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As a young boy, I didn’t care much for school. I wanted to be somewhere else. I remember reading books in the school library about what was then known as Navy Frogmen, who later became the UDT (Underwater Demolition Team). The UDT would become its current...
Some believers have abandoned their birthright as a child of God because they have followed the desires of their flesh and allowed those desires to satisfy their soulish needs. Yielding to those desires has caused some to sell their birthright and follow the flesh....
Battlefield commissions are being awarded in God’s Kingdom. Most of these commissions will be given to people without a formal religious education or the pedigrees those educations create. While a formal education and training can have some benefit, they don’t qualify...
It’s going to be hot for the next few days here in southern Oregon. The “low” temperature last night was 61. That would be a nice warm day if it happened mid-winter. I was sitting in my writing chair long before the first faint light of the new day appeared. Finally,...
This is for some of you a season of life that resembles a wagon master trying to steer his horses without reins. A disconnect has taken place from your ability to control the direction of certain aspects of your life. This is not a work of hell. It is a God-ordained...
This morning, I had just finished some writing and heard in my spirit the phrase, “downstream thinking.” Immediately, I saw the image of a stream and knew the imagery was the metaphor for something the Lord wanted to say. A stream bisects our valley. It is called Bear...
While we argue over issues of opinion and focus our prayers on those topics, others in the American West are facing situations whose outcomes will be life or death. We pray a great deal about our opinions hoping they become the norm ignoring the more substantial...
Some in the Western church have forgotten that real and dire eternal consequences await those who do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus said of Himself, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me”...
The American West has been in what some are now calling a Millineum Drought. This is the worst drought in recorded history. Lakes like Powell and Mead are at historic lows. Fourteen states that rely on the water from these lakes for homes, communities, and farming are...
There are some circumstances in life where we can’t outrun what is coming. In these situations, we are not left without a way of escape. With God, there is always another option. In Oregon where Jan and I live, if you take a trip to the coast you will notice signs...
Reading through the book of Revelation, I came upon a verse that made me pause and reflect. “For God has put a plan into their minds, a plan that will carry out his purposes” (Revelation 17:17). In every season of life, the Lord always has a redemptive plan at work...
The way people talk and respond to life changes when they realize they are living during wartime. During World War II our parents and grandparents enlisted in military service, planted victory gardens, worked in factories producing armament, and lived under the adage...
Raw statistics don’t lie, but they also don’t tell the whole truth. Those who interpret statistics can do so with malicious intent attempting to bend the stats toward a preferred narrative. Statistical analysis without the presence of revelation – a revelation that...
I was in the right place at just the right time to see a very unique natural event take place. What I witnessed would become a word of encouragement for me and hopefully for anyone reading these words. I had just finished driving through a series of tight turns...
Yesterday, Jan and I were asked to bring a word of encouragement at the end of the service at our home church in Medford, Oregon. When I was asked to share, the Lord gave me two words, “rebuild and restore.” Around those two words, the Lord would form the content of a...