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The Church can become numb to the reality of hell’s power to imitate works of God in an attempt to deceive God's people. Hell can also do signs and wonders, but only to a point. The devil will use everything at his disposal to deceive us, even using the power of magic...
Thirty-five years ago, I discovered the meaning of our family name, “Elkins.” It means “Jehovah is God.” Our family name can be traced back to the Hebrew name “Elijah.” Discovering the origin of our family name had a significant impact on my life. There is a greater...
The irrational argument that the Church should not affect change in a nation must be put to rest. During Church history, influential spiritual voices like Martin Luther, William Wilberforce, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, all leaders within the Church, spoke up for truth....
I love listening to warriors, veterans of both natural and spiritual conflicts who survived to live another day. One such person was Gary Littrell who fought in Viet Nam. Due to his heroic actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. When speaking about his award,...
Every life is filled with before and after moments of realization. The generation before me had a before and after experience when Pearl Harbor was attacked, and we entered World War II. The assassination of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. offered a...
Buyer’s remorse is not limited to purchasing something and then later realizing the product was not all it promised. This remorse can be expanded to include the choices we make, the votes we cast, or the assumptions we were led to believe were true. Just as it would...
When I was a young pastor an older man attended our church. He was in the Air Force during the Cold War and part of an aircrew that would fly deep into enemy territory undetected. These flights took place during the early years of radar development. On one mission his...
Every promise from God that offers any form of resurrection life will be challenged by hell in an attempt to thwart its fulfillment. That assault will be unrelenting until one of two things take place – the fulfillment of the promise occurs or the one carrying the...
Throughout history, nations have fallen from their place of significance for the same reason – they rejected the word of the Lord. When those in places of leadership allow ungodly reasoning to form their worldview, and the Church aligns itself with such compromise,...
In times when we are separated from each other like we are now, the spirit of suspicion works overtime. The goal of this spirit is to divide people and destroy relationships. Long after the destruction has taken place and the sorrow of those choices is felt, those...
Speaking the truth in love as a warning to a wayward culture, and sadly, at times to a wayward Church, will sound abrupt and unkind to the tempered and passive masses who are not accustomed to conflict. It is not wise to dismiss such warnings out of hand simply...
I saw two images. The first image was of a spiritual military officer standing at attention in full uniform. The officer was neither male nor female, but rather a composite image of rank and function. A hand entered the image, and piece by piece all the markings on...
It's too easy for people of faith to become consumed with the affairs of culture and the unrighteous actions of those in positions of leadership. This unhealthy over-focus has caused some not to see a greater reality that is unfolding. It becomes especially...
Many times, we wonder why the presence of God seems distant from a vision or project, especially for something we believe the Lord has called us to accomplish. This morning, I heard the words “Unfinished Business.” I asked the Lord to help me understand what He was...
We are all being conditioned by something or someone. None of us are immune from this process. The conditioning will either take place by the Spirit of God or the spirit of the age. Most people never stop long enough to unpack this reality and go on living allowing...