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“Hope from Past Revivals”

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Never have we seen a time in America that was so morally debased. The homosexual agenda is bent on erasing every vestige of Christianity from our culture. Their socialist ideas permeate the media and the tax-supported education institutions throughout the land. Is there any hope of a return to moral sanity? Yes, there is! But it can only come in a heaven-sent, Christ-honoring revival in our personal, family, church, and national lives. God’s promise is plain:

“If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

If we as Christians will “turn” —not just talk— God will send revival. And revival always restores Biblical morality. God has done this in our past in America. He wants to do it again!

In 1798, the Presbyterian General Assembly summed Continue reading →

“Can Revival Happen Now?”

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I often have people say to me, “Don, I just don’t believe we’re gonna have revival in America.  These are the last days and I just don’t believe we’re gonna see revival.”  While I certainly agree that these are the last days, I believe we should consider some other things before we just write off the possibility of a national awakening to God right here in America.

We should consider the widespread movement among college age adults.  Over the last several years there have been thousands in that age group who are making commitments to Christ as the Master of every area of their lives.  This is evidenced by such ministries as Passion and the Justice House of Prayer (J-HOP).  Passion is centered in Atlanta and in recent years they’ve see thousands and thousands come to their meetings.  From Boston to L.A., young adults have come to do serious worship, Bible Study, and intercession; and the numbers continue to grow.  This is no entertainment time.  This is a ‘Lay your life on the line for Jesus!’ kind of message that is being heard.  I heard Billy Graham say Continue reading →

“The Church – Key to a Strong Republic”

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The Church - Key to a Strong Republic 1Many people wonder why America is going downhill morally.  Why is there so much drug use?  Why are the gangs with all their violence growing so rapidly?  Why is homosexuality capturing so many of our young people?  Why do so many people refuse to marry, and instead just “live” with someone?  Wrong living comes from wrong thinking; and wrong thinking comes from wrong listening!

The reason for these wrong ideas was pointed out in a Barna Research Group survey taken some years ago in Kentucky.  The survey revealed that, while 82% of Kentuckians said they were Christians, over a third of those surveyed said they only attended church once every six months.  This poor church attendance mocks the Scriptural command to,

“Not [forsake] the assembling of ourselves together…” (Hebrews 10:25)

But perhaps you’re thinking, “What difference does it make how often someone goes to church?”  It makes a lot of difference!  It makes a lot of difference to an individual, a family, and a community.  It makes a lot of difference to a nation!  When you hear the Bible taught in its truth, your mind is Continue reading →

“Patrick of Ireland”

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It is such an amazing story! Patrick, a young, former slave in Ireland, was called by God in the 400s to go share the Gospel of Christ with those same Irish people who had enslaved him just a few years before! Yet, without fear, he boldly entered again into that realm and became the agent of liberty to those who had once been his agents of slavery.

He developed this boldness because Christ had revealed Himself to him in such a living way. Patrick’s faith in Jesus was no cold orthodoxy; his was a living relationship with the living, resurrected Son of God! In Patrick’s life, Jesus was Lord! We get a glimpse of the intimacy between him and his Lord when he writes of hearing His voice. With great humility he simply states that God said to him:

“He who gave His life for you, He it is who speaks within you.”

(Great Christian Classics, Kevin Swanson ed. (Generations With Vision, 2010), p. 140)

His knowledge of Christ was deeper than most of us today. He understood that Jesus dwelt inside him. He knew Christ, not only as the Continue reading →

“America’s Link with the Gospel”

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Is there any link between America and the Bible? Was this nation founded on Biblical principles, or was it just “coincidence” that it came into being and grew to be the greatest nation in world history? Though people without knowledge of, or respect for, the Bible would have us believe it was just “luck”, the historical record reveals just the opposite.

In speaking to a 4th of July celebration in Newbury, Connecticut in 1837, John Quincy Adams revealed our Biblical foundations. Being one of our Founders and our sixth President, he was very familiar with the thinking of the Founders. He knew what Continue reading →

“Revival is Our Hope!”

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It could be easy to look around us and be discouraged with the many bad things we see.  Recent gains by the homosexual agenda in Colorado, California, and New York; and also, in California a court ruled that homeschool parents would have to either be certified by the state or stop teaching their children at home.  Chaplains in our armed services have been told they will have to stop praying in Jesus’ Name.  And I could go on and on.  The day does indeed seem dark.

So what are we to do?  Should we accept this darkness as the fulfillment of prophecy that “in the last days perilous times shall come”, and interpret that to mean there’s nothing we can do to protect the liberty of our children to hear the Gospel of the Kingdom of Christ?

While the day is dark, let’s remember that Jesus first came to this earth when it was Continue reading →

“Revival Can Happen in Our Day!”

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On February 3rd in 1970 God worked a modern day revival in central Kentucky.  A Chapel service at Asbury College was invaded by the Holy Spirit of God.  His work would go deep in the hearts of students, faculty members and many others for the next eight days.  Classes were cancelled as most of the college family waited in the Presence of God.  Honest confessions of sin, private and public, were the norm as one person after another made their way to the altar at the front of the auditorium.  After their surrender of every area of their lives, they would walk up onto the platform and give their witness to the whole group as to what God had done in them.  This was repeated in hundreds of individuals over the eight day span as there were always some people in Hughes auditorium for every hour of those eight days.

Those days were characterized by deep repentance and thus, lives being transformed.  One rebellious Senior’s testimony describes well what would happen to many.  In Robert Coleman’s book, One Divine Moment, which Continue reading →

“Pastors Inspired the American Revolution”

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Who were the thinkers behind the American Revolution which would give birth to the greatest Republic the world had ever seen?  Actually, men like Washington, Jefferson, or even Samuel Adams, were not the “root” thinkers of that Revolution.  You may be surprised, but the truth is:  It was the Pastors who inspired the thinking that brought about the American Revolution.  They taught it in the churches!  The Provincial Congress of Massachusetts stated in 1774:

“…we cannot but acknowledge the goodness of Heaven in constantly supplying us with preachers of the Gospel whose concern has been the temporal and spiritual happiness of this people…and do therefore recommend…that they assist us in avoiding that dreadful slavery with which we are now threatened…”

(Christian History of the American Revolution, V. Hall (F.A.C.E. pub.), p.402)

The inspiration for the Battle of Lexington and Concord, which began the Revolutionary War, was none other than Jonas Clark, Pastor of the Church in Lexington for twenty years before the Revolution.  It was Continue reading →

“The Christmas Story”

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Ladies and gentlemen, the following story is why we have Christmas:

The Christmas Story1 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away [privately]. But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, ‘Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for…he…shall save his people from their sins.’ Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us.’ And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife; and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.” Continue reading →

“The Herald Angels Sing”

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So often, at this time of year, we sing Christmas carols in our churches or at family gatherings.  Some have melodies which raise our emotions to the heights.  Others woo us into quiet meditations on the deep meaning of Jesus’ entry into this world and what His invasion into human flesh really means to us.  But the carol that does both those things for me—is Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.  Written by the great song-writing revivalist, Charles Wesley, the revelation in this hymn of what Christ did for us is astounding!  Take a journey with me as we attempt to allow the Holy Spirit to teach us what Jesus did for us.  Wesley wrote:

Hark!  The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild– God and sinners reconciled!”
Joyful, all ye nations, rise, join the triumph of the skies;
With the angelic hosts proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem.”
Hark!  The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!”

Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord:
Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark!  The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King!” Continue reading →