General Articles
Asbury Revival: A Cautionary Stance for the Church
If you are on social media, then you will remember the first few posts celebrating what is being called a 21st-century Great Awakening at Asbury College, a Methodist University in Kentucky. According to many Pentecostal brothers and sisters, this is the “last day...
The Danger of Celebrity Culture in the Church
The fanfare that accompanies the secular Gala's and the high-societal affairs of the rich and famous are both humorous and pitiful to observe. Actors, actresses, and musicians line the red carpets as they are fawned over by an elite press and, beyond the ropes where...
Loud Church: Do I Really need to Lift my Voice?
What's with all this noise? Why is the preacher asking us to lift our voice? These are some common responses that many unfamiliar with Pentecostal churches have had when attending a service. These are fair questions when asked with the right attitude. Why do we lift...
Turning Red: The Real Problem another Disney Film Exposed (Culture Series #1)
Not even spending time on the quotes that captured overt references to sexual objectivity, such as, “shake your moneymaker,” it is clear that teenage puberty is the red herring of the film. This film, based on the aforementioned quotes, is more about “accept the beast” than it is “resist the beast.” In direct opposition to the Apostle Paul’s theological discourse outlining the battle against the deathly desires within us all, Disney subtly marches forward as a vehicle of propaganda whispering the idea of “don’t fight it, embrace it.”
Leave the Office, get to the Altar
The year was 2017 and Pastor Mark Brown stood before 37,000 Pentecostals at the North American Youth Conference in Indianapolis, IN. The crowd he spoke to represented a varied gathering of Pentecostals from across the broad landscape of Pentecostal flavor. In...
Kanye and the Church in 2022: Reflections on Promoting Trees before they Produce Fruit
I had forgotten--until this morning--the fever-pitch fanaticism that went on display a few years ago when Kanye (A.K.A, Yeezy) become a "born-again" Christian who had accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. The Christian world of all stripes went bonkers. I'm...