What I proposed in last week’s Word for the Week is contrary to the way most churches are being built today, but are any of those ways working? Granted, there are some outstanding churches in our day, but are any of them even remotely like the one we read about in the New Testament? Are any so full of the manifest presence of the Lord that we know we will encounter Him when we go there?

     Nothing is as interesting as our Creator, and nothing is as exciting as following Him. How can His church, which is...

         As we continue considering what the perfect church might look like, we should expect a vision for the perfect church to be as varied as the people who are in it—that’s how it should be. We may wonder how anything could be built with everyone having different ideas about what it should be, yet this is still far better than what we call churches today. We know this because God’s plan for building His house is much like He created the universe.

         It is only when we begin to acquire the mentality of “unity by...

           As we see at the end of Revelation, His city is His bride, His people, the church. Because of the church’s present state, it is easy to see why many would think this is not something to look forward to. However, that is looking through our present, fallen, human vision. True vision takes faith, and the greatest vision takes the greatest faith. 

          Faith that pleases the Lord is not seeing things as they are, but as they are called to be and believing that God will make that happen. To see...

         In Hebrews 12:26-29, we are given a poignant picture of what is happening in the world today:

         “And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven.’

         “This expression, ‘Yet once more,’ denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 

         “Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let...

     I have had several prophetic experiences where I was caught up in the heavenly realm. Each was unique. From this I have concluded that the geography of heaven is far more diverse than the geography of earth, and it is seemingly endless in its marvels. I have no trouble believing that we can spend eternity there and never be bored, but rather be exhilarated far beyond what our present, earthly capacities can fathom. 

     Still, the experience I am about to share with you is the most wonderful of all. I was shown that we can...