Nolan Harkness
Rev Nolan J Harkness is the President and CEO of Nolan Harkness Evangelistic Ministries Inc. since 1985. He spent most of his adult life working in youth ministry. He also felt the calling of Evangelist/Revivalist and traveled as the door was open holding evangelistic meetings in churches throughout the Northeast. His website is www.verticalsound.org.
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The Time Has Come When Pastors Preach Only What People Want to Hear
Please pastors tell us God loves us and that he has a wonderful plan for our lives. Please tell us 'peace peace when there is no peace' (Jeremiah 6:14b). Tell us that everything is going to be just fine and that God understands how hard it is to live in this day and time.
The Revelation From the Churches of Revelation
The churches of the Book of Revelation hold a spiritual ranking. It's not the order found in scripture. It's an order of the churches most pleasing to our Lord, all the way down to the one He said made Him sick.
The Battle Is Great in the Warfare for the Souls of Man
Perhaps the reason I'm writing this article is the fact that it seems at least one report a month is coming in of another pastor or Christian leader falling in America.
The Conditions of Unconditional Love Part 4
Personally I experience a check down in my spirit every time I hear the phrase "unconditional love".
Grace as It Should Be
Someone wisely said that whenever you teach too much of one thing in the Bible it becomes a heresy. In some circles the church has made grace sound cheap by focusing on grace to the exclusion of other Biblical truths.
Truly Born Again for the First Time
The nearest and dearest thing to my heart is to see people become "born again." However one of the saddest things for me to see is quick prayers prayed over people, who have heard a quick salvation message, and then to see them politely told "Today's church service is over."
The Conditions of Unconditional Love Part 3
In today's church, as I have written in other articles we have created this "Grandpa God" who is all warm and fuzzy, who loves everybody the same no matter what they are doing or what they have done.
The Conditions of Unconditional Love Part 2
As the political philosophies of communism numb a whole nation, so can concepts of unconditional love numb a whole nation of churches into a slumber of baby, milk fed saints.
The Conditions of Unconditional Love Part 1
I have come in contact with believers who have been steeped in the "unconditional love" teachings. I have observed that they often exhibit an attitude, an attitude that corresponds greatly with the narcissism of our self-focused society. The attitude of self-entitlement!
Are Churches Selling Out Jesus?
For thirty pieces of silver Judas sold out Jesus! Is it possible that we in today's churches sell out Jesus for even less?