Marcus Yoars
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Where You’d Least Expect Him
She wasn’t wrapped in swaddling cloths in a manger; instead, she was tangled in sweat-drenched sheets in a crib. That’s how Maria spent most of her days at the Guatemalan orphanage. The 7-year-old couldn’t talk or turn over in her bed. She had little control over her body. Yet her smile could illuminate a room.Maria…
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The Greatest Publicity Job on Earth
I work with people every day who are hired to herald the arrival of a new product, campaign, author or artist. They’re called publicists, and their soleprofessional purpose is to stir up media hype surrounding whatever it is they’re pushing.The good ones do this by establishing authentic relationship with media gatekeepers who, in turn, can…
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Crossing the DigitaI Divide
How the church is spreading the gospel and leading the way in an online revolution Every April at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the world’s most creative minds converge with a legion of tech-heads to talk shop and plan world domination. The NAB Show, as the National Association of Broadcasters’ annual convention is called, is a…
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My Facebook Confession
I have a dirty little secret when it comes to Facebook. It’s not something I should share in public; in fact, doing so could get me in trouble. But I’ve held it within for too long, and it’s time I finally let the cat out of the bag.I’m over it.There, I said it: I am…
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Why We Really Can’t Forget 9/11
Grief will set in a little longer. Hope will rise a little higher. And the world will seem a little smaller. Time does that, blending a billion emotions into one tick of the clock ... and then moving on to the next tick, whether we’re ready or not. For this reason, we pause, even as time…
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Has the Prophetic Movement Given the Church a Bad Rap
I’m a relative latecomer to the prophetic movement compared to many of you reading this. In fact, I’d never heard of getting a “word from the Lord,” receiving prophetic ministry or other similar expressions until encountering a tiny Vineyard church in West Point, Ga., in the early ’90s. There, with about 20 people who met
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The Great Deception
I used to cringe whenever the topic of homosexuality came up in church. It wasn’t because I had anything to hide, but because of how poorly we Christians have dealt with this hot-button issue in the public arena. As with many things, we’ve become known more for what we stand against rather than the God…
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The Radical Revivalists
After almost 15 years, Bethel Church continues to thrive amid a revival culture that has produced not only countless miracles, but also a youth movement now expanding into stadiums Melissa Roberts can’t remember a time when it wasn’t revival at Bethel Church. Since she was 4 years old, the only kind of church gatherings she’s…
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Books, Bethel and the Brooklyn Saint
Remember the kid in elementary school who was teased for reading too much? You know, the girl with thick glasses who didn’t care if she was picked last for kickball because she was too engrossed in a new book. She’d sit alone at recess, lost in a vivid world that came alive in her imagination
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Are You A House of Prayer?
You know the verse: “My house shall be called a house of prayer.” Jesus declared these words while driving out those who were defiling God’s temple with their merchandising (see Matt. 21:13). Isaiah had first prophesied this more than 700 years earlier, adding that this house would be “for all nations” (see Isa. 56:7). Thanks
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Are We Done Circling the Mountain?
Not long ago you could draw crowds by merely mentioning the words worship conference. On the heels of renewal and revival in the 1990s, gatherings with no agenda but to adore God became the place to be for Spirit-filled believers. It’s no wonder why. From clouds appearing onstage after marathon worship sessions to worshippers instantly healed without anyone
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What the Scroll Can’t Contain
Almost 1,000 years ago, a rabbi in Germany wrote a poem amid what was probably the threat of mass execution for his entire Jewish community. Fast-forward hundreds of years and a portion of that poem wound up scribbled on the walls of an insane asylum. Still years later these words were quoted at a Nazarene
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Building Houses of Belief
These days I’m questioning my faith. It’s something I should’ve done a long time ago. But before you assume I’m another crazy charismatic jumping ship on solid biblical theology, hear me out.I once wrote a book for a Christian apologist wanting to help believers refute the typical arguments lobbied against our faith. I wasn’t the…
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Your 99-Cent Christmas Gift
It happens every year for most American families. We swear this Christmas will be different from the others, that we’ll spend less on gifts and truly celebrate Jesus rather than join in the commercialized bingefest. But by the morning of Dec. 25, our living room once again turns into a sea of presents. I’m no Christmas Scrooge.
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Charismatic Church Leaders Commit to Integrity at Orlando Summit
Larry Stockstill has seen enough fellow ministers fall. At a “Summit on Integrity” Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., the Louisiana pastor and a roomful of influential Christian leaders took a stand against the American church’s ongoing leadership crisis by pledging to walk with integrity in every area of life.Amid the latest ministry scandals, Stockstill, senior pastor…
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