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In 1991, I visited Russia when it was still the old Soviet Union. Later that year, the Soviet Union dissolved, and Ukraine became a free and separate nation. The first leg of my visit took me to Moscow, the seat of Soviet power. The city felt dark and foreboding. We...
There are reasons why the Church can descend into a limited version of faith without expecting something more. In that state, we will represent a dull and lifeless faith, not expecting that something more will be revealed. After the miraculous healing of a lame man at...
Thirty years ago, Jan and I lived in Berlin, Germany. We were assigned to help coordinate the missions ministries of the Foursquare Church in Eastern Europe. As we continued in our assignment, we were invited to speak and teach across other European nations. After a...
A truthful reality cannot be defined in a space of time where the presumed facts of a matter have been placed within restrictive and prejudiced borders. Defining a truthful reality requires unfiltered and unrestricted evidence supplied from the past, present, and...
Last night, I had a dramatic dream that contained unusual clarity. In the dream, the Lord told me to announce a gathering of believers to share with them what I was hearing from the Lord. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what the response would be since of late conferences...
Truth is an offense to those unwilling to accept its influence. No matter how hard people try to make the Gospel acceptable to an unredeemed culture, the message will eventually become an offense because the truth requires Lordship. An attempt to make the Gospel...
We have entered a moment in history where our bravado, self-confidence, and preparation will not be enough to protect us from the predatory spirits that roam among us. A manifestation of God’s supernatural protection will be revealed in life and death situations that...
As the world continues to give us reasons to be divided against each other, that tactic will soon backfire. As social decay and talk of revolution increase within the nations of the world, our unity in Christ will be displayed in such powerful ways that it will...
If you look deeper than the news headlines we are being fed you will begin to see the spiritual forces behind the decisions and policies that are negatively affecting people’s lives. That deeper discovery is where the efforts of our spiritual activity should be...
In this time of despair turn your eyes to Heaven. Within the great cloud of witnesses who live forever in the presence of Jesus, there is a special group - those who knew you in this life. Along with the others in the heavenly host, they are cheering you on through...
The Church is living amid a season of tremendous social change. In that change is the potential for great Kingdom harvest and expansion if we align ourselves with the workings of God's Spirit. At this time, two histories are running parallel to each other – one...
When I recently read a comment made by a global financial icon it reminded me of when Jan and I worked in Eastern Europe and heard stories from people about what it was like to live under Communism. In 2016, a man named Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive...
The pain and disappointments of this life can throw us off course causing us to stumble and lose our momentum. God will not allow us to remain imprisoned in that place. He has a future planned for us that requires renewed momentum to accomplish His will. In that...
In a dream, I saw packs of wolves roaming the land. They were viewed as pets, not predators. They roamed the countryside breeding and increasing in number without hindrance. These were not natural wolves. They were spiritual wolves with fangs of deception, judgment,...
I recently went through a dental procedure that required sedation. I was given mild intravenous sedation that created a hypnotic state where you are not all the way out, but you might as well be. Under that kind of sedation, you forget the pain and the surgery...