Messages by Dolph Painter

God's miracles and commandments are to be passed from fathers to children, who are to tell their children, who are to tell the next generation. Generation teaching is good for Israel, America, and Christian homes.

Too often, Peter allowed what he thought and felt to influence what he believed -as a fisherman, as a theologian, as a student, and as a minister-. God's word is the surest foundation for practice and reasoning.

G. Campbell Morgan said, -We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from heaven when God chooses to blow ...- This message addresses the how's and why's of church's unfurling their sails.

Mama Bears were wired to face risk and danger to protect their cubs. What if churches operated with a similar tenacity- Could it- Should it-

The Ephesian Church was spot on with respect to doctrine and labor, but something was off- they had left their first love. What can a saint do to rekindle his-her love for Jesus-

The world constantly bombards saints with its version of truth, goodness, and beauty. However, the child of God -using scripture as the standard for truth, goodness, and beauty- continually compares and purges these false standards from his-her mind.

Three O.T. church revivals are studied with the objective of gleaning that which might help a N.T. church experience a revival. -Revival of a nation, a home, and a person in subsequent weeks-.

Debt, addiction, and procrastination are behaviors which reduce a person's options. Bitterness, fear, and guilt are emotions which are binding. A lack of self discipline in any of these areas cause us to lose rights and liberties in an earthly sense, and works-based doctrine bind saints spiritually.

The Corinthian Church had a -me- problem. Sometimes we need to wave personal rights and liberties -support of the ministry, eating certain meats, exercising spiritual gifts,...- in order for the body to be edified. This is the only road for a thriving church.

Paul and Barnabas refused support of the ministry, Corinthian members were to pass up meats offered to idols and shut down spiritual gifts. Why- That others might be edified. When members never forgo rights, churches are crippled. When the same members are always forgo, a church limps. When all members forgo for the sake of edification, a church thrives -the only road-.