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There is a spirit of sorcery at work in our culture, and sadly, within some parts of the Church. The mission of this spirit is to distort and misinterpret the message of Jesus Christ. This is nothing new. It took place when Barnabas and Paul were speaking to a...
As I walked to the end of our street, I noticed that a stop sign had lost one screw that attached it to a post. When the screw loosened, the sign swung down, inverting the warning to stop. The upside-down stop sign is an image of what has happened to some in the...
Jealousy and the improper use of money have derailed the faith of many people, leaders, and followers alike. Only confession and repentance can break the influence of these sins. Without confession and repentance, people will move deeper into their sin without the...
When I was a young man, I trained in a variety of martial arts – Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. One day, I asked my Shotokan sensei which style he thought was best. He said, “You don’t fight the style, you fight the man.” I have seen imposters who wore a gi (karate...
We all own a herd of sacred cows. A sacred cow is an idea or custom we hold dear that has run its course. Upon a closer, and at times painful examination, we realize the continued existence of our sacred cow has become unreasonable. One indicator of our...
It never surprises me when demons embedded in culture are challenged and react to the truth, Their reaction reveals the source of their allegiance. What can surprise me is when demons embedded in the Church are exposed and aroused. This might sound unsettling to some...
This morning, I wrote about our daughter finding my high school graduation ring. It had been hidden away in a storage box for the last 50 years. I had considered it lost. Moments after thanking the Lord for the discovery of my ring, Jan prayed to find her lost...
The Lord is reminding the Church of her authority – an authority that some have forgotten and thought to be lost. This authority will be returned to help individuals and nations flourish under the influence of the Kingdom's principles of truth and justice. Yesterday,...
For the most part, expressing our faith costs us little – at least for the present. The same spirits that stood at the foot of the Cross mocking Jesus still roam the Earth. They now occupy other hosts, but their mission is the same - to silence the sound of truth. The...
As the New Year approaches, I was contemplating what the change in the calendar would mean for the Church. I saw the image of a naked individual walking forward to the summit of the New Year. The person was a composite image of the Body of Christ preparing to cross...
Today at 10:00 a.m. EST, the Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments for a case that could radically affect the status of abortion in our nation. The Court will hear oral arguments regarding a challenge to Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks. This...
Fear is the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of hell. If we can be convinced to live in fear, we will be prone to believe and follow anything that promises to alleviate our fear. Fear is birthed in a lie and morphs over time to become a variant of the original lie...
For the last week, I have seen several trophy-size blacktail bucks in our neighborhood. Their antlers are immense. They are the stuff of a hunter’s dream. Rarely are these deer seen except when they enter the rut and let their guard down in pursuit of a doe. They...
It was an unusual image that came to me while taking communion. I saw a large bird perched on a limb within a tree. The bird compressed its legs in preparation to launch at the same time unfurling its wings to catch the first lift of air. At the moment when it...
When I was a young boy, my father took our family to visit the ghost town of Bodie, California. Bodie, like many towns in the Old West of America, sprung up quickly and thrived until the ore vein that justified their existence played out. When that depletion took...