Changes Coming
The Lord has been doing big things in my life here in the last few months. My family and I have moved to Upstate NY, and I have become the Senior Pastor of Open Bible Baptist Church. I am super blessed and very excited! Please expect to see changes to this site as we make […]
Tell Your Children
Tell your children and your children their children, and their children another generation. Joel 1:3 Sometimes, for various reasons, children and parents disconnect from each other when the children grow up. It is very unfortunate because it is important for children to glean from their parents a good understanding of the past and their perspective […]
Listen to This
Listen to this, old people, and hear with your ears all earthly inhabitants! Has this happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? Joel 1:2 Jesus says a very similar thing many times when teaching on earth. Listen with your ears. It is meant to alert everyone to the importance and urgency […]
Joel
The Word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Joel 1:1 This can be taken as the title of this writing. We do not know a lot about Joel. There is debate as to the timing of his writing. But, the content shows that the timeline followed the destruction of the […]
How much do we need Him?
I remember in many instances hearing Christians speak of how much someone ‘needs’ the Lord. Maybe they were speaking of a lost individual that was particularly given over to the devil’s devices. Or, they may have been talking about a Christian brother or sister dealing with a great issue or trouble. In any case, there […]
For Jesus
One of my favorite verses is 2 Corinthians 4:5. Although many have favorited it for one reason or another, I stumbled across it many years ago for a different reason than most. This verse puts all of life into the proper perspective. While the first part of the verse is wonderful, the second part is […]
Always Learning
In the USA, and our world, we are constantly bombarded with information. New ideas are flying our way all the time. We cannot seem to go through a day without hearing or seeing something new. Of course we might say, ‘Isn’t that a good thing?’ The answer might be yes, but it is quite often […]
Dependence Day
I think ‘Thanksgiving’ is a great name for this day. It reminds us of our appropriate response to what the day is about. It works well, and does not need modification. But I have an alternate name for this day to share with you. It is no replacement, it simply speaks to the cause of […]
Your Baseline
In addition to being a revival speaker, I work in Information Technology. One of my favorite tools used in IT is what is known as a baseline. A baseline is a set of data that tells a company what their environment usually looks like. It gives IT a measure by which to know when things […]
Message Preview: The Job Factor
Form time to time REvive Ministries will share previews of sermons that may be shared at one of our revivals. This is intended to serve several purposes. First, it gives individuals attending churches that will host a REvive Ministries revival a chance to read part of a sermon they may hear during the revival. Second, […]