I am still processing all that came out in our recent Harvest Summit.  At the same time, I have been shown things about our upcoming New Year's Convocation, which I don’t think has ever happened this early before. 2015 may well be the most remarkable year in our history, and we must be prepared for what is unfolding. I am getting a lot about what is going to happen, but even more about how to be prepared.

         Even though I am vision-oriented, I don’t think I have ever had this much excitement...

          As we have covered, the church is called to be a family first and then an organization. The cement that holds the living stones together is the love we have for God and for one another. Because “God is love,” everything that God builds is built upon the foundation of love.

          However, God’s love is far greater and higher than human love. There is a basic aspect to God’s love that is often overlooked by those who base their understanding of God’s love on human idealism rather than the Scriptures....

         That the church is called to be family first and then an organization, we have covered before in these weekly studies. However, we do need organization, as every successful family has organization and structure.

         Everyone has probably witnessed families where a young child can rule it by throwing tantrums until it gets its way. This is the result of the father and/or mother not being what they are called to be. If there is a vacuum of leadership, you can count on the rebellious, the self-willed, or the self-promoting to fill it....

          A key to fulfilling The Great Commission is to have a church that is a demonstration of the society of the kingdom. As given in Scripture, the church has the most simple, but brilliant structure ever devised for a society. Of course, we would expect nothing less from the King of kings who is building this church. This week we will look at just the basic elements of this greatest society ever devised.

          There are two Greek words most often translated “church” in the New Testament. One is ecclesia, which is the structure of...

        This week we will briefly cover an issue that has many Christians in confusion and has been a major stumbling block to keep them from fulfilling the purpose of God in their lives. In Luke 6:37 the Lord said, “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.” From this text, believers and non-believers have assumed that Jesus told us not to judge others, but that is not what He said or meant.   

         In Luke 6:37, the Greek...