Blog
Societies do not naturally evolve into goodness. They devolve into greater depths of depravity apart from the renewing presence of God’s Spirit. No established social order can prevent a devolving into greater expressions of darkness apart from a regenerating work of...
One of our cats killed a rat and brought it into our home. We saw the dead rat sometime after the cat made her deposit on our dining room floor. This wasn’t a little mouse. It was a rat, a long slimy tail included. Jan called me with the sound of urgency in her voice,...
When a person that God has called abandons the integrity of their calling, the Lord can still use them to accomplish His will, even after their life takes a negative turn. In colloquial terms, Samson was a “mess.” He squandered his life which began with the miracle of...
In the coming weeks, my hope and prayer will be that we, as people of faith, would not join the mocking and dismissing chorus of a nervous culture. God does His most significant work behind the scenes and outside the limited scope of natural thinking that produces...
This week, I had to block someone on my Facebook account. Among the thousands of people I have as Facebook friends and followers, this individual was unknown to me before reading their words. I blocked the person for taking potshots at people and name-calling. The...
Demonizing those of opposing opinions has become the default conversation of choice by those who have allowed fear, not faith, to form the content of their words and the integrity of their speech. The word "demonize" is formed by the word "demon" and the addition of...
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...