by Claude Stauffer | Jul 15, 2025 | Baptism with the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, Mission
“Are you able. . . to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” – Matthew 20:22 Our nation is being swamped by rain at numerous locations where the loss of life is mounting. We are headed into the hurricane season which will likely bring further...
by Claude Stauffer | Jun 3, 2025 | Baptism with the Holy Spirit, Power of the Holy Spirit, Religion Versus Relationship
“. . . Paul purposed in the Spirit. . .” – Acts 19:21 If what we do as Christians, or a Church as a whole, is only done by mere human means, we will not accomplish much if anything of eternal worth. People are often introduced to “God” through a religious system....
by Claude Stauffer | May 13, 2025 | Baptism with the Holy Spirit, Empowerment with the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit
“Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” – Acts 19:2 It has been observed in the Church that sometimes people have so many doctrinal points they become like doctrinal porcupines, that is, they have so many points they cannot get close...
by Claude Stauffer | May 6, 2025 | Baptism with the Holy Spirit, Empowerment with the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit
“he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” – Acts 19:2 The Book of Acts records the history of the dynamic birth and growth of the early Church. This is...
by Claude Stauffer | Apr 29, 2025 | Baptism with the Holy Spirit, Holy Living, Holy Spirit
“And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 3:1 When you read the Book of Acts, do you see the same Church as seen in the world today? It seems to me that today there is more of the world in...
by Claude Stauffer | Apr 22, 2025 | Baptism with the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Gifts
“. . . but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” – Acts 1:5 Billy Graham once said, “We are the Bibles the world is reading; we are the Creeds the world is needing; we are the Sermons the world is heeding.” A pithy...
