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Some believers wait for a pastor or theologian to explain God's word to them, thinking they cannot understand Scripture on their own. God's word is straightforward. Even the most challenging sections can be understood if we approach them with a childlike...
We live in a time when people believe foolish lies, calling them the truth and forming their faith around those errant assumptions. It is happening now, just as it did when Paul was preaching. The point to which our faith is attached is the resurrection of Jesus from...
The Spirit has placed gifts in the Church not just for our edification and healing. Some have a different purpose. One of the gifts of the Spirit is the ability to call out an error that can lead a Church to veer off the path of truth and embrace an error. When Paul...
In many ways, the church in Corinth had similar characteristics to the church today in western culture. They had differing opinions about life and faith. Those opinions would occasionally devolve into petty and unrighteous actions used to prove a point or hold onto...
In certain circles within the Church, it is unpopular to preach about nations being transformed. Perhaps the noisy, hyper-politicized expressions of faith being expressed each day on our TVs, smartphones, and in personal conversations have caused some to adopt that...
Years ago, my father and I went ice fishing. It was our first attempt. We gathered our gear and began to walk out on the frozen lake surface and realized the ice was too thin to support our weight. It was winter time and if we fell through the ice we were goners. We...
When Jan and I lived in Europe we came to love and appreciate the people in each nation we visited. Right now, Europe is entering a very dangerous and challenging winter. Shortages and unprecedented inflation have caused people to resort to drastic measures to...
“That will never happen!” Those are four of the most uninformed words a person can utter. If we are seeking advice on how to flourish in these volatile times where the future grows increasingly uncertain with each passing day, we need to walk away from the “That will...
Many times, we interpret life as a series of chain reactions. One event must take place before the next event can happen. That is a natural way of interpreting life. Natural events follow a sequential unfolding, but when God is at work, He is not limited by the...
As we get ready to gather around our tables to share Thanksgiving with loved ones, a national emergency is developing. It has been reported that in the United States we have approximately 20 days remaining of diesel fuel reserves. Unless something changes, trucks that...
This morning, as I sat down to write, I felt led to explore our Spirit-led ability to look deeper into the realities of life to discover what is taking place beneath the surface presentation of what we have been told to believe as truth without question. What I wanted...
In our world where being woke has become a badge of honor for some, a document like the Declaration of Independence has fallen out of favor. The document has become an opportunity to attach unseemly labels to those who honor its principles. Those labels are part of...
If you have been gifted with prophecy or you are someone who is prophetically inclined, you must be willing to address subjects you have been told to remain silent about. Prophecy penetrates barriers of deception that exist within the culture and the Church....
It has been 40 years since I fired up a wood stove. The last time was in the early 80s when our family lived in a 100-year-old ranch house in Kalispell, Montana. The house was not insulated. On cold mornings, my boots would freeze to the floor in the boot room. Our...
Our plans for ministry do not release the power of God. Obedience does. When God decides to move, He moves. No plan of ours can take credit for such divine intervention. In one meeting Peter relayed what happened. “As I began to speak the Spirit fell on them, just as...