Jesus, The Witness of the Father

Day 4 of the What Child is This Advent Devotional by Larry Sparks

Day 4 of the “What Child is This?” Advent Devotional Jesus Christ, the faithful witness… (Revelation 1:5) Jesus is a witness in two dimensions. Today, we are going to explore the first dimension, and this involves Jesus being the faithful witness of the Father. No one sees God the Father more closely and more clearly [...]

Jesus, The Incarnate One

Jesus, The Incarnate One by Larry Sparks from the What Child is This Advent Devotional

Day Three of the “What Child is This?” Advent Devotional “The supreme mystery with which the gospel confronts us lies not in the Good Friday message of atonement, nor in the Easter message of resurrection, but in the Christmas message of incarnation. The really staggering Christian claim is that Jesus of Nazareth became the ‘second [...]

Jesus, The Model Man

Day Two of the What Child is This? Advent Devotional by Larry Sparks

Day Two of the “What Child is This?” Advent Devotional “As the sample man, He is showing what kind of man He can make. He is the model man after which you and I are patterned.” A.W. Tozer, Experiencing the Presence of God I absolutely love Advent season. It reminds me of the two-fold purpose [...]

Jesus, The Barrier Breaker to the Supernatural Life

What Child is This Advent Devotional by Larry Sparks Day One

Day One of the “What Child is This?” Advent Devotional Jesus’ shed blood at Calvary dealt with the sin issue, and Pentecost unleashed the Holy Spirit upon all believers, from generation to generation (see Acts 2:39). Are you a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ? If so, I have good news for you. It’s legal [...]

The Book that Almost Wasn’t

The Book the Almost Wasn't

A LOOMING TASK WITH A SUPERNATURAL DEADLINE. The Final Conflict is coming! That is the name of the fifth and final book of the Tears of Heaven series. The previous four books took us on an incredible journey to witness the wonders of Heaven and the horrors of Hell. It showed us just how much one man [...]

In the Company of Angels

In the Company of Angels

A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE. People often ask me when they learn of my near death experience in heaven; “What do Angels look like?”  I usually take a deep breath, sigh and smile for two reasons; first, I cannot adequately answer that question no matter how hard I try, it’s just too beautiful to describe with the words I have [...]

Beseeching God for a Miracle

Beseeching God for a Miracle

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was written earlier this year by Neal Pylant. This last week it is with great sadness that we learned of Neal’s unexpected passing. Last week, seemingly in honor of this wonderful man’s life, Neal’s book, A Touch from Heaven hit the New York Times Bestsellers list for E-Books. It is in loving [...]

Will You Walk In Supernatural Favor?

Walking in Supernatural Favor by Kynan Bridges

Different from the World All of my life, I was told that I was different from everyone around me. I spoke differently, walked differently, and even thought differently from those in my environment. This became even more evident when I became born again in the early 1990s. Throughout my Christian journey, I discovered what set me apart from my peers—the [...]

4 Powerful Healing Worship Songs

4 Powerful Healing Worship Songs by Larry Sparks

Someone recently asked me for some recommendations on powerful “healing” worship/music and after going back through some of my favorite albums I decided on the following: Kim Walker-Smith: “Healing Oil” Available on her album “Still Believe” – iTunes   Bethel Music: “Healer” Available on the album Here Is Love – iTunes   Deluge: “Healing is [...]

Raising a Young Lady of Faith

Raising a Young Lady of Faith by Jackie Kendall

Trusting God Ruth certainly must have considered the probability of remaining single if she left Moab and went with Naomi. Even though it promised no prospects of a husband, she chose to follow Naomi and Naomi’s God back to Bethlehem. Ruth chose to trust God with her future. She looked not with sensual sight, but [...]