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There is a vast difference between hoping for something good to happen and placing our hope in the Lord. The Lord will faithfully lead us through the negativity and doubt that will come when we focus on resolving the circumstances that are creating our fear, rather...
After the COVID-19 vaccines were administered globally, it has now become evident that the vaccines pose significant risks in some people. Notable physicians and scientists sounded the initial alarm, and the pharmaceutical/industrial complex rejected their warnings....
Jan and I were having a phone conversation with a husband-and-wife pastoral team. They are good and sound leaders. In our conversation, we talked about how to lead a church through a tumultuous season. As the conversation progressed, the Lord spoke about continuing...
As the world around us continues to decay while it seeks solutions for life apart from the heart and will of God, do not be overcome by doubt and dread as you see this taking place. If you belong to the Lord, you will be like a tree planted by a stream in the garden...
In our living room, we have one of those free-standing gas stoves that looks like a wood stove. This morning, I turned it on for the first time since last winter. The dust that accumulated over the last year was burned off causing the stove to give off that singed...
I bought the handcuffs in the photo 50 years ago as a young rookie cop. In those days, we had to buy every single piece of our equipment. I used those cuffs all the years I carried a badge. Most of the people I arrested went peacefully. Some became violent and...
I watched a video where a national security consultant was being interviewed. The consultant made a comment that included the phrase “a kinetic state of war.” When pressed by the interviewer to clarify what he meant, the consultant remarked a kinetic state occurs...
The word vigilante and all forms of vigilantism carry a negative connotation. The origins of the word and its meaning were not always negative. It becomes negative depending on its intent and application in a particular circumstance. The English word vigilante comes...
We all receive impressions throughout the day. Some are just our mind connecting with our environment or a memory. Sometimes, it is the Lord wanting to start a conversation with us. He gets our attention by offering an impression. Writing has been a process the Lord...
During a conference call with friends whose ministry is preparing to make a global impact, an image came to mind. After sharing the image with my friends, I felt it had application beyond our conversation to others who will read these words. The image was of someone...
We have been taught an abundance of information about the substance of our faith. Libraries could be filled with books on the subject. We have been taught who we are in Christ and learned how to do a weekly church gathering with excellence. Those things, while not...
It’s been four months since my knee injury and surgery. I am healing well gaining new strength and mobility with each passing day. Last night was the first time in four months when I could kneel at our bedside before retiring to pray for my family. Nightly prayer had...
People love labels. They are easy to attach, especially when we don’t fully understand what we are talking about and don’t take the time to investigate our disagreement with integrity. One such label is “False Prophet.” This label is typically tossed about...
Yesterday, I wrote about a new Pentecost – a fresh move of God’s Spirit. A friend of mine read what I wrote and sent me a photo of a large group of pastors – hundreds of them - crowding around a church platform hungry for a fresh move of God in their lives and in the...
As I look across the landscape of the American Church, I realize how desperately we need a new experience of Pentecost. We have arrived at a place of impasse. Only a Spirit-empowered move of God can reach through our deeply entrenched positions and opinions and touch...