Holiness Heartbeat

08/16/2021

"But pray especially for the Afghans who have no choice but to stay, such as one brother who has already spent time imprisoned for his faith in Afghanistan. He has assured me again and again, 'We can trust that our Lord is mighty and will care for his children.' And: 'Our hope is not in politics but in Jesus who is the King.'

"This is not escapism. This is biblical faith when all earthly prospects are completely bleak."

Here are three ways you can pray for pastors and churches in Afghanistan right now.

12/09/2020

Please help EFM meet the desperate need of hurting people in Honduras displaced by the recent hurricanes. https://efm.kindful.com/?campaign=1094048

See how Evangelistic Faith Missions is responding to help the people of Honduras after Hurricanes Eta and Iota and what you can do to help. Please share this...

06/05/2020

Why is "black lives matter" such a polarizing slogan? Is it possible that what's being said and what's being heard are two different things?
https://holinessheartbeat.org/grace-and-slogans/

03/30/2020

Multiple high-profile pastors claim that COVID-19 is God's wrath on the sinful world. Are they right? Is the coronavirus judgment on sin?

Is COVID-19 God’s judgment on a sinful world? While we are still in the midst of the global pandemic, part of me thinks it’s too early to address the question. But among the evangelical world, there are many, even some high-profile pastors and evangelists, who are loudly proclaiming that the cor...

06/29/2019

06/23/2019

Great perspective!

For years I pushed for growth. And it nearly pushed me out of pastoral ministry.

06/17/2019

"Five Trends in the Theology of Majority World Christians": Fascinating perspective from the president of Asbury Theological Seminary. God's work is far bigger than we Westerners often realize!

The growing and developing church in the Majority World is producing a number of important theological insights that, if heeded, could help stimulate Christian renewal in the West. The sheer numbers of Majority World Christians who affirm the authority of the Scripture stands as a powerful bulwark.....

05/29/2019

Romans 3:23-24 is well known: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by His grace as a gift..." But have you ever chewed through the issues that this well-known and well-loved passage presents?

Romans 3:23-24 contain several challenging issues. Pastor Steve tackles these questions in this clip from his study on Romans 3, given May 19. 2019 at Troy H...

05/11/2019

This article is not written from a Christian perspective, which actually makes it all the more interesting. "...current Neo-Darwinism is far from the untouchable theory it is lauded to be... It has serious and increasing skeptics and challengers from within the secular scientific community."

Dedicated Neo-Darwinists often say ‘no serious scientists disagree’ with Darwinism, or ‘only creationists have problems.’ False.

05/08/2019

Is applause appropriate for worship? Here are my thoughts...

Applause is not appropriate for church: applause directs attention to the human performer, while aying “amen” gives glory to God. Or is it really that simple? During my Bible School years I enjoyed attending various Christmas or Easter dramas in local churches. One year I found an Easter drama t...

04/24/2019

If "things were so much better back when..." drives you crazy, here's a blog post for you. Enjoy!

“Say not, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.” (Ecclesiates 7:10) Apparently, remembering the past as better than it really was is not a new pastime. It was a problem in Solomon’s time – and, for that matter, long before. There are t...