REGIME CHANGE

I woke up this morning having a sense we are about to witness regime change in government. Some of these changes will have been anticipated and obvious. Others will be a surprise. The word “regime” was specifically highlighted to me. A regime is the ruling government...

GETTING TRACTION

It can be challenging when our faith leaves the parking lot of social isolation and enters the racetrack of public opinion. That transition is where our faith gains traction as we speak the truth in love against issues that oppose the heart and will of God. A public...

WE ALL THINK WE’RE RIGHT

I appreciate the work done by academics, historians, and theologians. The pool of reference material they produce is valuable, but there is a challenge. Everyone has a bias, including the academics, historians, and theologians – and you and me. As much as we try not...

THE UNCOMFORTABLE NATURE OF A WARNING

When we awake each day someone somewhere is warning us about something. In a sea of warnings, it is easy to disregard them and move on with life rejecting all warnings out of hand as the product of an over-active imagination, a conspiracy theorist, or worse, a...

THE KEY OF FAVOR

In all my years, the one thing I have seen that can open doors of opportunity in the most profound ways has been the extension of favor when favor was not expected. Favor is a key with supernatural power.  Favor has been defined as gracious and kind or an action...