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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...
Our two cats like to sit on top of our couch that overlooks our front yard and street. From that position, they can see and discern their environment. It's a vigilant perspective. If they huddle in their bed all the time, they would be unaware of their surroundings....
There is an air of spiritual danger and intensity in the air. Rightly discerning this moment in history is critical if we are to remain a vital witness to the world for God and His Kingdom. A process of preparation has been taking place for decades in an attempt to...
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the words “enough is enough” as a phrase “used to say that one wants something to stop because one can no longer accept or deal with it.” To properly define the impact of those words requires that we understand some seasons of...
Jan and I lived in Berlin, Germany for four years. Berlin is a unique and beautiful city. After World War II, Berlin was divided. The east portion of the city lived under the oppressive yoke of Communism. If colors could depict the soul of a place, drab gray and brown...
During my training to become a Hostage Negotiator, I learned an interesting fact. When a hostage event reaches a critical point and the hostage-takers slip hoods or masks over the faces of their hostages, an execution was imminent. It was at that moment a SWAT rescue...
In this unusual time in history, the Western Church is being offered an opportunity to recalibrate. In some cases, we have wandered from the very things that motivated the Early Church to be so passionate and all-in regarding their commitment to Christ. The first...
The walls of fear that have defined and confined some relationships are coming down. The sound of that dismantling is echoing throughout our culture and within the Church. Where before people were afraid to step out or speak up they no longer are feeling obligated to...
Don’t buy into the lie that cops are your enemy. I spent 9 years behind a badge in two different agencies and endured things most of you reading these words will thankfully never have to experience. It is a very different profession, at times with deadly outcomes....
A powerful image of a culture-transforming Church is revealed in Acts 2 after the Day of Pentecost. The attention of the believers was focused first and foremost on the Lord, not on an unredeemed culture. The Early Church devoted themselves to the Apostle’s teaching...
At certain junctures of history, the gates of hell open a little wider allowing demonic powers to invade our world bringing with them unusual demonstrations of darkness. We are living in one of those times. In the last few months, the wide-open gates of darkness have...
In trial law, there is something called “Risk-Benefit Analysis.” This analysis weighs the risk of a decision to determine if the risk is worth taking. Lawyers will weigh risk vs. benefit, for example, of having their client testify at a trial. The analysis is an...
It is a challenge to speak the truth in love in a culture where you are forced to spend the bulk of your time offering disclaimers in your preparatory remarks before you even get to the truth. The possibility of offense is always present when a wide variety of...
While our nation experiences a deepening cultural divide, and we are preoccupied with national issues, a significant arrangement of military forces are staging to confront and disempower the free nations of the world and usher in a dark agenda on a global scale. The...