OUT OF THE BOX

Steve was a homeless fellow at Myrtle Beach when one of the hurricanes came through a few years ago. Huddled in a corner alone and frightened he cried out to the Lord for mercy and said, "Oh God, if you will bring me through this thing safely, I will get rid of my cigarettes and my false teeth!” Then having made it safely through the storm, he got rid of his false teeth and went around toothless, but hung on to his more pleasurable sins such as profanity and whoremongering. When I asked him about his logic in the matter, he told me that it is a sin to wear false teeth because the Bible warns us about things that are false. He told one of his friends, “You don’t want to be wearing false teeth when Jesus comes back. But then again, you just as well go ahead and smile and look pretty cause it will be too late then.” This story is true, and we smile at the crazy logic involved. However, the world often sees the church in this light. We often "strain at a gnat and swallow a ...

Quotes from Arthur Burt Arthur Burt was from North Wales, United Kingdom. He went home to be with the Lord in 2014 at the age of 102. Glenn Anderson, who pastored Forrest Drive Baptist Church in Columbia, SC, introduced me to Arthur Burt sometime in the late 70s. I later invited him up to Raleigh to speak to our church. He was a unique individual and his message was rich. Below are a few quotes from Arthur Burt’s message to us at that time.” “All men want progress; no man wants change.” “Grace is free, but you have to pay a price for truth. “The way has been strewn with ‘don’t wants.’” “Should you submit to a pastor who doesn’t believe the Bible?  You  can’t put a live chick under a dead hen.” “In the passage of years, time is on the side of truth.” “Jesus said, ‘I have much to say, but you are not able to bear it now.’ The need is to be able to bear the truth.” “Don’t be among those of the last wave who persecutes those of the next wave. Every...

There is a fasting and prayer conference occurring in Washington, D.C. this week (Feb 22-24). Multitudes of Christians are praying for our nation, the church, for a new Jesus Movement, and also praying in behalf of the millions of unborn babies that are being murdered in the womb through abortion. In response to the passing of Billy Graham, whose death came the day before the prayer conference in Washington, and in praying for the prayer objectives of the conference, my wife Laurel felt a strong sense of the Lord speaking to her the word given below. A prophetic word from Laurel Long. February 21, 2018 This is what the Holy Spirit spoke to me. "It is not insignificant that my faithful servant Billy Graham passed away a day before this conference and the call for a 40 day fast. The church has been held in the grip of *evangelicalism. Today I will usher in a new era of church history. I will raise up a new generation of evangelists like Phillip (Acts 8:5-25), true evan...