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Over the last 50 years, I've had what I would call multiple Pentecost experiences. In these experiences, I received a fresh anointing of the oil of God’s Spirit, equipping me to engage a new season. My task was to maintain that anointing by daily seeking God and His...
Many Christians obsess over the quality of other believers' faith. This obsession is the root cause of many of our divisions. If all participants can establish that Jesus is the way, and the truth, and the life, all these divisions will work themselves out if we all...
From time to time, we need to be reminded of the presence and purpose of God’s angels, whose assignment is to help us navigate the perils of this life. For some, the presence of angelic activity sounds strange, even cultic. They may dismiss the present-day activity of...
Everyone sees signs. How those signs are interpreted indicates whether a person is interpreting a sign through the lens of the Spirit or through the limitations of human wisdom. A dialogue took place between the Pharisees and Sadducees who came to test Jesus asking...
The Devil has overplayed his hand. His recent attacks on the Church have done the equivalent of what took place when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Japanese Admiral Yamamoto is attributed to have famously said, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and...
Overprotection is never an act of love. It is the by-product of fear. Parents can overprotect a child to the point the child is unprepared to engage the real world when they leave home. A pastor can overprotect those under their care calling it love when in reality it...
Perhaps in some ways, we have allowed our spiritual teeth to be pulled. As a result, we can succumb to only gumming soft and easily digested portions of a greater truth, some of which is uncomfortable to hear in a culture that demands an unhealthy inclusiveness, even...
A thinning is taking place. The layers placed between truth and deception designed to appeal to our lack of discernment and spiritual immaturity are beginning to thin. In some instances, the thinning has allowed people to see through the last remaining layer like...
In the dream, our family was traveling through a distant city during a vacation. We read a notice in our hotel lobby about a church meeting taking place in a school auditorium. When we arrived, the place was packed to the walls. It reminded me of my days in the Jesus...
Having a vision or mission statement can be of great value. Of even greater value is the understanding and purpose of failure. Whenever I talk to anyone starting in a new season of life, I ask them to catalog the personal failures and betrayals they will experience....
Not all prophetic words arrive and join in agreement with the consensus of the majority opinion. There are times when God will speak a word that appears so out of tune with the status quo that the word will be labeled prematurely as “not of God.” Prophetic words that...
Galileo examined our solar system through a device that had recently been invented - a telescope. He discovered realities about our solar system that rocked the boat of many, especially those in the Church who refused to look through the telescope. Those who rejected...
In the coming months, a government report is slated to be released that by all estimations will rock the reality of many. It is a report about UFOs – Unidentified Flying Objects. The report is said to contain never-before-seen compelling evidence of alien spacecraft...
I saw the image of military helicopters rising from a devastated battleground. A conflict had taken place and those in command of the victorious army had their troops board helicopters to see what only the generals directing the battle could see through their...
I've had the privilege to study leadership theory. I was trained as a pastoral coach, assessor of leadership potential and served as an advisor to churches, both nationally and internationally. While each of those endeavors proved profitable at the time, none of them...