The gifts of the Spirit are an exciting part of the infilling of the Holy Spirit. The gifts, sich as prophecy, speaking in tongues, and gifts of healing are all tools that we use to minister the love and goodness of God to those in need. But even more important is the foundation—the fruit of the Spirit…

Lately, as I’ve been working through my MIT course The Spirit-Empowered Church, I’ve been reflecting on the biblical idea of “increase and multiply.” From the very beginning, God gave this mandate to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden:

“God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’”
— Genesis 1:28

This call to fruitfulness was not just about physical procreation—it pointed to a deeper reality. As believers in Christ today, what does it mean to “reproduce” in the Kingdom of God…

The four Gospels each give us a unique portrait of Jesus—who He is, what He came to do, and how His life fulfilled God’s plan for salvation. While they tell many of the same stories, each author wrote with a distinct purpose, shining a light on a particular facet of Christ’s identity. Together, they create a complete picture of our Savior: King, Servant, Savior of all, and Son of God. As I've been reading through my latest book for the Ministers in Training program, I wanted to give a little insight into what I’ve been learning…

When we read about the Garden of Eden, it can feel like a distant story—something that happened “back then.” But what if Eden is not just history, but a picture of what God planted inside us? Scripture and even biology reveal that the garden is not only a place for us, but a place within us…

I had never seen anything like it, let alone experienced someone being healed in such a radical way. When I was in South Africa during a mission trip, I was called upon by one of the pastors to pray with him for a woman who had a cancerous tumour on her foot, and had been in a wheelchair for months. We prayed, and he had me lay my hand on her shoulder. Immediately, the woman started manifesting an evil spirit and fell out of the wheelchair. The preacher continued to pray for her, and the tumor began to shrink. That night, the sweet African woman was healed of cancer and delivered from a demon by the power of the Holy Spirit. It was amazing to see and be a part of in a small way, and an experience I will never forget…

Imagine being invited by Pastor Jim to join him for a day. Perhaps, like me, you were a little bored and thought, “Why not?” It didn’t take long for you to realize that there was something different about Pastor Jim. Miracles happened everywhere he went, and it wasn’t just by chance. Every person he prayed for was healed. Unexplainable, supernatural things took place regularly…

Recently I’ve been reading about the circuit riders in my AG History and Governance Course and it struck me what a sacrifice their lives were. But we’re called to nothing less in our day and age. It may look a little different, but we are all called to lay our lives down for the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ…