peace in the challenging seasons of my life. We know and we are told that Jesus Christ is the Prince of Peace. You might be saying, “Ok if you’re the ‘Prince of Peace,’ and you are living inside of me - let’s get this peace thing going! Is there a passcode or a button I need to press?”... 

DEAR PASTOR OR LEADER…

Did you know that there are gifted people sitting in our congregations every Sunday, and that their calling is for more than just coming and listening to you preach?... 

SPEARHEADING REVIVAL 

Years ago I had the privilege of leading a revival that awakened our church and brought impact to our city and beyond. We learned violent travail, and intercession, and that undercurrent of constant prayer worked to disarm powers that the enemy had tried to set up over our church and over our city...

PERMISSION TO SPEAK!

When God told Moses “speak to the rock” to release living water a second time, Moses made the mistake of going back to the old wine skin and HIT the rock (with his staff), when he was supposed to just speak to the rock.  Moses went back and went into religiosity. He went back to an old model, when he was supposed to just speak to it...

DESTINY vs CALLING & PURPOSE

The word destiny is connected to the word “destination.” We have an ultimate destiny, which is home in heaven with God and in God. We also have specific destinations throughout our life on earth, and God helps us to reach those milestones according to His Will for our lives...

ORGANIZED CRIME? HOW ABOUT “ORGANIZED RIGHTEOUSNESS?”

Did you know that God views any form of injustice on earth as chaos or disorder? God also views any disorder or disorganization as a great injustice…

Proverbs 13:23 says, “Abundant food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor,

But it is swept away by injustice.” 

WOW…

PROPHETS WITH APOSTOLIC LENSES (The Deeper Synergy)

I believe we are in a time in Church history unlike any other before. The stage is be

herever they go in their own spheres

ing set for Kingdom carriers to go beyond merely being stirred at the last meeting, to being released to carry the glory of the Lord over the whole earth. One of the strongest and possibly most unique expressions of Five-fold in these last days will look like apostolic-prophetic synergy such as never seen before in our generation...

I HATE TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD BUT… CAN APOSTLES AND PROPHETS WORK TOGETHER? 

One of the great longings in the Body of Christ is actually emerging at this present time. I am speaking about prophets working in functional connection with apostles…

You might be saying at this point, “Yes we have attempted that years ago and accomplished little to nothing.” However, let me argue that just because something has been attempted in years gone by, or feels frozen in time in theory, doesn’t mean it can’t come to realization...

THE PERIL OF TODAY’S PROPHET - The “Glamour Without Substance” Dysfunction 

Unfortunately, at this stage in the game, too many prophets have camped at the glamour of “stirring the Body” from the stage, rather than “establishing the Body” through equipping Believers to hear and act, in a way that releases the glory of God wherever they go in their own spheres.

After all, why limit the voice of our Almighty and glorious God to only a conference venue through one celebrity prophet, when prophets could equip Believers to multiply the voice of God in the marketplace and all manner of highways and byways?... 

“THIS IS NOT THAT” ~ Misunderstanding the New Testament Gift of Prophet 
 

🔑Now that the Spirit has been poured out and all can prophesy, there is obvious equipping needed. And who better to equip people in prophecy than a prophet? Ephesians 4 (equipping of the saints) makes sense when you see the great need for equipping a Body that exist in the era of Acts 2:17 where now “all can prophesy!”🔑...

DO YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO CHANGE? (The Secret of Wisdom)

I started only eating what grows in the ground, what grows on the ground, in a bush or in a tree, or has a heartbeat. After doing this for awhile, I noticed I started to lose weight in a healthy way. But if I were struggling to lose weight or it wasn’t working, I can go to “a specialist” and discover the laws and principles that the specialist has already paid the price to learn...

GOD PUT AN IMAGE OF HIMSELF IN THIS WORLD

God came to earth as a man, so that he could legally restore authority to man, as managers of the earth, with a commission to establish His Kingdom on earth.

God really has given man dominion and a responsibility over the dimension of the earth - a dimension that is governed by laws and principles that God instituted from the beginning...

HEARING A MESSAGE VS LIVING A MESSAGE

One of the more peculiar issues with Christianity today is that we’ve become a bit of culture of talkers rather than doers and demonstrators. We tend to major on theory and conversation, rather than actually doing the gospel. James exhorts us to not just be hearers of the Word but rather to be DOERS of the Word....

PRINCIPLES FOR KINGDOM RULERSHIP (A few take-a-ways)

👑PRINCIPLE: God designed life in such a way, that it can function under YOUR management, rather than God’s constant supernatural intervention.

👑PRINCIPLE: Kingdom Rulership has been given to us, and a bi product of Kingdom culture is fruit bearing.....

THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT "CHURCHIANITY"

Churchianity is characterized by the belief that Sunday services, listening to sermons, and endless church programs and packaging, is our purpose as Christians…

WHAT IS TRUE FRUITFULNESS, WEALTH AND ABUNDANCE!

🔹PRINCIPLE #1 A bi-product of ABIDING in Him is great fruitfulness. A more accurate word for abiding is “devotion.”

🔹PRINCIPLE #2 It is possible to grow in such devotion to God that you begin to look like Him.

🔹PRINCIPLE #3 In God’s eyes fruitfulness is more than just “addition.” God views fruitfulness as the ability to “reproduce after your kind...

YOU TOO CAN BE TRANSFORMED!

“And you shall receive power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you…” (Acts 1:8). In fact the Greek word for “receive” is “lambano”, meaning to TAKE power...

“LET ME DO IT!”

👉15 Powerful Points on SERVING from Derek’s Sunday Summit message. 

1 . Acts of service are a way of bringing heaven to earth. Serving is a fast track to humility, and humility is the door to grace.

2 . As we age we sometimes feel our season of serving is over and look for comfort. However, serving your fellow man is never out of season....

WANT TO KNOW ONE OF THE MOST ASKED QUESTIONS BY BELIEVERS TODAY?

A recent statistic on the “most searched questions” in a popular online platform revealed that many people are asking the question… 

“Are Christians Safe?” 

What an interesting question! Well, I would then ask them a question. Safe from what?...

MY GREAT DISCOVERY! 

I remember the early stages of making the shift from the goal being just gathering more people in a Sunday service, to bringing more of the Kingdom to our city and nations....

THE “APOSTOLIC ORBIT” (How the Church Takes More Territory)

One of the notable signs of a Kingdom driven church is that it has what’s called an apostolic orbit. 

Some people may call it a network or “metron” etc...

WHAT IS A RELEVANT CHURCH?

The relevance of a local church isn’t in its ability to “look like” the world, but rather in its ability to reach the world....

BUT CAN GOD DO THIS KIND OF MIRACLE?

There was a man who attended one of our History Makers Trainings, and he was illiterate. Being unable to read and write, it was going to be an almost impossibility for him to do the reading and writing assignments which are woven throughout the training, and mandatory to graduate. But as that grace and power of Jesus began to flow, this man actually began to read and write right there on site... 

REAL APOSTLES HAVE A HEART FOR PASTORING PEOPLE

One of the proofs of a genuine apostolic church (apostolic centre, resource church etc) is that they have an apostle and are connected in apostolic alignment.  The apostle or apostolic leader is able to function as a New Testament modern day apostle - but that doesn’t mean they don’t do any pastoring... 

HOW TO KNOW WHEN A CHURCH HAS DISMISSED THE HOLY SPIRIT
   
When a church has dismissed the Holy Spirit, the symptoms of it are slow and subtle - but destructive.

That particular church sort of slowly boils you in an atmosphere of religiosity, until you no longer recognize just how dry you are. One of the things you will notice is the dryness and “sound of the atmosphere.” Spiritual death in a church sounds like something in a building....

"OH SHIFT! …IT’S A REVIVAL BLOCKER. "

Did you know that it takes approximately three days to really shift a deeply embedded mindset? After training and equipping people in various parts of the world and different demographics and age ranges, I came to a conclusion. I realized that the challenge of seeing personal or corporate revival wasn’t with God “not wanting to give revival”...

"I WANT TO HELP PASTORS GET SET FREE"

When we started History Makers Academy we were able to reach a little over 250,000 people globally in just two years. I being a pastor saw far more fruit than the obsession of just trying to get a few more people in a building to come and sit (as important as a weekly local church gathering is). We became focused on equipping the church, and were no longer hindered by walls...

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERCESSION AND REVIVAL

If you want to see breakthrough, you must use the right keys in prayer and intercession. Through intercession you can begin to remove the grip of a Strongman or Principality that has held territory. Issue after issue in a region can be prayed through until the Strongman is stripped of the “armour on which he relies” (Luke 11:22), and things begin to change... 

OH CANADA - NATIONS GO THROUGH CYCLES

You may not know that North Korea was once known as the “Jerusalem of the east.” It was essentially a Christian nation. There are various revivals that visit nations, and we see a cycle that happens...

PEOPLE WHO BUILD AND WIN IN LIFE…BUILD THIS WAY!

(The Dimension of Rulership)

I have met some very spiritually gifted people in my lifetime. People with whom the Gifts of the Spirit are functioning through them amazingly. Yet, their private lives or even just day-to-day life, was nothing short of a mess - and that’s not God’s desire for them or you...

