When the Accuser Speaks and the Truth Answers Many of you have seen Ren Gill’s performance of Hi Ren. It’s hard to forget. A young man in a hospital gown sits in a wheelchair in a bare, decaying room. With nothing but an acoustic guitar and his own voice, he stages an intense conversation between…
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A stranger came up the boards with a case in his hand. He did not start with a fist. He started with an invitation. Come and hear what I can do. That is an old way in. Pride first, played fast. Then a shortcut that glitters. Then fear, when the other two have not moved…
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The first seat was never yours A word for anyone who learned that looking after yourself first is wisdom — and for the climber who made a god of their own name. They sold me a gospel with a mirror in it. That is not a small sentence. A lot of us were raised on…
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God closed the case. The second judge is often you A word for the recent convert who can finally see who they were — and cannot sit still under the pardon. The first clean morning after you come to Christ is not always peace. Sometimes it is sight. You wake up and the old life…
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A Biblical Guide for Discerning Prophetic Ministries “Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:20–21We will never stand in this ministry and say, “Thus saith the Lord” over next week’s headlines. That is not our calling. The calling we do have is older and quieter: point people to the Book that…
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Christianity is not a flag you hoist so a civilization can survive. It is a Person you kneel to so a sinner can live. A meme has been moving through Facebook this week. Enough of you have sent it that it needs an answer from the church, not another share. I am not going to…
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Hard Road, Living Redeemer — Week 4 Praise is not pretending the road got easy. It is raising a voice when the night is still heavy because the Redeemer still lives. You have walked three weeks of hard truth. You do not have to fake fine. The God who finds you there is a living…
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Dolly Parton – January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026 We join millions in mourning the homegoing of Dolly Parton. We do not write this to claim her story, to sell a moment, or to stand in the light she spent a lifetime giving away. We write it because a gift from God has gone…
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A Testimony of Fear, Failure, and the Faithfulness of God There was a man who walked through life with the blinders on. From the earliest years they were already there—tight, unyielding, focused only on what lay straight ahead. Ambition was the horse that pulled him. He worked through his schooling the way a man works…
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When Christ’s Design Meets the Spirit of the Age In an age that mocks headship and redefines womanhood, the church must return to the only reliable measure God has given. For men, the measure is Christ Himself — the Husband who laid down His life. For women, Scripture places a clear scale before us: the…
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