by Dr Delron Shirley | Dec 21, 2013 | Meditations
When the little boy’s mom put her finger to her lips and blew out a little “shh” to remind him to be quiet in church, the lad looked quizzically back at his mother and whispered, “How come do we have to be quiet in church? Are there people trying to sleep?” Yes,...
by Dr Delron Shirley | Nov 21, 2013 | Meditations
INTRODUCTION While I was ministering in Belfast, Ireland, my host took me around the city to become acquainted a bit with its history and traditions. We, of course, made a stop at the shipyard where the ill-fated Titanic was built and made an extensive tour of sites...
by Dr Delron Shirley | Sep 21, 2013 | Meditations
Perhaps a more twenty-first century word for the fire of God would be “passion.” The very word somehow stirs our inner emotions and arouses something inside us. It is amazing at how often we run across the term “passion” in our daily reading. It appears almost...
by Dr Delron Shirley | Aug 21, 2013 | Meditations
Just prior to His ascension, Jesus appeared to the disciples in Jerusalem and emphasized another dimension of the Great Commission—the need to be supernaturally empowered for the task before them. He then led them to the Mount of Olives where He reemphasized this...
by Dr Delron Shirley | Jul 21, 2013 | Meditations
Just as I had discovered that there were three keys in David’s approach to challenging the giant and that there were three aspects to each of these keys, the committee developing the discipleship program understood that there was also a three-pronged approach to...
by Dr Delron Shirley | May 21, 2013 | Meditations
Now, let’s go back to the discussion I was having with God over the Great Commission passage in Matthew’s gospel. Although I was very familiar with the King James Version’s rendering, to “teach all nations,” I was also aware that most modern translations use the...
