CLEANING HOUSE

Forty-three years ago, Jan and I were two church planters living in Kalispell, Montana. We had just moved all our belongings and our two preschool kids in a U-Haul truck to a rental house. The house was out in the country in an open pasture. We felt alone and...

DIVINE INTERVENTION

In the last few hours, news reports have declared that a war between Israel and Iran is imminent. Forces on both sides are now on a war footing and positioning their assets. As this conflict unfolds, we are about to witness a divine intervention. Israel, as...

THIS IS HOW GOD FIGHTS OUR BATTLES

The Lord fights our most strategic spiritual battles in ways human effort can’t accomplish. It is simply a work of God. Elisha was living under the threat of death from the king of Israel. A famine in the land had become so great that a mother ate her son and...

MAKING A PLACE

When we consciously open our lives and make a place for God to speak, He will bring words that restore, heal, and make right what is wrong. All of this happens because a place has been made for Him. A woman living in the town of Shunem asked Elisha to stop and stay at...

WHEN GOD CHALLENGES OUR ASSUMPTIONS

Words from the Lord are coming that will challenge our assumptions. These words will not challenge the exclusivity of salvation found in Jesus Christ or the historic mission of the Church. They will challenge our assumptions about how the Lord will work as the end of...