Book Signing with Dr. Lonnie D. Wesley, III
Energion Publications is pleased to announce a book signing and relaunch event with Dr. Lonnie D. Wesley, III for his book The Seven: Taking a Closer Look at What It Means to be a Deacon. This event will take place at the Tracy B Gallery, 1216 North 9th Avenue, Pensacola, FL on Saturday, July 1,…
Bob Cornwall: Receive the Spirit
Bob Cornwall is the author of Unfettered Spirit: Spiritual Gifts for the New Great Awakening, and today he discusses receiving the Spirit as recorded in the gospel of John. Breath—life—power. That is the gift that Jesus gives the disciples as he prepares to leave them. But as he departs, they are being sent into the world. As…
The New Creation
The new creation brought about by love, under whose control Christians live (2 Cor. 5:14), is not an amorphous conglomerate of passive robots who do God’s will en masse. The Christian life of the new creation is not the boring life of an idealized perfection on this earth. It is the exciting life of taking…
Week of Hope – Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday represents hope fulfilled, but also the promise of hope to all for all time. A Message We have a message to tell the world – a message of undeniable hope that will explode with power when it is lived out in day-to-day life. Deborah L. Roeger, The Power of Hope, p. 244 Faith,…
Week of Hope – Saturday
Saturday is sometimes called Silent Saturday, a day of waiting, of shattered hopes, of finding a way to cope. Just like the disciples, we often experience our silent Saturdays. Endure for the True Power of Hope The key to every hope-er’s overcoming victory is stated clearly in Hebrews 6:12, “[Be] imitators of those who through…
Every Aspect of Life Can Inspire Prayerfulness
The cross reveals the fullness of Jesus’ love for humankind in all its ambiguity and sin. Willing to embrace his destiny as God’s beloved child and healer, Jesus faces the agony of Calvary. He did not want to die, nor did he wish to suffer excruciating pain. Still, Jesus placed his suffering and abandonment in…
Week of Hope – Friday
Today is Good Friday. It’s important to remember, however, that we see it as Good Friday by looking back. The disciples saw it as anything but good. For them, hope was dying with their Lord on the cross. But hope is for the difficult, devastating times. Hope Looking Forward Hope allows that which is “not…
Week of Hope – Thursday
Certainty of Hope God knows full well that hope tethers us to Him as nothing else will. And being tethered to a trustworthy and faithful God makes all the difference in the world! Our end is secure, our hope is certain! Deborah L. Roeger, The Power of Hope, p. 243 Your Call and Hope While…
Foreword to Running My Race by
Foreword to Running My Race Though I don’t identify myself in the book itself, Dave Black asked me to write the foreword to his book Running My Race, published in 2016. I reproduce it here. Since my embrace of the gospel commission along with the often disparaged words “evangelism” and “mission,” often draws criticism, I’ll…