This message was originally posted on the Tom Shanklin Ministries website in June 2016. By Tom Shanklin Everyone needs a father! If you don’t believe it, check out these statistics about children growing up in fatherless homes in the United States: 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health Census) – 5 times the average. 90% … Read more>>>
For the gospel was preached to us as well as to them. But the word preached did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith in those who heard it. (Hebrews 4:1b-2, MEV) God has given us wonderful benefits of the Gospel—forgiveness, righteousness, healing, peace, and victory. But in order for it to be activated in our … Read more>>>
Click to watch. Is Jesus the only way to God? We often hear that there are many paths to God. But are there? What does the Bible say? Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6, MEV) Jesus is unique of all spiritual leaders, because he … Read more>>>
Click to view And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. (Acts 4:33, AV) Just as the early church gave a powerful witness through signs, wonders, and miracles, we continue to see miracles today. God raised Jesus from the dead and He has given His believers … Read more>>>
Easter (Resurrection Sunday) is often compared with springtime—the new grass, the flowers, the green leaves. This is all representative, it is said, of the resurrection, and renewal through Christ. Spring is a wonderful time of year, but it is an inadequate picture of the shocking change that has come through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Spring is natural. The Resurrection is supernatural. Spring occurs … Read more>>>
Editor’s Note: Be encouraged by this guest post from Kim Ellison. It is time for all of us to learn to trust God for our provision. By Kim Ellison The things we face in our world today can be frightening. Inflation and out-of-control food and gas prices can bring terrifying thoughts to our minds. How will I pay for gas … Read more>>>
By Tom Shanklin “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them does not leave the ninety–nine in the wilderness and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. Then when he comes home, he calls together his friends and … Read more>>>
By Susan Shanklin I was vacuuming up construction dust the other day for the umpteenth time, and I was thinking about how we, people, should be a vacuum. We should be sucking up everything GOOD that life has to offer. I know vacuums are for sucking up stuff we want to get rid of but just think about using a … Read more>>>
God has a call on your life, but there are many distractions along the way. You must make a decision to turn aside from all that hinders, listen to God’s voice, and diligently pursue the will of God. This video message includes biblical examples and principles, as well as personal experience from walking with God for 45 years. Thanks … Read more>>>
Today, I would like to talk to you about waiting upon the Lord. Several years ago, as I traveled around India with my friend, Ivan Tinklenberg, we had a running joke. One of us would say, “Should we go? Or should we wait?” We were going around India teaching on the Great Commission. On the one hand, Jesus said, “Go into all the world … Read more>>>
