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I've always appreciated the wisdom offered from past elders in the Church. Their wisdom faithfully plays out in the future, revealing our current reality. Derek Prince is one elder with such wisdom. In the attached video, Derek explained what is happening now in some...
Our ministries, in whatever form those ministries are revealed, are to prepare the way for a visitation from Jesus. "The Lord now chose seventy-two other disciples and sent them ahead in pairs to all the towns and places he planned to visit" (Luke 10:1). Jesus had a...
The Lord wants to release a fresh move of His Spirit that will bring supernatural healing to the afflicted. There is one thing the Church needs to be willing to do before this happens. That one thing is the ability to identify and expose a demon's identity that is...
This week, I looked out our front window and saw a bird nest. The tree where the nest was built had shed all its leaves allowing the nest to become visible. I’ve never seen a nest in that tree in the last 20 years. As I stood in front of the window still gazing at the...
Judge: Sir, today you are being charged with violating the federal Climate Protection Act. Do you understand the charge? Defendant: Yes, your Honor. Judge: I’m not sure you do. I want the prosecutor to inform you of why you are appearing before the court today....
The writer of Hebrews, after affirming the supremacy of Jesus, inserted the following verse, “Therefore, angels are only servants – spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14). If we understand the supremacy of Jesus Christ and the...
When our faith gains traction in the real world, where people live and suffer, a variety of responses take place as people have those realities pointed out for them. Those responses vary from disgust to praise that such things would be mentioned. Attempting to live a...
A pastor wrote me a series of messages beginning at the start of the pandemic up until recently to let me know what I was writing was causing problems in his church and his family. In one message he said because I am no longer a pastor that I should remain silent...
In some cases, it is no longer the blind leading the blind. It is the blind leading an increasingly informed group of followers. This has created a disconnect wrongly discerned as rebellion. It is a winnowing work in the ranks of Church leadership initiated by the...
Yesterday, I cleaned out the accumulated ash inside our woodstove. After removing the ash, I stacked firewood inside the stove in preparation for the next burn. This morning it was warm enough to not fire up the stove. I will wait until tomorrow when the temperatures...
Perhaps an adjustment in our language would be in order regarding the popular phrase “Conspiracy Theory.” In some cases, it would be better to rewrite that phrase to read as “A-Yet-To-Be-Confirmed Theory.” To a highly programmed mind hearing that adjusted phrase will...
This week a WNBA player who was arrested for a drug offense and recently sentenced to prison in Russia was released in a prisoner exchange for a convicted arms dealer held in U.S. custody. Objections have been raised regarding the exchange since a Marine who has been...
Yesterday while in prayer, I saw an image of the United States. The image was of a person gasping for breath. They were choking to death because of lies they had been fed and willingly ingested. I was observing the first gasp in a process of suffocation that will...
I remember the first time I saw Jan walking across the campus at what was then known as Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, Oregon. I remember the first time I heard her voice in a chance meeting. I remember the first time I caught her fragrance and our first...
I have mentored pastors and leaders within the Church for many years. I enjoyed that interaction. On one occasion, a pastor was struggling with what to do next in his ministry. Instead of creating some grand plan and mission statement, I took him to II...