Orde Wingate, son of Colonel George Wingate, was a brilliant and unorthodox military leader during WWII.  Orde was a somewhat independent and willful person, but he remained faithful to the fine traditions of family. One day a friend asked him, “Orde, when you say one man is good and another is …

Over the years of attempting to teach this book to others so that they might proclaim the message of the book, the question often asked is, why study Joel? What relevance to our day are strange phenomena such as locust plagues and military invasions? Why would we want to spend a lot of time and [...]

By Patrick Roberts Be encouraged that Jesus’ preferred learning method is to learn by stepping out and giving things a try. If we are convinced of this, then we will set out in humility and take chances in Christ’s name. Christ empowers us wherever we are in life, even if we still lack the Official [...]

American Religion and the American Way By Patrick Roberts We Americans love our religion because it allows us to pick and choose God’s goals for us. The substance of our religion is an infatuation with control, which is also the case for all lovers of religion. We suppose that we’re clever for finding new religious [...]

true worship By dumi nkomo The Samaritan woman had discoursed with Jesus about her life. This portion of Scripture begins with discernment, “Sir I see that You are a prophet.” That was worship and reverence. Worship is recognizing Who God is and what he represents. She then added, “Our fathers worshipped (past tense) on this [...]