By glenn coon We all know that Jesus should be our #1 doctrine. But, HOW do we practice this? For the apostles, their first message was Jesus. The person of Jesus was their rallying cry. It was the doctrine of Jesus that brought the new members into the church. They were baptized into JESUS. If [...]

By Jim Barringer When the weather is nice, when the sky is so blue that even a color-blind guy like me can see how beautiful it is, I like to go walking on the campus at Southwestern Seminary. During today’s walk, for whatever reason, I was pondering my personal philosophy of worship, the answer I [...]

By Marijo Phelps Ah, my Father it is difficult to wait For the house we are building to be finished But so much more for those I love To come to Your gate And ask Jesus to be their Lord. Sometimes the desert Would turn to windswept years Were it not For the indestructible sterling [...]

By Stanley Hasegawa All of life takes place in the present. We can’t live in the past. We can’t live in the future. What is true of life in general is also true of obedience in particular. We can only obey God or not obey God right now, in this present time and circumstance. We [...]

By Rick King Last night I had a dream. I saw in this dream a place where water was gushing out. I then saw a person putting a valve and then a pipe on the water. I knew the water was being controlled or regulated. The pipe was to allow the water to go where [...]