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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...
The day after we celebrated the events of the Lord’s resurrection, we needed to know our next step, just like the first disciples. After Jesus rose from the dead, He appeared to His disciples and did several things. We need to know what the Lord did when He called...
On this Easter morning, as we do each year, we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus. But there is one more thing we fail to recognize. Each act leading up to the Lord's enthronement, His death, and His resurrection is a critical part of the events of that...
It has been over 30 years since I watched the Oscars. Even then, my interest was already in rapid decline. I don’t care for the glitch or the red carpet. This morning, I happened to see a clip from last night's Oscars on one of my social media feeds. Chris Rock, a...
Jan and I have visited London several times. On our first visit, we noticed something we had never seen before. It was a sign painted on the platform of the train station that read, “Mind the Gap.” The sign is a warning to train passengers to be careful when stepping...
This week, I heard a new word - “shrinkflation.” Shrinkflation is a reduction in the size or volume of a retail product, especially packaged goods. Shrinkflation occurs when manufacturers retain the same price as before when more product was placed in the package, but...
While wars and rumors of wars rage and division and hatred intensify, there is one thing that will create a steady platform where our mind and emotions can stand and feel secure. Discovering that one thing is a treasure beyond measure. God has not changed His nature....
The Lord is sending individuals into frontiers of spiritual conflict to become Kingdom force multipliers. They will work in concert with people of very different faith expressions, so different it could be prematurely concluded the two groups could never get along,...
The new thing God is doing carries a supernatural potential that will only be experienced by looking in a new and different direction. The choice to change our line of sight will reveal spiritual imagery we might have missed while our vision was focused in another...
A slumbering Church is being awakened. In our contentment of spiritual sleep, we have not been able to see the deeper realities taking place in the world. The closed eyelids of our slumber have blinded us to truths only realized through revelation. Something unusual...
Yesterday, I experienced extreme road rage. Not just someone who flipped me off and drove off, but an aggressive driver whose actions could have killed me and others. I was traveling on I-5 the major north-south freeway in Oregon. The section I was driving was in the...
The greater the distance one is removed from the reality of what is taking place, either by geography or relationship, the greater the chance their understanding of reality can become distorted. While it is good to be what many define as “informed”, we should never...
In the coming generations, the idols people worship will not be made of stone or wood. They will be super-humans elevated to God-like status through genetic manipulation and engineering. We need to pray for future generations of the Church who will face issues that...
A few weeks ago, Jan and I were invited to participate in a regional prophetic roundtable. The attendees were leaders from Oregon and Southwest Washington who were known for their prophetic insight. It was an honor to be with them. Before the gathering, each of us was...
The voices that have mocked, dismissed and labeled people as conspiracy theorists are beginning to experience an uncomfortable awakening to reality. Those who listened to the voices that declared a prepared deceptive narrative believing it to be true are now at a...