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My wife, Jan, inherited the DNA of her father. He was a missionary who built churches and seminaries in Central America. Jan is a very feminine woman – a woman who caught my eye and captured my heart over 50 years ago. There are some Christmases when Jan would prefer...
Yesterday, I was preaching in Portland, Oregon – a city that has been in the national news of late. Early in the morning, my sermon was ready, so I spent time in prayer about the service. It was during that time of prayer that the Lord gave me a prophetic word to...
It’s interesting how far our personal history extends into the past, and how far into the future it will be revealed. Yesterday, Jan and I were driving on I-5 in Oregon when we stopped at a rest stop north of Woodburn, Oregon. When I got out of our truck, I parked in...
While a charming personality is of some value when a person's spiritual life is not threatened, it does little to protect those in our care or advance God’s Kingdom when evil slithers its way into our lives unnoticed. We cannot charm evil away. The authority of evil...
The Gospel was meant to be lived out in a place of real-world application where people live, suffer, and try to figure things out. The point of contact where the Gospel engages the gut-level realities of life where truth encounters falsehoods, naivety, and deception...
Goliath thought he was too big to fail until the stone of truth struck his forehead and brought him down.
Massive protests are taking place in France, Holland, Israel, and elsewhere around the globe. These events are indicators that we need to pray in earnest for things not broadcast on our compromised American corporate news outlets and sadly, not referenced from many of...
“People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken” (Luke 21:26). Well, after 27 hours of no electricity, the power is finally back on in Elkinsville. It all started with a drunk driver taking out a power...
Last night, the power went out in our small town. It was cold, down in the 20s. It was one of those nights when our preparation for a power outage paid off. I grabbed a bedside flashlight and located the battery-powered lamp that had been positioned nearby. I turned...
The progression toward a miraculous lifestyle will go through different stages. At first, we will seek to add to what we have, either in relationships or results. We will live in that addition mindset until we come to realize the Great Commission will not be...
Some preachers and teachers are instructing people to not focus on the Cross of Christ because it creates a religious culture of death. That mistaken interpretation and its application is a grave error. I was recently hiking the trails above our home and stopped to...
Last night, I had a very vivid dream. I’ll ask the Lord when the timing is right to share its content. Perhaps it’s because of my age that the words of the Lord recorded by the prophet Joel caught my attention. “I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind, And your sons...
Whenever a personal life or a nation attempts to run on empty the outcome is never positive until an intervention takes place. Over the years I have spoken to people who were feeling tired and drained due to the demands of a busy season of life. They would ask me for...
The book of Judges is a study of human nature. It is also a study that will help us examine what is taking place in our world, our nation, and within the Church. A repeated theme in Judges is that people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes. The same is proving...
Scripture tells us the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. These “all kinds of evil” are only discerned by revelation. That revelation is enhanced by diligent research where information that was suppressed, censored, or masked by diversion, is finally...