Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
If you look across the landscape of churches, there are a lot of good ones out there. Unfortunately, there are a lot of bad ones too.For many people, two of the most challenging things to do are to fi...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
The Bible is a prophetic book. Approximately thirty percent of the Bible was prophetic when the writer wrote it. These prophecies address events that have already happened and things still to come.&nb...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1).What is faith? Well according to Hebrews 11, faith is being confident and assured of things we canno...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
If you are engaged, I want to congratulate you for desiring to get married. After your decision to follow Christ, the person you choose to marry is the next most important decision you will make in th...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Satan is the great adversary of the church. He is clearly opposed to the will of God being accomplished in the earth. For the record, the way God chooses to accomplish his will in the earth is through...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
The subject of God’s love is essential to your faith as a Christian. When you look at the very core of faith, it all revolves around the love of God. I often wonder if there is a greater topic to try ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
“Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger” (Proverbs 19:15).The sloth or slothful person. Just the mere thought of that word creates an image that even if you don’t ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
We often think the heroes in life are the people who do great and courageous acts, and rightfully so. These people often make great sacrifices, many times without knowing whether their actions will ev...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
There is an interesting conversation Moses has with God in Exodus 33. Moses asks God to show him His glory. What an amazing request by Moses to see God in his splendor. As fascinating as the request w...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
“Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal.” – Susan WardWhether you realize it or not, we are all called to lead. For some, your leadership responsib...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
If you are like many people 2021 probably did not go as expected. Many people came into 2021 proclaiming it to be the year of vision. It has been a year of vision, I’m just not sure people have really...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Over the last few years, the idea of justice has taken center stage in America. There have been numerous rallies and calls for justice all over the nation. From time to time, you may have even heard a...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
If you live long enough, you will experience things in life that seem unfair. There may be times when you do everything right to the best of your ability, and yet something goes wrong. This can cause ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Here I am Lord. Have you ever uttered those words? I can remember many times standing at the altar with tears in my eyes, declaring to the Lord, here I am. In the “old days” there was a song we used t...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
In 2011 I met my future wife. We got married three months after we met. Because of the speed with which we got married there were a lot of conversations and speculation over our decision. This led to ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
I was sitting in church recently and during the worship they sang a song that talked about cities in revival and salvation flooding the streets. Thinking about the possibility of many people getting s...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
As men we don’t often talk about it, but I was reminded of something that a fellow brother in Christ once told me. Being a man is hard. I know we like to portray the image of toughness and position ou...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
One of the most difficult things for people to understand is the love of God. Even if you settle on “God loves the world,” when you make it personal it can be a struggle to fully grasp that God loves ...
Catherine Segars
Scripture has a very different portrayal of women than any other ancient book. We do see the mistreatment of women in the Bible, but it is never commended or condoned. Let’s compare Scripture with anc...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you” (John 15:7).With such an important verse of Scripture as this one, what immediately comes to my min...