Keith Collins
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6 Paths Toward Restoring True Christian Community
Millions of modern Christians have forgotten the true meaning and purpose of spiritual community. Think about it. I’ll say two words—”church” and “fellowship.” What do you picture? A weekly service? A gathering to sing worship songs, give offerings and hear a sermon? A midweek Bible class? That’s the default mindset of most Western believers today. …
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Break Free From the Shackles of Condemnation
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1a). Nothing is more liberating than the freedom that comes through a relationship with Jesus Christ. Through a genuine salvation experience, we begin a life infused with God’s purposes, mercies, disciplines and more. Yes, salvation should be an ongoing adventure where …
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Hiding Behind Religious Masks Does More Harm Than You May Realize
Hebrews 4:13 says, “There is no creature that is not revealed in His sight, for all things are bare and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” The enemy aggressively attacks the body of Christ and attempts to thwart them from a path of transparency, intimacy and devotion unto the …
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Does Your Heart Long to Know the Depth of Jesus’ Unfailing Love for You?
Ephesians 2:4-5a says, “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ.” There is a fullness of consolation in the fact that the heart of God is bent towards His children. The revelation of this …
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How the Spell of Compromise Has Devastated the Church
“Then, when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin; and when sin is finished, it brings forth death” (James 1:15). James 1:15 reveals a clear cycle of sin that oftentimes plays out in the lives of many individuals. The truth is there has been a great moral decline within the church in America over the …
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4 Crucial Kingdom Lessons Believers Can Learn From Azusa Street’s William Seymour
William Seymour believed that there was clearly a key or secret that contributed to the success of the Azusa Street outpouring, especially during the initial 3-year period that was marked as the time of the greatest fruit (1906-1909). He articulated the Azusa standard in this fashion: “… the secret is: one accord, one place, one …
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5 Ways to Cultivate Revival in Your Faith Walk
Smith Wigglesworth once said, “Spiritual hunger is when nothing in the world fascinates me as much as being near to God.” The words of Jesus in Matthew 5:6 resemble a similar theme as He declared, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” The basic foundational truth regarding spiritual …
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Only This Truth Can Make an Impact in Your Life and Ministry
2 Corinthians 5:17 states the following, “Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things have passed away. Look, all things have become new.” There is a great need for the preaching of the gospel in this hour of history in America and beyond. By “the gospel,” I do not …
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5 Signs and Scriptures That Reveal If You’re Maturing in God’s Love
Jesus declared in John 15:12-13 that, “This is My commandment: that you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this: that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Wow, I never cease to be amazed at the depths of these glorious words from our Lord! This …
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How You Can Hold True to Your Beliefs in a Postmodern World
Over the last several decades there has been a great change or shift in the way many within Western civilization think and process basic ideas about how culture should function and exist. In truth, this shift is more like a megashift in comparison to the way that many if not most within the Western world …
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How God Will Use Your Identity and Purpose for His Glory
“Let a man so regard us as the ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful” (1 Cor. 4:1-2). Even though God is sovereign, transcendent and complete in His own makeup, He has chosen in His eternal, ongoing plan to reveal …
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Spirit-Filled Preacher Asks, ‘Who Are the Real People of God?’
First Corinthians 4:1-2 says, “Let a man so regard us as the ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.” Even though God is sovereign, transcendent and complete in His own makeup, He has chosen in His eternal, ongoing plan to …
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17 Reasons Why America’s Hope Is in Prayer
“I sought for a man among them who would build up the hedge and stand in the gap before Me for the land so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one” (Ezek. 22:30). Ezekiel 22:30 is one on the most tragic declarations of God in the entirety of Scripture. Here we …
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Keith Collins: The Church Needs to Wake Up!
In recent decades there has been a great change or shift in the way many within Western civilization think and process basic ideas about how culture should function and exist. In truth, this shift is more like a megashift in comparison to the way that many, if not most, within the Western world at one …
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Keith Collins: An Urgent Hour Has Come
It is with a sense of urgency that I am writing this today! Proverbs 14:34 declares that, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” I have spent the last several weeks on the road preaching in various settings in America. Due to the coronavirus, my international travel, along with that …