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In a marriage, we don’t have a partner. We have a husband or wife—a man and woman united in a unique expression of oneness with God. While a husband and wife may partner together in the responsibilities of this life, it is their bond of marriage, not the tasks they...
Some sins are being allowed, even celebrated in the Church. These sins exist because we have abandoned the restraints of Scripture and allowed sin to remain unchallenged. Paul wrote about our response to these sins, "So, don't make judgments about anyone ahead of...
When we get down to it, "The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God" (I Corinthians 1:18). When Paul wrote those words, he did so as a very learned man. However, as he...
We are living in a time where many are believing and accepting various forms of deception as truth. This acceptance has occurred over time unnoticed and unchallenged. There is a definition that describes this descent into error. In the mid-nineties, a marine...
If history were a machine it would have two buttons – reset and repeat. We are living in a moment of history where we have a choice to either repeat the failures of our past or reset our course to engage a new future. There is a false reset disguised as innovative...
As we read the flood of prophetic words that are published each day, we can begin to wonder which ones are from God and not simply from hopeful human imagination. This is not a slam against those who prophesy because the Lord is always speaking in a variety of ways...
Indoctrination is a strong influence. It is difficult to undo its negative effect because the indoctrinated are only able to interpret reality from within the narrow boundaries presented to them by their indoctrinators. A quick review of dictionary definitions defines...
It is a rare day that Jan and I would not receive communion together. For us, it has become an important part of our shared spiritual experience. We believe receiving communion is not just a formal liturgy done out of obligation. It is taking in the essence of the...
This morning, the word “psyops” came to mind. I knew it was something the Lord wanted me to process. I had an idea of what the word meant but researched its meaning to gain greater clarity on the subject. A psyops is an abbreviated intelligence agency term for...
A protocol is a system of rules, accepted behavior, and guidelines that determine the correct way to act in a given situation. There are protocols in all areas of life – religious, business, medicine, etc. A protocol can evolve with the acceptance of new evidence,...
On a walk through our town, I noticed several discarded masks on the sidewalk. Masks are becoming a new form of litter in our communities. I stopped and took a photo of one of the masks knowing the Lord was speaking. An unmasking is taking place. This is not...
Significant transitions are taking place in individual lives, in governments, and within the Church. To successfully navigate these times of transition will require that we pass a test. A few miles south of where I live are the Siskiyou Mountains. These mountains are...
Loyalty to leadership without being faithful to speak the truth in love no matter what the cost is evidence of an unhealthy and spiritually warped sense of duty.
The danger of tyranny in any form is its ability to remain undetected in its early stages of influence until a designated moment when it executes its ultimate plan for control – a control not noticed and fervently dismissed by those who continue to believe a prepared...
A wave of reconciliation is about to break over God's people. Relationships thought lost forever will be healed and restored. Time and the depth of wounding will not be barriers to what the Lord will accomplish. Miracles of restoration are beginning to take place...