With the release of its third film, Fireproof, this month, Sherwood Baptist Church is proving that Christians can impact culture with media.

Filmmaking started out as a hobby for Stephen Kendrick. “I was running around the Atlanta area where I lived making movies and documentaries that I was using mostly as tracts,” he explains.

Many believers are shocked when they hear of a leader’s moral failure. Godly safeguards can protect against a fall.

I was on an airplane between Louisville, Kentucky, and Dallas, trying to relax between speaking engagements, in the first week of October 2006. As I looked at the Arkansas countryside below, an inward voice suddenly spoke to me: “I am about to shake this nation.”

We all want the genuine manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s power. But we must be careful not to allow counterfeits.

Almost as soon as I heard about the revival manifestations occurring in Lakeland, Florida, people began asking me questions. “What is it all about?” “Is this really revival?” Rather than answering these questions directly, I want to provide some guidelines for weighing and testing such things in the body of Christ.