How Jesus handled status, from glory to swaddling cloth
If status is a ladder, Jesus looked at it and walked the other direction.
Philippians says He was “in the form of God” and yet He emptied Himself. Not because He lost glory, but because He refus
Global Harvest Missions
Uganda Revival Report
After almost 5 years of Pastor David pouring into Africa from the U.S through radio, TV, and preaching at crusades through Zoom, he and the Lord sent me to go on the ground. My task was to spy out the lan
What happens when a culture tries to keep "Christianity" but throw out the Judeo-Christian ethic that shaped its conscience, courts, and sense of rig
What happens when a culture tries to cut itself loose from the Judeo-Christian ethic that helped form its laws, its conscience, and even its sh
What happens to a culture when it stops believing actions have real outcomes? In this episode of The Smith and Rowl
Part 1: The Status Engine: Why we keep ranking ourselves… even when we swear we’re not
There’s a line from a Christmas song that grabbed me by the collar and wouldn’t let go:
“From a throne of endless glory… to a cradle in the dirt.”
That phrase is a t
People throw around the phrase "Judeo-Christian" like it's optional, or like it's just a political slogan that can be edited for the times. On this episode
Can Christianity stand without its Jewish roots? On this episode of The Smith and Rowland Show, Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland argue that the phrase Judeo-Christia
What happens when a public debate becomes so charged that people can't even say, out loud, that killing innocents is wrong? In this wide-ranging conversati
by Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
When a culture starts calling old ideas by new names, it gets harder to spot what’s really being sold. In this episode of The Smith and
by: Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
How did a word as basic as “sinner” become something people don’t want to hear in church? For many believers, the issue is not that Scripture changed,
Some Bible debates stay inside the classroom. This one does not.
On The Smith and Rowland Show, Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland argue that preterism, espe
by: Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
What you believe about preterism and end-times prophecy doesn’t stay in a study Bible. It shapes what you expect from Christian livin
Some conversations start serious. This one starts with jokes about sponsorships, missing hats, and fingerless gloves. But the laughter doesn’t last long, because
by: Jeff Rowland
Storm clouds were hanging around, and the gathering still happened. There were a few laughs, a little teasing about guitars, and that familiar sm
by Alan Smith
The service opened in prayer, asking Jesus to bless those watching by live stream, to send the Holy Spirit, and to give revelation to both speaker and listener. The request was direct: let
Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
What a horrible indictment that the Church of the Apostolic age had left its first love. What is the true meaning of first love? Simply, it means we hav
by Jeff Rowland
Christians live with a constant pull between what we can see and what we can’t. One world is physical, measurable, and loud. The other is spiritual, often quie
by: Alan Smith and Jeff Rowland
Many Christians care about politics because politics touches real life, taxes, schools, war, justice, and the limits of state power. At the s
by: Alan Smith
Most conflicts feel like a tug-of-war. One person pulls, the other pulls back, and everyone around them feels pressured to choose a team. That pressure is real in families, churches,
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