Jim Logan's Podcast

The issue of race in America has occupied our conversations and provoked all types of responses in communities across this country; but, do we have a skin problem or a sin problem?

No one who is serious about his or her relationship with Jesus is happy about the current state of our world. The moral decay with its ‘in your face’ boldness combined with the rumor of wars is more than sufficient to echo the cry of the early church, ‘Maranatha’ (Come quickly, Lord Jesus!)! But the toll the personal attacks are exacting is cause for even greater concern. There is a sense that one can endure, perhaps even hide, when the attacks do not seem to touch the individual believer personally. One may hear of the struggles of other believers and feel indignant but still remain aloof because there is no personal investment. It is a far different story when one begins to feel and believes they are being persecuted because of his or her beliefs. One is supposed to have the right to the free exercise of religion, but sometimes the definition of what is determined to be ‘free exercise’ is different for different religions, particularly for the Christian

While we in prayer, this past week, I kept hearing this song the Winans recorded last year, “If God Be For Us!” Stubbornly I refused to hear it as a word from the Lord for me and for all of you and yet, I kept hearing it ringing in my ears. If the teacher gets discouraged, and I do; if the teacher is tempted at times to give in and give up, and I am; clearly the flock is feeling the same pressure. I am determined to hold on. I am determined to resist the wiles of the enemy regardless of the intensity of his attacks. Jesus told me to resist the devil and he would flee. I want to give you some help as you navigate he waters of challenge. Just I refuse to give and give up, I refuse to allow you to give in or give up. This word is neither new nor complicated. But we can benefit from simplicity and repetition. Our text teaches us three timeless truths.