Flourishing Lives

As the world around us continues to decay while it seeks solutions for life apart from the heart and will of God, do not be overcome by doubt and dread as you see this taking place. If you belong to the Lord, you will be like a tree planted by a stream in the garden...

The Fire of God’s Spirit

In our living room, we have one of those free-standing gas stoves that looks like a wood stove. This morning, I turned it on for the first time since last winter. The dust that accumulated over the last year was burned off causing the stove to give off that singed...
Arresting Deception

Arresting Deception

I bought the handcuffs in the photo 50 years ago as a young rookie cop. In those days, we had to buy every single piece of our equipment. I used those cuffs all the years I carried a badge. Most of the people I arrested went peacefully. Some became violent and...

Spiritual Battlefield Commissions

I watched a video where a national security consultant was being interviewed. The consultant made a comment that included the phrase “a kinetic state of war.” When pressed by the interviewer to clarify what he meant, the consultant remarked a kinetic state occurs...

Defining Heroes

The word vigilante and all forms of vigilantism carry a negative connotation. The origins of the word and its meaning were not always negative. It becomes negative depending on its intent and application in a particular circumstance. The English word vigilante comes...