Author Archives: kenbarnes

The Critical Eighteen Inches-Part 1The Journey from Head Knowledge to Heart Revelation I am not getting fed at this church! If you haven’t heard this statement, you probably haven’t been around many churches.  Many churchgoers feel that their pastor is not giving to them the deeper truths of the scriptures.  In some cases this may […]

Why God? The Collective Conscience of a Nation Calls Out! The question expressed in the title may be the most frequent inquiry in all Christendom.  With the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the collective conscience of our nation is asking, why?  Most people who believe in a spiritual being in charge of all […]

                                                Authenticity                                   Dispelling the Illusion of Perfection Those Lousy Sinners What does a Christian look like?  How does he or she act?  Someone once said, “a Christian is not perfect, just forgiven.”  We […]

Who Is On The Throne of Your Heart? Buzz off buddy, she burnt you last night!   The setting was a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Disciple Training School that I was leading in rural Virginia.  A young lady named Kim had arrived at the training center with a set of conflicting affections.  Kim and […]

A Footwasher to the Footwashers by Ken Barnes My Boys Are Good Boys The mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, respectfully approached Jesus. She had what she thought was a small request.  “In your kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next to you, one on the right […]

Ronald Reagan’s Hope to the (Conservative) Hopeless By Ken Barnes Don’t Give Up the Ship             It was election night 2012 and it was becoming clear that Barak Obama would be reelected to another four-year term as President.   The Republicans were starting to analyze why President Obama had been able to pull off this crushing […]