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When Jan and I pray for people who do not know the Lord, we specifically pray that the veil of their unbelief would be removed. Our prayer is simple: "Lord, make yourself known to them." When that blinding veil is removed, remarkable results have happened. Those who...
Some believers wait for a pastor or theologian to explain God's word to them, thinking they cannot understand Scripture on their own. God's word is straightforward. Even the most challenging sections can be understood if we approach them with a childlike...
We live in a time when people believe foolish lies, calling them the truth and forming their faith around those errant assumptions. It is happening now, just as it did when Paul was preaching. The point to which our faith is attached is the resurrection of Jesus from...
This morning, the words “Left Behind” came to my mind. When I heard those words, I knew the Lord was speaking. Being left behind is not in reference to a movie bearing that title or a particular school of thought regarding the end of time. It had to do with remaining...
An emerging reality is sadly becoming the norm. Many Christians no longer read the Old Testament. They have been groomed to believe it no longer applies to our time and reflects an angry and vengeful deity. While there are cultural issues we need to understand and a...
When we feel like we are running out of time and energy and we no longer have any remaining resources to help us finish what we hoped to accomplish, we become like a weakened runner who collapses on the track just short of the finish line. When we fall short, we enter...
Jesus is about to surprise many who have relegated Him to the image of a robed monk who calmly strolls through culture with an other-worldly appearance unruffled by the injustice and cruelty He sees created by governments and institutions of religion. While Jesus did...
Last summer after I tore the quadriceps tendon in my left leg and had surgery to reattach the tendon, I entered a long season of physical therapy and recovery. I am just now feeling somewhat back to normal. It has been a long haul. Simple things like walking became a...
Just as artillery softens up a coastline for the landing of troops in natural warfare, so has it been in the last several years where lies and deception have bombarded the soft borders of our discernment allowing spiritual enemies access to our lives. It is akin to an...
One of the saddest things I see taking place within the Church is when some, in their frustration regarding how their fellow believers are behaving, begin to align themselves with the spirit seeking to discredit and destroy the Church. That alignment has them...
Many of us are walking through emotional, spiritual, and cultural minefields. Embedded in our path are things that can produce paralyzing fear. For example, a significant relationship could end because someone chose to walk in truth, a disease with a dark outcome...
I woke up this morning having a sense we are about to witness regime change in government. Some of these changes will have been anticipated and obvious. Others will be a surprise. The word “regime” was specifically highlighted to me. A regime is the ruling government...
It can be challenging when our faith leaves the parking lot of social isolation and enters the racetrack of public opinion. That transition is where our faith gains traction as we speak the truth in love against issues that oppose the heart and will of God. A public...
I appreciate the work done by academics, historians, and theologians. The pool of reference material they produce is valuable, but there is a challenge. Everyone has a bias, including the academics, historians, and theologians – and you and me. As much as we try not...
When we awake each day someone somewhere is warning us about something. In a sea of warnings, it is easy to disregard them and move on with life rejecting all warnings out of hand as the product of an over-active imagination, a conspiracy theorist, or worse, a...