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This November, Should We Choose a Liberal or a Mormon?

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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I wrote the following article for those who may be struggling over the apparent choices coming before us in the upcoming presidential election.  Read More

The Office of Prophet and Contemporary Times

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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There has been much written about the office and function of prophet in the past three decades. In this article I will be writing regarding my own experience in understanding what the Bible says about the prophetic ministry, and I will attempt to connect this to today’s world.   Read More

Thirteen Modern Challenges to Awakening and Revival

Thursday, May 10, 2012
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This past week I had a private dinner with a prominent African bishop who was involved in a mighty national awakening in Uganda. This dinner, and the fact that last week was the National Day of Prayer in my nation, the United States, made me think of the subject of revival, awakening and how it could happen again in my nation.  Read More

The Ten Commandments of Effective Spiritual Leadership

Wednesday, May 02, 2012
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As someone who has been involved in some form of leadership and studied this subject for over thirty years, I have observed certain non-negotiables in regards to what makes a person an effective leader. When it comes down to it, the most important elements of leadership are very simple. I have summarized these in ten fundamental commandments:  Read More

How the Church Radically Changed When It Shifted from a Hebraic to a Greco-Roman Culture

Thursday, April 26, 2012
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I have written numerous articles alluding to the fact that culture has changed and continues to change theology, biblical interpretation and the way we do church. I wish I could say that historically church leaders have allowed only the Bible to transform their thinking. But the truth is that we are all products of our cultures! Even when we try to be objective, our objectivity is in the context of our cultural surroundings, thoughts, vocabulary and education.   Read More

21 Seismic Shifts of the Evangelical Church

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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The Evangelical church has been in flux the past several decades—going from one extreme to the next—and in many respects losing its center. Thus it is really hard to define what an Evangelical is today except for the very ambiguous definition of a person who believes the Bible is the word of God (there are even varying degrees of this within Evangelicalism) and in salvation through the vicarious death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Read More

How to Frame a Nation with the Law of God

Friday, August 12, 2011
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Following are the expanded notes from a speech Bishop Mattera made on August 7, 2011 to 150 political, business, and military leaders in the African nation of Rwanda, including the Speaker of Parliament.  
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Eight Reasons Why Pastors Fall

Tuesday, November 09, 2010
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(Some of the ideas in this article I received from my friend Linda Lindquist-Bishop during an email exchange.)   Read More


 

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