Five Minute Power Messages

How cancer healed my soul. An inspiring conversation with Sonya Clemente. POWER MESSAGE #162

7 days ago

Sonya Clemente, a retired Marine, loving wife, devoted mother, and accomplished realtor, is courageously battling a diagnosis that doctors have labeled terminal ovarian cancer. Allow her ins...

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Saved by My Faith or by the Faithfulness of Jesus? POWER MESSAGE #161

4 weeks ago

Whose faith actually matters with regard to salvation, that is, for the securing of eternal life? Is it MY faith IN Jesus, or is it rather, the faithfulness OF Jesus? Some have never heard o...

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Scarred but not Defined by Adversity: POWER MESSAGE #160

2 months ago

Serving as guest speaker at a recent IUP football pre-game chapel service, I spoke about a recent loss, which, due to an end-of-game fiasco, “scarred” the team. Yet as I shared, would the te...

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Salvation: Are you working for it? POWER MESSAGE #159

3 months ago

In life, we are taught to work hard for what we want. Yet when it comes to attaining heaven in the afterlife, do we also need to “work” now to gain entrance? The bible does state that we are...

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Imagine This Message…from Heaven. POWER MESSAGE #158

5 months ago

Imagine, as a way to help with your sadness and grief, that you could have a conversation with a departed loved one. What would they say to you? Do the scriptures give us any clues? Can we b...

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Why the Rich Man and Lazarus is a PARABLE! POWER MESGAGE #157

6 months ago

Parables found in the Bible are brief, fictional narratives that illustrate principles. Jesus told 38 of them, and most Christians agree that 37 were "stories." Yet for some reason, many bel...

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The Gospel: Is it an Invitation or a Proclamation? POWER MESSAGE #156

7 months ago

While an invitation requires an answer, a proclamation does not. It "is what it is," whether I agree or disagree. So the Gospel, the "Good News," is it an invitation to accept Jesus as my Sa...

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Does Christian Universalism Cheapen Grace (interview)? POWER MESSAGE #155

7 months ago

The biblical premise of Christian Universalism is that the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross was and is effective for all who ever lived. Nothing needs to be added to it, such as our faith, ou...

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What does “g2G” mean? (You need to know!) POWER MESSAGE #154

8 months ago

The term "g2G" refers to a best-selling book about elevating from "Good to Great." For the IUP Men's Basketball team, however, g2G has a dual meaning. Join me as I shared a g2G message to th...

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Don’t Quit. Don’t Give Up. FIVE MIN. POWER MESSAGE #153

9 months ago

Over 40 years ago I learned a very valuable lesson in of all places, a fraternity house! As a pledge of Phi Sigma Kappa I faced a choice, and the advice given has carried me through many cha...

How cancer healed my soul. An inspiring conversation with Sonya Clemente. POWER MESSAGE #162

Saved by My Faith or by the Faithfulness of Jesus? POWER MESSAGE #161

Scarred but not Defined by Adversity: POWER MESSAGE #160

Salvation: Are you working for it? POWER MESSAGE #159

Imagine This Message…from Heaven. POWER MESSAGE #158

Why the Rich Man and Lazarus is a PARABLE! POWER MESGAGE #157

The Gospel: Is it an Invitation or a Proclamation? POWER MESSAGE #156

Does Christian Universalism Cheapen Grace (interview)? POWER MESSAGE #155

What does “g2G” mean? (You need to know!) POWER MESSAGE #154

Don’t Quit. Don’t Give Up. FIVE MIN. POWER MESSAGE #153

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