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God's word confronts those who fail to teach in clear terms what offends God. These teachers refuse to say what needs to be said. This happened in the history of Israel just as it continues to happen in our day. By bringing the content of this word, what I am writing...
With yet again another conflict taking place in the Middle East and various parts of the Church trying to define the conflict and its perpetrators, the Lord still honors His pledge to Israel. We talk about the civil government of Israel as being different than the...
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...
When I was a young boy growing up in a Baptist church, the format of our Sunday morning service was programmed and predictable. In the weekly sameness, something did take place that would occasionally interrupt the placid flow of our Sunday gathering. When it...
In a world where angry memes and gotcha retorts have taken center stage in our social discourse, we have been offered another option, an option that can turn away wrath and anger. That option is a gentle answer. NASA has launched what is called the DART probe (Double...
Atop a panoramic overlook above our home stands a tree beside a trail. For the last 20 years, I have hiked past the tree and noticed increasing numbers of people take it upon themselves to carve their initials into the tree. It is causing damage to the tree and in...
There’s a lot of over-correction taking place in our world. We all have strong opinions and interpretations about how we should live life and in what direction we should be moving. Like a vehicle traveling at a high speed and its driver trying to avoid an obstacle in...
Jan and I have lived in our small cottage for the last 20 years. We have done a lot of work on our home and property over the years but never did much in the kitchen. About a month ago, we decided our kitchen cabinets needed a fresh coat of paint. We hired a...
“The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all” (Luke 12:2). As the American Southwest sinks deeper into what has been described as a mega-drought, Lake Mead in Nevada is drying up. The...
As I walked behind a local post office, I snapped this picture. These are not over-flowing garbage dumpsters. They are postal bins containing packages ready to be loaded into postal carriers' vehicles. After taking the photo, I sensed the Lord was speaking. He wanted...
A few years ago, someone spent their entire blog broadcast discrediting my ministry. One of the main points of criticism was that I used too many life stories to illustrate a biblical truth or prophetic insight. He thought my illustrative parables made me somehow...
In the Kentucky Derby, a horse called Rich Strike, a late entry, won the race in a come from behind victory that stunned onlookers. The announcer was so focused on the two lead horses he could not see what was about to take place. To his shock and the...
We have been programmed to see a Hollywood version of demonic activity and view it as entertainment. Those dramatic physical manifestations can be real and part of hell making itself known, but they are rare instances and rarely reveal the controlling spirit behind...
In some circles, it has become socially chic to downplay or even demean Mother’s Day. Don’t buy into it. Honoring mothers is a higher road to take even if our personal journey has been painful. Moms, we love you and we are so grateful for the sacrifices you made to...
All is not lost when God is invited into our turmoil. He has a way of turning what seems to be an impossible situation, one without hope or direction, into a place of unimaginable joy.