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I’ve noticed a trend developing in the Church, particularly in the Western Church. It’s a shying away, even an ignoring of the Old Testament. This avoidance is occurring because some teachers have taught us to believe that the Old Testament is somehow in conflict with...
As I was reading through Luke chapter 2, I saw a concerning image. It was of a person who realized, by the choices they made, to remove themselves from the place where God told them a promise would be fulfilled. In their moment of realization, panic set in. They began...
I've always believed the accounts of Jesus' miracles. I have carried that belief since the day I was first saved as a young boy. It has been an unshakeable belief in what the world considers to be impossible. In that belief, I held onto my young and innocent faith,...
I am sitting in front of our woodstove on a cold Oregon November day. Snow graces the summits of the surrounding hills. The sounds coming from our woodstove are those deeper thud-like sounds of ignition when a fire is entering a more mature burn. It is in that deeper...
Jan and I have been watching a Netflix documentary titled Ancient Apocalypse. The documentary offers evidence about ancient civilizations that existed before the assumed timeline of human history that has been accepted and taught within the field of archaeology. The...
A memory from my boyhood came to mind last week. I was 8 years old and for some reason, I woke up shortly after midnight. I got out of bed and walked down the hall through the darkness into the kitchen to discover, to my surprise, that my father was standing there in...
What would your response be if the first major headlines for the year 2023 read as follows- “Gavin Newsom accepts the role of Vice President of the United States after the unexpected resignation of Kamala Harris.” Later in that same year, the headlines changed to...
A tame church is a weak church. We were created to make hell nervous and to conduct spiritual warfare at the highest levels releasing the transforming power of God into all aspects of our world. Paul wrote “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood...
On our first visit to London, Jan and I discovered the Underground. The Underground is a citywide rail system that is part of the daily fabric of life for Londoners allowing them to traverse the city with ease. Traveling on the Underground you quickly learn what a...
Don’t let the photo freak you out. Jan and I are alive and well. The following post connects the message on the headstone to the Thanksgiving gatherings many of us will enjoy today. About 20 years ago, Jan and I purchased burial plots in the Historic Cemetery in...
For the last few years, I have been reading labels on food products. The farther we distance ourselves from food produced on local farms and ranches, the more I want to be aware of what I put in my body. When chemicals are added to food products whose names I cannot...
A few days ago, while rummaging through a desk drawer, Jan found an old business card. It was a card I had made for our time in Europe when we lived in Berlin, Germany, and were assigned as Area Coordinators in Eastern Europe for the Foursquare Church. The business...
Something unusual is taking place in northern China in the region of Mongolia. Hundreds of sheep have been trotting in circles for the last 14 days. Speculation is that the behavior is caused by a bacterial disease called Listeriosis, also known as “circling disease.”...
We will either be captured by the love of God and led deeper into our understanding of Him, or we will be led away by the foolishness of human wisdom and reasoning. A living relationship with Jesus Christ captures our hearts and leads us to a safe place in these days...
What I am about to write stirs up the anger of Satan and his minions. His pride is insulted when the supremacy of Christ is declared. Even more, he hates it when Scripture informs our worldview demoting him to a lesser position far below the majesty and supremacy of...