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Today, on this Mother’s Day of 2025, I am remembering my mother. She passed away in 2010. As a young girl, she experienced the pain of her parent’s divorce in a day when such things were frowned upon. She grew up in the deep South. She only had one pair of shoes...
It has become popular in some circles of the Church to dismiss the current expression of the nation of Israel, thinking its national goals have separated it from God. If that were the case, all of us would be separated from God because none of us are perfect, and no...
We need to be careful accepting the definitions provided by some theologians of what they have defined as only a metaphor. Unless we are careful about accepting all we have been taught to believe, we will accept a logical understanding for things not meant to be...
During the 1990s, Jan and I were based in Berlin, Germany with an assignment to serve the nations of Eastern Europe, nations that were previously under the rule of the old Soviet Union. Those nations were recovering from decades of dominance under the hard fist of...
I am not sure how we arrived at this place. The insensitivity and premature dismissal of others with whom we disagree has been intensified in the last two years of social isolation. There has been a grind taking place where our relational cartilage has worn away...
“Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). That verse makes a religious spirit nervous. It also makes those under the influence of a religious spirit nervous because the prepared narrative they...
The Lord is derailing false destinies that were used to keep people from knowing their true destiny. These derailments from the tracks of deception are preparing the way for people to become major players in God’s Kingdom. As natural derailments result in a crash and...
Many are watching the developments taking place in politics and the reinterpretation of social norms. People are feeling uncertain about the future. Some of the evaluations regarding those issues are correct, but they should not take the primary lead in determining...
This morning while worshipping at my home church, Living Waters in Medford, Oregon, a truth was confirmed once again for me. Only in our mutual worship of Jesus can our differences dissolve allowing us to move forward into the future united, not divided. The power of...
For the last twenty years or so, I have been given an assignment from the Lord, an assignment I did not expect to receive. It’s an assignment to encourage fallen leaders. Those in public ministry upon whom people hang expectations and hopes can take hits of punishing...
While there is an abundance of visible conflict taking place on the global stage, the most significant warfare is being waged in our minds. The floodgates of hell have been opened in a desperate attempt to stall what God has planned to advance the Gospel in the...
We are in the middle of a significant transition within the Church. The last two years of social upheaval have caused many differences of opinion to surface within our ranks. As those differences are now out in the open, we are seeing the wide variety of our...
I just finished reading the book of Jonah. We're all familiar with the story of Jonah running from God and being swallowed by a large fish. What intrigued me more than the story of Jonah’s time in the belly of the fish is what happened to the people of Nineveh. A...
While opposing earthly kingdoms are rattling their sabers in defiance of each other, another kind of saber is moving, but it is not a natural saber posturing in a display of military might. It is the sword of truth offered in prayer and empowered by the Spirit. It is...
In all the turmoil currently taking place on the world stage, keep your eye on Israel. Israel has been prophesied as the pivot point for all world history. In a dream last week, I saw a huge expanse representing all the nations of the Earth. It was a blank white...