We are blood-secured, delivered from the enemy’s power, and raised up into newness of life in God.

The prophet Zechariah warns that any nation that touches Jerusalem will be cut off.

How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles he performed in our past.

The environment is going to change very quickly.

As I look back over fifty years of ministry, I recall innumerable tests, trials and times of crushing pain. But through it all, the Lord has proven faithful, loving, and totally true to all his promises.

When you strip it of everything else, Pentecost stands for power and life. That's what came into the church when the Holy Spirit came down on the day of Pentecost.

I'm not about to put up a silly skit and preach a 15-minute message on 'how to cope' to a multitude of people who are dying and going to hell. I tremble at the thought.