Pulpit Driven Church or Kingdom Driven Church?

90% of churches today are “pulpit driven” churches. A pulpit driven church model considers the work of the ministry to be the pastor preaching from a pulpit to the congregation - along with other programs designed to keep people coming and attendance up. They consider this the work of the ministry...

10 Characteristics of a History Maker

1 . They are people who have overcome one or more of life’s crisis’, trials and failures. In choosing to overcome rather than be crushed, they develop the toughness they need to fulfill their purpose in their next season. This is why they are stronger than the average person. 

2 . People who make history have the ability to recognize defining game changer moments, and are able to leverage them...

GOD HEAL OUR LAND!

This past weekend, Derek addressed revival, and shared “Transformation Manifesto” at RESEND - God Heal Our Land national conference, in Hamilton, Ontario. The power of God was present and led to a significant time of weeping and repentance from pastors and leaders…for divisions, sin and failing to steward the grace for their cities. 

We wanted to share Derek’s Transformation Manifesto main points with you.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN THE CHURCH

When the enemy wants to stop a church from succeeding, he sets up what I call “spiritual proximity mines.” If you don’t know what a proximity mine is - it’s a bomb used in war that's placed on the ground or on a wall, so that when soldiers reach that part of the building or take more ground, the mine explodes when they get near it. In the same way, the devil sets proximity mines to try and make sure your church never reaches a certain level of effectiveness or takes territory beyond its walls...

About Leadership Transition & Succession

PRINCIPLE: People are generally unprepared for life’s transitions. 

We must discern the time of “preparation for leadership transition.” We must prepare for it. We must “sow” (invest) into transition in order to reap succession. 

It is a dishonour to our elders to expect them to carry the entire weight of the ministry always. Mature sons and daughters pursue more responsibility. God defines “inheritance” as the giving of more responsibility.

Send Home the Crowd! God Uses Equipped Sons and Daughters

From: Derek Schneider

“Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.” (Matt 14:22)

One of the challenges that today’s Church faces, is the mentality that “a large crowd” is the way by which we create national influence. 

The reality is that God looks for a man or woman who is willing to pay the price, lay down their own agenda, and give themselves fully and radically over to the agenda and will of the Lord. This price is higher than most realize, hence why so few are able to be fully used by God... 

Article/Interview by ShaDé Productions

History Makers Church - Making a Difference in Durham Region

In today’s Church era of strenuous change, hot topic debates, and everything from out-dated church models to celebrity preachers, lights, cameras and fog machines, History Makers Church is unique, and living up to its name. 

History Makers Church has been one of the fastest growing churches in Durham Region this past year (apart from the incredible growth of The River Worship gatherings at Canada Christian College). That’s not including HMC’s “Online Church”, another cutting-edge feature making this church unique...

Authentic Leadership 

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking to Canadian Business Leaders on the topic of “Authentic Leadership.” 

American Statistic: Not just trust in government, but 7 out of 10 people have lost trust in each other (in general). Fully, 71% think interpersonal confidence has worsened in the past 20 years...

12 SIGNS OF A DYING DENOMINATION OR FELLOWSHIP

- Derek Schneider 

1. Apostolic leaders are replaced by administrators.

2. The prophetic voice of the Lord is replaced by the voice of the vote. 

...

"Where Have All the Altar Calls Gone?"

(7 Reasons Your Pastor Isn’t Giving Altar Calls)

If you are, or have been a church goer for any length of time, you’ve probably found yourself standing in a church service saying, “Hey where did all the altar calls go?”

The Formula for National Influence

The biblical reality is that God is looking for a person who is willing to pay the price, lay down their own agenda, and give themselves fully and radically over to the agenda and will of the Lord... 

“Dominion Over Earthly Things”

Prophetic Message and Equipping for 2023 (summary notes) 

Given by Derek Schneider to History Makers Society - New Year’s Eve broadcast.

In 2023…

1 . God is requiring of His Church to have a firm revelation of their dominion over earthly things...

Secrets to Success in Ministry… That CAN Be Reproduced!

When we examine various moves of God, reformations, and the lives of reformers, we can see common trends and similar patterns that can actually be reproduced...

The reward for your prayer, fasting and sacrifice in ministry is not actually material things. It’s something of much higher value…

“For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. Since you are precious and honoured in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life” (Isaiah 43:3–4, NASB)...

The Emerging “Lecture Culture” in our Churches is Actually Not New

The “lecture culture church” marked by short stick-to-the-script sermonizing in amphitheater style buildings is actually not new. You might be surprised to discover that it is addressed in James! ...