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VOICE OF THE REMNANT Subtitle More Welcome-What is the Remnant? Are You Part of the Remnant? Remnant Challenges & Needs Remnant Scripture & InsightsProclamation & ProphecyPersecutionSpiritual WarfarePrayerEvangelism Help With Temptations Remnant Pastors & Church Mission & Statement of Faith What is a Christian? VOTR Ministry Team The VOTR Book Testimonies Guestbook & Email List Links & Resources Contact Why A Remnant Ministry? "Clearly, something larger is happening among the people of God. There are too many coincidences, too many similar situations and too many passionate voices calling for a return to heart of the Gospel, to Evangelism, to the Bible and Spirit-filled Prayer and Worship. These voices are searching for answers, for direction, and for support as they strive to..." (more) The VOTR Articles Thursday, March 26, 2014 "Discernment! Discernment! Our Kingdoms for Discernment!” By Pastor Bruce Sikes In an age of increasing deception, Spiritual Discernment is the thing most needed in our time… Having knowledge of the Bible and interpreting how to apply it to people and situations is not spiritual discernment…It’s a laziness that the Church cannot abide in these last days. It aides and abets the Enemy and hurts those who are being led astray by the spirit of deception.” Sunday, July 27th 2014 "The Passionless Church" By Pastor Bruce Sikes "What is the Church’s passion? Oh, I see a passion for excitement, for activities, for more ministries, conferences, books, buildings and things, and of course, for more and more blessings and healings. But, where’s our passion for the word of God and a passion to pray…” Wednesday, May 7th 2014 1:44 PM "What is Church?" (part 1) By Pastor Bruce Sikes "A friend contacted me recently and shared that due to various circumstances she was forced to leave her church....The only thing they knew about Church was what they had gleaned from popular culture, much of which was a poor caricature of what the real biblical Church is supposed to be...” Wednesday, May 7th 2014 2:44 PM "What is Church?" (part 2) By Pastor Bruce Sikes "What other earthly task can compare to that? It’s off the scale! Yet that is what you and I have been called to do...Remove that remnant and the church would die, or worse yet, it would continue to exist, not as a body of believers, but as a body of the living dead: church zombies..." Friday, February 14th 2014 12:09 PM The Last Generation: Your Place in Bible History” By Pastor Bruce Sikes We live in the Interadvental period, the time between the first and second Advents…it will be terrific and horrific at the same time…you may not be as ready for Him to arrive as you think…We jump in and out of Christ as it suits us!...” Tuesday, November 12th 2013 8:08 AM "Risking Your Ministry to Follow Jesus" By Pastor Bruce Sikes … the dangers of pastors becoming disconnected and isolated from the people they serve, not to mention those who are lost...by today’s definition of a successful ministry career path, Jesus and the apostles were failures…the issue isn’t how much prosperity and prestige a minister of God possesses, it’s about how much they are willing to give up..." Tuesday, February 19th 2013 7:54 AM "Time to Join the Battle!" By Pastor Bruce Sikes Many Christians today are feeling, sensing, knowing that they need to do more but are uncertain as to what to do...We weren’t given armor to hide behind. Soldiers have missions, and our mission as soldiers of Christ is to advance the Gospel... Waiting, waiting, waiting. The time for waiting is over...You’re in the Army now!" Friday, December 7th 2012, 3:20 PM "Help With Temptation" By Pastor Bruce Sikes I just wanted to post a brief word of encouragement to help us all with temptation and sin. Jesus tells us that one of the signs of the end times will be an "increase in wickedness" and along with that will be an increase in temptations. I have felt it’s buffeting and I’m sure you have too! Saturday, November 24th 2012 2:00 PM "Can You Drink The Cup?" By Pastor Bruce Sikes "there seems to be a great deal of selective Scripture quoting being done by many Christians these days... we should always carefully consider how we handle the living Word of God...If my people, who are called by my name,"... We want to be seen as the nice guy”, a Biblical Santa Claus... when we trim off the hard bits of Scripture and tout only the victorious outcome, we can become guilty of false bravado.." Friday, August 17th 2012 9:33 AM "More is Required" by Pastor Bruce Sikes "Today, the devil is creating an environment of spiritual terrorism. He wants to intimidate Christians..he will raise up people to speak against believers... This can be a challenging and thankless task, as many do not practice discernment...Think of the church building as the salt shaker. Your job, Jesus says, is to be the salt of the earth”. Friday, June 29th 2012 The Dying Tree & God Steps Back: Church & The End Times" by Pastor Bruce Sikes " I wanted to share with you a couple of recent private prayer times...God uses nature at times to get our attention...In my spirit I thought Something is happening!”... We cannot reverse the process...God has a plan...The Lord is able to show you so much more if you..." Monday, May 7th 2012 "Seeker Friendly or Sin Friendly?" By Pastor Bruce Sikes "I recently had a young lady ask me where I went to church. She said that she needed to find a new one because her church had gotten weird”... On any given Sunday a pastor can completely turn his preaching and entire personal ministry around....God’s work is done in the un-comfort zone... It’s the spiritual tension that exists between believers and unbelievers... Thursday, March 15th 2012 "Being Fearless: Embracing Godly Courage" By Pastor Bruce Sikes "Are you fearless? Would someone describe you as a courageous person?...Where then does real courage come from? How can you get it and keep it?...Courage does not come from having confidence in your own physical strength and abilities, or even your own intellect....No, he wasn’t crazy. He had Godly courage.... Monday, December 19th 2011 "Affirming Apostasy" By Pastor Bruce Sikes "Are you affirming Apostasy? ...What is Apostasy anyway?... "So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful you dont fall!"... These "little sins" stand as giant boulders before us...The key to survival is to know...." Friday, November 4th 2011 "The Lifeblood of the Church: Evangelism Part 3" By Pastor Bruce Sikes "Without evangelism, the church will die...a powerful reminder and warning why we must personally share the Gospel....There is precious little time left to rescue the perishing....the Lord spoke, "Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die..." There is not a greater deed we can do for another person than to..." Friday, November 4th 2011 "Hell, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell : Evangelism is Spiritual Warfare Part 2" By Pastor Bruce Sikes "A major challenge for believers wanting to do evangelism today is the lack of biblical teaching concerning hell...When you are engaging in evangelism, you are engaging in spiritual warfare... Death, demons, the devil nor hell itself can prevail against the Gospel..." Friday, November 4th 2011 10:36 AM "The Missing Link : Evangelism Part 1" By Pastor Bruce Sikes Many believers will tell me they feel like something is missing in their Christian walk. Even though they may regularly attend Sunday worship and Bible... without it, your Christian life is weak and incomplete..." Monday, June 13th 2011 "To Protect & Serve" - Discerning the Remnant: Part 2 By Pastor Bruce Sikes "In this continuing discussion, we will delve deeper into Spiritual discernment and its application in our everyday lives...Exercising discernment sometimes means standing against a popular person or idea which does not have the Spirit of God behind it...I still clearly remember it” looking back at me, a dark...