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As 2025 begins, we need to make an adjustment. We need to adjust how we respond when people attack us for having a differing opinion. These attacks are especially painful when they come from within the Church. Those who speak such things will eventually bring shame...
Yesterday, Jan wrote the following to friends and leaders of ministries within our various spheres of relationship. As I read Jan’s words, I felt this word had a larger audience in mind, so I am sharing it across my social media platforms. I t's time to examine the...
Understanding what the word “Ekklesia” means will transform a person’s idea of the Church. It will reveal where our influence is the most powerful. Understanding Ekklesia will also bring a freedom that will challenge the status quo of what we have accepted as the...
When uttered, a single comment reveals a person's lack of understanding regarding human history. It also limits the inclusion of a contradicting narrative to what they have been told to believe. That comment is, "This has never happened before." When God is involved,...
Last night, Jan and I went to bed earlier than normal. After a few hours of sleep, I rolled over and saw the illuminated display on our clock, showing the time of 11:11. Normally, it would mean nothing to me, but I sensed a significance associated with the number. I...
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...