Jesus’ sobering words to the church in Sardis reveal a congregation that appeared vibrant on the outside but was spiritually dead inside, much like the dying churches Pastor Jentezen describes in his sermon Ways to Keep Your Church Alive. These churches lose their life when prayer fades from priority, leaving...

One can imagine that on any given day the Temple was a busy place, and this day proved just that, as Scripture says Jesus watched the crowd, or multitude, put their money into the temple treasury. The treasury was in the court of the women. There were a fixed number...

In this story, God told Gideon there were too many men—He didn’t want them taking credit for defeating the Midianites. God will not share His glory; He wants them to depend on Him. Zechariah 4:6 says, “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord Almighty....

The cloud of witnesses allows us to see how urgent it is to preach, how urgent it is to sing, how urgent it is to worship. We ought not to cut back, lean back, or grow cold. We need urgency to grip our hearts. The elders of eternity who said...

Thousands of years ago on Mount Sinai, back in Exodus 19:5-6, God offered the Israelites a covenant. He said, “Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for...