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In 1949, when the Communist Party took over the nation of China, Mao Zedong assumed the role of national leadership over the newly established People’s Republic of China, a Marxist–Leninist single–party state–controlled political system. Counterrevolutionaries to the...
I watched an interview being conducted with a group of elders from a native tribe who live in the Arctic. These elders were sitting together in a field while they were being interviewed. There were no scientific measuring devices present. They recognized that...
I have an old book in my library written by a pastor in 1886. The title is “Quit the Meanness.” The pastor was writing about the kind of life that pleases God. To be mean is to be unkind, malicious, or cruel. It is the opposite of an attitude a believer should...
The Church in America needs to be very careful in the coming days, especially the prophetic community. To an outsider looking in, it might appear at first glance that our hope has been placed in the outcome of this election. Whenever hope is displaced, fear abounds....
There are times when an obstacle that stands before us can seem like an impossibility. Those who approach such challenges with childlike faith in God are the ones who are in a place to see a miraculous outcome. One of our neighbors is cutting the footing for the...
As Jan and I were taking communion and praying, I saw an image. It was an angel of the Lord who was carrying the sword of truth. He stood before a black veil put in place to keep light from penetrating a dark deception. Each day the deception remained in place and...
We have relatives who recently moved to the desert southwest. They discovered the house they rented was infested with scorpions. The husband was finally bitten, trying to catch these dangerous and unwanted insects. What was most concerning was the danger to their...
There are times when a word from the Lord will not sound like a word from the Lord. This happens when a prophetic word is not offered in a way familiar to our history or current level of understanding. When this happens, the word's validity must be examined based on...
A living faith will challenge the ever-darkening norms of culture. The primary opposition to a living faith comes simply because it exists. If that faith were to speak out and express a divergent opinion, it would be attacked and demeaned in an attempt to silence any...
New tribes are forming within communities of faith during this intense and fragile time of cultural change. As the heat of this change reaches a boiling point, a separation of existing relationships is taking place. If our hearts remain pliable in God's hands, this...
Prophets have spoken about a Great Awakening taking place. I believe that is true. This morning the Lord added new insight to that future event. Before the Great Awakening, a Pre-Awakening will take place. In the Pre-Awakening, believers will awaken to truth from the...
We have all had it happen. You take up a position that cuts off the blood flow to a part of your body and it goes numb. We call it “going to sleep.” It happened to me last night with my hand. I slept in the wrong position and my hand became numb. Once I changed my...
For the last week, I have carried a strong sense of intercessory prayer for our nation and the Church. That strong sense has not lessened; it has increased. When I was a kid in the 1950s, Doris Day was a major Hollywood star. She was cute, loved by all, and one of our...
Over the last couple of days, I have followed a heated conversation between pastors over a comment made by a respected leader from within their circle of fellowship. Today, some of those posts have been deleted on both sides of the issue. I am assuming the deletions...
Conspiracy theories are plentiful of late. These theories come and go each time a culture undergoes significant change. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a conspiracy theory as "a theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret...