I like statistics. But I know from the glazed looks people give me when I bring them up that most people aren’t like me. So, rather than bore you with the minutia of details, let’s just say folks are battling depression on an epic scale. Indeed, in general, temptation is an ever-present problem, and even Christians seem to be struggling with feelings of despair. Not to mention other emotional issues like fear, anger, bitterness, unforgiveness, lust (including pornography), greed, envy, jealousy, and the list goes on. And those are just the natural issues that human beings face; demonic attacks are…
-
Anger - Apostolic - Apostolic Voice - Bible - Bible Reading - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christianity - Church - Church Attendence - Church Faithfulness - Culture - depression - Devil - discouragement - Faith - Faithfulness - Fasting - Fear - help - How To Win The Battle Within - Jesus - Jesus Christ - lifestyle - Living For God - Loneliness - Music - pain - Praise - Pray - Prayer - Religion - Righteousness - Scripture - Scriptures - self-control - spiritual discipline - Spiritual Improvement - Spiritual Warfare - temperament - Temptation - The Battle For the Mind - Winning the attack against your mind - Worshipping
-
Apostolic - Apostolic Standards - apostolic theology - Apostolic Voice - Apostolic Voice Podcast - AVP - Bible - biblical morality - Carnal - Carnal Christians - Christ - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christianity - Church - Church Culture - church leadership - Church Structure - church unity - Culture - False Doctrine - God - God's Will - godless wisdom - Godliness - Godly - iTunes - Jesus - Jesus Christ - Joe Campetella - Leadership - Morality - oneness theology - Pentecostal - pentecostal theology - Podcast - poems - Poetry - Religion - Religious - Scripture - SIn - Spiritual - spiritual discipline - Spiritual Improvement - Spiritual Resolutions - Standards - Theology - vanity - vlog - Worldliness
Should Christians Dye Their Hair? (A Biblical Study) | Podcast Edition
The Apostolic Voice Podcast is up and running. Most episodes feature an article that has already been featured here on the blog. And that’s the case with this latest episode. The original article, Should Christians Dye Their Hair?, is worth the read because it gives so many helpful links for those of you who like to dive deeper into study and reflection. But I recognize the importance of turning these blogs into audio format for busy and on-the-go folks who still want access to the information (I’m often in that category myself). Anyway, I hope you enjoy the new podcast…
-
antichrist - Apostolic - apostolic theology - Apostolic Voice - Bible - Carnal - Carnal Christians - Christ - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christian Persecution - Christianity - Church - Church Culture - Church Faithfulness - church growth - church leadership - Church Structure - church unity - Coronavirus - COVID-19 - Culture - Doctrine - Dr. Talmadge French - End Times - Faith - Free Speech - Freedom - Freedom of Religion - Freedom of Speech - globalism - God - Godliness - Godly - gospel - Holiness - hypocrisy - hypocrites - Jesus Christ - Judgement - Leadership - leadership lessons - one world governemt - pandemic - Pastoring - Pastors - Pentecostal - pentecostal theology - Prayer - Prophecy - Religion - Religious - Religious Liberty - revelation - Revival - Scripture - TV
Unmasked (Cogent COVID Thoughts)
Antichrist spirits are only one pandemic away from stripping us of our freedoms.
-
Apostolic - apostolic theology - Apostolic Voice - Children - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christian Persecution - Christianity - Church - Church Culture - Church Faithfulness - Culture - Entertainment - Faith - Faithfulness - Gay Agenda - Gay Marriage - Godliness - gospel - Holy Ghost - Human Life - Immorality - Jesus - Jesus Christ - Morality - Religion - Religious - Religious Liberty - reverent - Spiritual Improvement - Spiritual Warfare - suicide
The Death of Reverence
When Christians consistently prioritize the secular over the sacred it signifies the impending death of reverence in their hearts.
-
Apostolic - Apostolic Standards - apostolic theology - Apostolic Voice - Christian Living - Church - Church Attendence - Church Culture - Church Faithfulness - church growth - Culture - David - God - Jesus - Jesus Christ - Pentecost - Pentecostal - Stay in Church
Christianity Isn’t Dying (Dead Churches Are Dying)
The Great Exaggeration Secularists and others who wrinkle their noses at Christianity enjoy pointing to the apparent decline of Christian faith in America. They look longingly at Europe’s seemingly thorough secularization and wistfully prophecy that America is finally following suit. Of course, many iconoclasts realize Christianity’s death is being exaggerated, but they continue the facade to belittle believers. By marginalizing Christianity, they hope to intimidate Christians into silence on cultural issues of importance. A Manipulative Bullying Tactic This is a potent bullying tactic. Many Christians feel as if their belief system is in a hopeless state of decline. Ostracism from…
-
Apostle Paul - Apostolic - Apostolic Standards - apostolic theology - Apostolic Voice - Bible - Carnal - Carnal Christians - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christianity - Church Culture - Culture - Faith - Galatians - Gifts of the Spirit - God - God's Will - Godliness - Godly - health - healthy living - Holiness - Holy Ghost - Holy Spirit - Humility - Immorality - Jesus - Jesus Christ - Joe Campetella - Living For God - malcolm gladwell - Morality - Paths of Righteousness - Pentecostal - pentecostal theology - Pride - Proverbs - Rebellion - Religion - Religious - Righteousness - Scripture - Scriptures - Self Idolatry - Self Worship - Self-Righteouness - Spiritual - spiritual discipline - Spiritual Improvement - Standards - Worldliness
Should Christians Dye Their Hair? (Article + Podcast)
I realize many people have never even considered the possibility that God might care about any aspect of our outward appearance. Others understand that God does mandate specific criteria of external holiness disciplines. Most sincere Christians have some awareness that God requires us to be modest, maintain gender distinctions, and avoid vanity in our attire. Among apostolics, there are certainly some disagreements regarding how those standards should be applied orthopraxically, but they are generally acknowledged as orthodoxically sound beliefs. Many generations ago, hair dying was frowned upon and often outright forbidden across denominational lines. There was an almost ecumenical Christian…
-
Apostolic - Apostolic Voice - Backslidden - Backslidding - Backslide - Backslider - Bible - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christian Persecution - Christianity - church leadership - Culture - David - Faith - Goliath - heroic leadership - Hope - Insecurity - Jesus - Leadership - leadership advice - leadership lessons - lifestyle - Living For God - malcolm gladwell - Pastoral Leadership - Pentecostal - Religion - Religious - Scripture - Spiritual Warfare - strengths
The Adversity Advantage
I don’t like adversity! I like things to go as planned. I like all the ducks to be in nice neat little orderly rows. My heart sinks when adversity comes because my gut reaction assumes that adversity is always an enormous disadvantage. We don’t want to be the underdog or feel like we picked the short straw in life. Sadly, by viewing adversity as a tremendous negative, we often create self-fulfilling prophecies. We lose because we think we’re going to lose. We fail because we believe adversaries have the advantage. In reality, the reverse is true. Adversity can be a…
-
Apostolic - apostolic theology - Apostolic Voice - Bible - Bible Translation - Christ - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christian Persecution - christmas - Church Culture - church idolatry - church idols - Culture - Doctrine - Faith - Freedom of Religion - Freedom of Speech - God - gospel - idolatry - Jesus - Jesus Christ - Jesus' Name - Jesus' Name Baptism - Living For God - Luke - Oneness - Oneness Apostolic - Oneness Apostolic Movement - oneness theology - Pentecost - Pentecostal - pentecostal theology - Prophecy - Religion - Religious - Religious Liberty - Reverence - Savior - Scripture - Scriptures - the birth of Jesus - Theology - Word
Should Christians Celebrate Christmas? (Article + Podcast)
The irony of the Christmas debate never ceases to amaze me. On the one hand, secular culture tries hard to take Christ out of Christmas. To them, Christmas is just another holiday. On the other hand, a noisy minority of Christians consider Christmas a pagan practice. The rest of us are uncomfortably sandwiched in between these two extremes. Before the rise of social media, these debates seemed a little vaguer and obscure. Everyone pretty much just did their own thing and went on with their lives. But social media gets people from every side of the Christmas issue at one…
-
Acts 2:38 - Acts 4:12 - Apostle Paul - Apostolic - Apostolic Voice - Baptism - Bible - calvary - Carnal - Carnal Christians - Christ - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christianity - Church - Church Culture - church idolatry - church idols - church leadership - church social media strategy - church unity - Culture - Doctrine - Entertainment - Facebook - Faith - False Doctrine - God - Godliness - Godly - gospel - Holy Ghost - Holy Spirit - idolatry - Jesus - Jesus Christ - Jesus' Name - Jesus' Name Baptism - Judgement - justification - Living For God - moral relativism - Morality - motives - Oneness - Oneness Apostolic - Oneness Apostolic Movement - Pentecost - Pentecostal - Religion - Religious - Repent - Salvation - Scripture - Spiritual Improvement - Truth
Kanye West Might Be Sincere (But Sincerity Alone Is Not Salvation)
If you’re a social media user it might feel like a non-stop Kanye West extravaganza has taken over your feed lately. The frenzy from all directions has been palpable. Many people in my inner circle didn’t even know who Kanye was until a few weeks ago. For me, his name was associated with lyrics and artists that I purposely avoided because of the vulgarity, sexuality, violence, and substance abuse they promoted. This article is late in the making. Frankly, I just didn’t care about the Kanye kerfuffle until the noise escalated into a fever pitch. Beyond that, lots of people…
-
advice to millennials - Apostolic - Apostolic Voice - Backslidden - Backslide - Carnal - Carnal Christians - Christ - Christian - Christian Faith - Christian Living - Christian Youth - Christianity - Church - Church Attendence - Church Culture - Church Faithfulness - church growth - church leadership - Church Structure - Committment - Culture - David - Evangelism - Faith - Faithfulness - False Doctrine - Family of God - Five Fold Ministry - God - Godliness - Godly - gospel - helping millennials - Holy Ghost - Holy Spirit - Jesus - Jesus Christ - Jesus' Name - Jesus' Name Baptism - Leadership - millennials - mission - Moves of the Spirit - Oneness - Oneness Apostolic - Pastor - Pastoral Leadership - Pastoring - Pastors - Pentecost - Pentecostal - Pray - Prayer - Prayer Life - Religion - Religious - Stay in Church - Tongues - Water Baptism - Worldliness - Worship - Worshipping - young adult - Young People - Youth - youth group - Youth Leader - Youth Ministry - Youth Pastor - youth worker
Here’s Why Young People View the Church Like the Last Old Department Store
In the last 25 years, the church growth movement has transformed how America has church. It has also changed how younger people view church. Many churches are now driven by business and marketing philosophies, moving away from a focus on discipleship and relationship with God. The pastor has changed roles from shepherd to salesman. A distorted view of grace is his wares. Evangelism is nonexistent. Apostles are no longer understood. Prophets are rejected. Teaching revolves around life skills. Prayer is redefined as positive thoughts, and the Spirit has no place in the business plan. People now go to church to be…
You must be logged in to post a comment.