Front Line Action
John speaks in 1971 of the need for believers to engage in efforts to impact the public consciousness, including through offering their lives to enter the battlefield of working for the secular mass media, if God so leads them.
A Strategy for Christians in Media
John laments the self exclusion of believers from the secular media and outlines a strategy for Christians to consider from his experience at The New York Times.
“Occupy Till I Come”
Jesus said, “Occupy till I come.” Our nation is in a battle for its very character. Will believers join in the battle to be where the action is? Will we give our lives to Him unconditionally to go where He may place us? John described God’s compelling calling in a message given on March 29, 1993.
A Call to Service to God Over Self
John gives a clarion call to service to God over self. His talk on November 3, 1993, includes both a starkly honest picture of what that service entails, and a clear view of the path most Christians choose instead.
What to Understand Before Water Baptism
Sadly, many more people are baptized than really ought to be baptized. And far too many individuals receive water baptism short of an intention that reasonably matches God’s intention regarding it.
Water baptism signifies a separation of one thing from something else forever… (Given on July 10, 1994.)
Be in the Center of God's Will
John gives a short, hard hitting message on how to get into the center of God’s will and stay there. This is based on a “raw” tape made for radio broadcast, given on September 17, 1971.
Sacrifice is Indispensable to Advance God's Work
John speaks on August 29, 1993, on the need for sacrifice to build up God’s Church. There is a deliberate, creative sacrifice that’s almost instinctive to those who are engaged with the Lord for His Body, the Church. And he gives examples.
Take Courage in this Early Season
John speaks on October 10, 1993, of how we are in an early season yet of the recovery of the Church as His Body, in which the potential of every single believer can begin to be realized. Being there before the crowd takes a certain amount of courage and a certain amount of discipline and much persistence and constancy.
Think Less About Provisions Than About Purposes
John speaks on January 8, 1995, about how God’s provisions promised to us are not primary, but His purposes for us are. If we seek his purposes, we won’t cheat ourselves out of the most that we can be in Christ. As we go for what God has for us to be and to be about, He will provide in His own way.
Power to Become a Son of God
John gives an invitation on December 19, 1993, to anyone who had not yet to become a Christian to receive Jesus as his personal Savior. Jesus is God’s gift to us, not only to forgive our sins but also to give us power to live right.
Let God Be Your Commander in Chief
John gives an exhortation on May 22, 1994, to give God the chance without hindrance, without preconceptions, without prescriptions as to how He will order our lives ahead.
War is Waged With Words
The contest between the Lord and the devil as it affects men is waged largely with words. All through history, the Lord and the devil have made their contest upon the consciousness of men by words. Satan is aware of the critical importance of the possession and control and especially the mass distribution of his word and his counsel. And Christians in America at this time are failing in keeping the circulation of the word of God up in circulation. (Given May 16, 1971.)
Who are the Willing People of God?
John speaks on November 9, 1969, about God's desire through human history for a people among whom He could dwell so that all the nations of the earth may see and know God. The question is are we as born-again Christians ourselves willing to become the willing people of God.
The River of God’s Purpose
The stream of God’s purpose, which began back in the thin and perilous places, all hidden from men, is widening into a river whose waters will gladden the hearts of [men and women] brought into a liberating relationship to the Savior.... Will you get into the river of God’s purpose? Or will you watch it go by?