Following Christ demands a resolute and urgent response: the Kingdom must come first, above comfort, unfinished business, and excuses. Christ has already paid the great price for our redemption, and his call must not be postponed until we have resolved our problems.
From the very beginning, God's active and vocal sovereignty established His universal claim, revealing that our mission is a continuation of His eternal purpose. This journey begins with a call for internal integrity and genuine worship before we can effectively participate in outward proclamation.
From the very beginning, the biblical narrative reveals a God who is active and vocal, shaping creation and calling humanity. This divine speech establishes the ultimate scope and authority of God's redemptive work, tran This means that every believer, in their unique sphere of influence, becomes an instrument of God's active voice, breaking the silence of human indifference and announcing the victory of Christ. A particularly edifying i
The gospel is the power of God to transform lives, and it is our duty to share it. Passion for those who do not know Christ is not enough unless it becomes compassion and action.
This personal and partial vision of revival in New England centers on five qualities. First, the Church must proclaim the whole Gospel with boldness and clarity, accepting that truth will expose deception and provoke controversy.
Presentation given at ' Biblical Worldview Conference ' in Boston April 7,2006: I have been assigned the task of presenting a vision for revival in New England. I will begin with a disclaimer. therefore very partial and relative in its content. I do not pretend to be giving a “Thus saith the Lord,” or to be declaring absolute, incontestable truth.
Our Christian faith calls us to a profound, two-fold ethic for the marginalized: verbal advocacy and physical intercession. This means our words for justice must be matched by our hands that actively dismantle barriers of exclusion, reflecting biblical mandates to speak for the voiceless and disrupt obstacles.
The Unified Call: Speaking for the Voiceless and Bearing the Mat Proverbs 31:8 • Mark 2:4
Bearing fruit includes evangelism: sharing our faith and our experience with the Lord, inviting others to church, and presenting the gospel to them so that they may come to know Jesus Christ. In this time, God is calling both congregations and every believer to accelerate and intensify their evangelistic work.
The mission belongs to God. It springs from his love for those who are lost and seeks to restore our relationship with him.
Our profound covenant with God is central to our faith, and as the prophet asked, we must fundamentally agree with His truth to truly walk with Him. This essential internal alignment empowers us to be the "salt of the earth," called by Jesus to preserve, season, and ignite transformation in a decaying world.
Maintaining the Divine Appointment: The Believer's Call to Authentic Saltiness Amos 3:3 • Matthew 5:13