Category Archives: Ezines

Sir Edmund Hillary: “Complete the hardest assignments first” Following advice personally shared by world-famous mountain climber Sir Edmund Hilary many years ago, Global Church Network (GCN) – the world’s largest pastors’ network – is focusing efforts to complete the Great Commission in Europe by establishing Global Leadership Hubs in nations that historically have been the hardest to reach with the Gospel. GCN Founder/President Dr. James O. Davis had the opportunity to interview Sir Edmund Hilary in his home on August 31, 2007. During his lifetime, Sir Edmund — the first to climb Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 — learned the leadership lesson of not procrastinating about accomplishing the hardest…

Do you need a miracle? Do you believe God can perform a miracle for you? Are you needing a financial breakthrough? Are facing an outwardly insurmountable problem? In this message we are studying the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand. There were actually more than 5,000, because the Bible says the number of the men was 5,000. There could’ve been as many as 15,000 or more people when you add the women and children that Jesus fed with a little lad’s lunch. Jesus had been healing many people, and the crowds are following Him because of the miracles that He did for them. When Jesus comes to the…

We need a sweeping, weeping, and reaping revival! Sooner or later every nation will reap what its people have sown over decades of time. Today millions of people have convinced themselves that free sex and free love are acceptable. Marriage is seen as a dying institution. Divorce is no longer wrong. Fornication is no longer a sin. Homosexuality is seen by many as an alternate lifestyle. Now there are those who wish to debate how many genders there really are beyond male and female. The apostle Paul continues to build his case in God’s courtroom of justice and morality. The wording in Romans 1:18-32 is some of the strongest in…

In Romans chapter 1, the apostle Paul sets forth the truth that all people everywhere are sinners and are in desperate need of a Savior. So in that dark, black background, as he lays the velvet background of human sin, he shows the diamond of the Gospel, and it sparkles with all of its clarity and purity against the backdrop of the sinfulness of the hearts of men. In Romans chapter 1 Paul brings the total pagan before God and shows that the pagan needs Christ as his Savior. Then in Romans 2 he brings the good, moral person and shows that the moral person needs a Savior. He brings…

When the late Dr. Bill Bright, Founder of Campus Crusade (Cru) and I launched the Global Church Network (also referred to as Billion Soul Network), we launched the Global Church Divinity School (GCDS.tv) in 2002. I remember, like it was yesterday, sharing with Dr. Bright in the fall of 2001, about the online streaming capacity through Real Networks located in Seattle, Washington. I explained to Dr. Bright that we would be able to train pastors and leaders worldwide. The Early Vision of Internet Training In November 2001, Dr. Bright and I hosted a nationwide conference call with 105 distinguished leaders. During the conference call, we streamed live power point slides…

One of the greatest questions Christians have is, “How can I know God’s will or my life?” In other words, “How can I find my role in God’s goal? In this Genesis 24, we read five times the statement, “Good-Speed” or “success.” It means that God’s hand is upon His servants, helping them to do the things that He wants them to do. The background for this chapter is that Abraham is the father of the Jewish nation. Abraham has a son of promise, named Isaac. Then, there came a time when Isaac needed a bride. Abraham desires to obtain a bride for his son, Isaac. In a similar manner, God desires to have a…

LEADERSHIP TEAM Tobi Arayomi Misael Argeñal Desmond Austin Doug Beacham Matt Beemer Ricardo Castillo Mark Chironna Steve Chong Florin Cimpean James O. Davis Ed & Trish Farrell Wayland Henderson Timothy Hill Abson Joseph Craig Keener Tara Korpi Suliasi Kurulo Batbold Lkhamsuren Greg Lyons Angel E. Marcial Wayman Ming Alex Mitala David Mohan Peter Mortlock Urs Daniel Schmid Daniel Simão Samuel Smadja John O. Smith David Sobrepeñao Robert Stearns Carla Sunberg Leonard Sweet James Taylor IV Casey & Wendy Treat Micah Wood Steven Ybarrola Byoungho Zoh   Answering The Top Seven Questions Of Our Time To Fulfill The Great Commission    In homage to the First Century Church Fathers who gathered…

When we read the opening book of Romans, the apostle Paul tells us what his book is all about. In verse 1 he says he is writing about the Gospel of God. In verse 9 he calls it the Gospel of God’s Son. In verse 16 he calls it the Gospel of Christ. The purpose of the book of Romans is to tell the Good News of what God has done to make it possible for us to get out of the sin mess we find ourselves in. The Good News is what Jesus Christ did at Calvary to pay the price for our sins. Probably one of greatest commentaries…

We are certainly living in a world that is filled with bad news. It seems daily, on the television and in the newspaper, the news is increasingly bad. It seems that every day the news is filled with violence and tragedy, with horror and with heartache. It seems everywhere we turn today, the news is increasingly bad. That’s one of the reasons I love the Bible and enjoy talking about the Bible. The Bible is a book that is filled with Good News. In fact, every time you open the Bible, somewhere in that passage you will find a message from God about Good News. The Bible is Good News…

Over the last forty years, I believe I have heard just about every excuse possible why Christ-followers cannot be faithful to weekly church attendance, cannot be consistent in sharing Christ with the lost or answering the call into fulltime ministry. When local churches used to host evangelistic and revival crusades, I was fortunate to preach hundreds of them. During those years, I would ask Pastors to give me a list of names to call and invite to the crusade. I invited more than 10,000 Christians to attend the crusades over those years. As you can imagine, I got a lot of positive responses and also truckloads of excuses why he…