“Experience supplies painful proof that traditions once called into being are first called useful, then they become necessary. At last they are too often made idols, and all must bow down to them or be punished. “– J. C. Ryle Generally when I share the story about my planted church experience, two things become the normal…
“Jesus said, ‘it is finished.’ He did not say, ‘to be continued…’” – Brook Potter This is a True Story Bob George shared this story in his book: Growing in Grace. A few years ago, a man named Stewart was brought up on charges for drunk-driving and involuntary manslaughter. This man eventually ended up in…
“What is the worst sin a man can commit?” – Brook Potter Often time in our Seminars, I put forward this question, “What is the Absolute worst sin that man can commit?” The answers are all the usual batches of evilness. Things like homosexuality, rejecting God, blaspheme of the Holy Spirit, etc. All of these…
The Gospel is really good news. When Jesus said it is Finished, he meant it. Our flesh and all the sinful desires thereof, were nailed to the cross, and we died with him (Galatians 2:20). As marvelous as these truths are, many believers are still caught trying to overcome something they call, “The Flesh.” Many believe there…
“Most Churchgoers are duped into believing that there’s a constant war waging within the individual Christians between the Holy Spirit and the “lust of the flesh.” Because they have misread Romans 7.” – John Crowder Romans 7 is one of most misunderstood passages of scripture, that has locked believers into the notion that there is…
On my recent trip to Thailand, Pastor Simon Wilson, a brother from the Royal Family International taught on the parables of Jesus Christ, and how we have misunderstood them. I give him credit for this insight. Matthew 13:45 – 46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when…
“It’s a relationship, which involved two people, there are going to be different perspectives on the same thing.” — Brook Potter There are many passages in the bible that are contradictory, if not understood in the proper context. In my previous article, about “who are the Children of God,” I talked about Jesus undoing the…
“The day I realized that I could not tell my congregation that I was hurting, was the day I realized I built an institution around myself rather than a family in Christ. If I couldn’t be open and honest, why would anyone else be?” — Ex Mega Church Pastor. For many years of my Christian walk, I…
Sooner or later, in the discourse of the message of grace, 1 John 1:9 comes into the discussion concerning confession and forgiveness. The question is, Does God require that we confess sin before He can forgive us of those sins? Or have all sins been forgiven at the cross because of the blood of Jesus?…
Romans 11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. My friend Brandon Lee, as well as a few others, has described mercy and grace in this way: If you are speeding on the nation’s roads, and the police pull you over for speeding and does not give you…
“How can you disappoint a God who knows everything before you do it?” – Brook Potter Growing in the Grace and the knowledge of God is the best part of the walk as a believer. Jesus said that he is the vine, and we are the branches. The nature of a branch is not to…
“When I saw for the first time by the Word of God that sickness was not the Will of God, everything in my nature rose up to defeat the will of the devil.” — John G Lake I was having lunch with my father and step mother the other day, and I explained a very…