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On a recent hike, I discovered the discarded door from an old, abandoned car. Over the years, the door had become a target. It was filled with bullet holes. The shot-up door resembles some of you who feel discarded and shot through by betrayal and abandonment. The...
The Lord spoke a powerful sentence in the middle of His confrontation of the people's ability to create idols who cannot perform or stand on their own, "I have prepared you even though you do not know me" (Isaiah 45:5). All of our life is a preparation to believe in...
Jesus said, “I have overcome the world" (John 16:33). The word for “world” is the word “cosmos.” It defines all of humanity and its systems that are hostile to God. Because of that reality, the Church should be the least stressed group of people on Earth. Jesus has...
If you are exhausted about the condition of the world and feeling a sense of despair, don’t forget this one reality - “For the Lord will cause something new to happen” (Jeremiah 31:22). This won’t be a distant fulfillment of a promise for someone else – it's for you...
When the Spirit brings about significant change in a nation those who resist the change will say your obedience to God is rebellion and the established truth of Scripture is a lie. The puppets used by the enemy to control people and the institutions of society will...
We have seen how our faith works in times of confidence, plenty, and peace. What we have yet to see is how that same faith works in times of uncertainty, lack and threat. In the latter, how we handle and declare God’s word will determine the direction of our lives. On...
The political deception and corporate greed of the recent pandemic were masked and went unseen by many in the Church. Those motivators are being revealed with greater clarity in recent days. Our willingness to accept the restrictions placed upon people's livelihood...
It’s back-to-school time in our world. Today, most kids walk to school, take a bus, or get driven by their parents to a school located in the town where they live. My wife, Jan, took a bush plane to school. She was flown from El Salvador to Honduras in Central...
When I worked as a detective, one of the things I liked least about the assignment was having to observe an autopsy. They are gruesome, but necessary to preserve the chain of evidence, determine a cause of death, and eventually solve a crime and arrest a suspect....
So much of what we take in and assume is valid and truthful information has been manipulated. Algorithmic bots are tailoring the news and censoring opposing opinions that are contrary to the wishes of the ones doing the programming. We are being herded. As an example,...
When a full disclosure of the truth finally arrives and becomes obvious, the more nervous people will become who believed the unverified facts that supported the original lie. Some may have issued reflexive criticisms of your early understanding of a reality they...
Out of the upheaval and resulting division that is taking place both in the nations of the world and within the Church, something unexpected will take place. A courageous faith like the faith of Joseph of Arimathea will be revealed. Joseph of Arimathea was a...
Today, Jan and I celebrate our 49th anniversary. One more year until the Big 5-0. Jan has always been the woman of my dreams. I could never imagine a day without the influence of her grace and wisdom upon my life. As we have traveled together through all the years,...
What if you found out your child was being given hormone blockers to alter their created gender? What if those prescriptions were being given to them in preparation to mutilate their bodies by having mastectomies or genital mutilation without your knowledge? How would...
In the last twenty years, there has been an attempt by some to change the nature of God when it comes to the gift of prophecy. While in the New Covenant our salvation is based on the mercy and grace of God extended to us through Jesus Christ, what bothered God in the...