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On several occasions when a topic causes people concern, I’ve heard people too quickly toss out the dismissive label, “Fear sells.” At that point, they ask their listeners to relegate the issue to the sidelines and move on with life unconcerned. We should never be led...
I’ve been reading through the book of Jeremiah. It has been a depressing read even though an occasional nugget of hope will appear in its pages. Chapter after chapter we see Israel disobeying God and the Lord sending foreign troops to overcome them. I was exhausted by...
On the side of our property is an old fence. It’s at least 40 years old, maybe older. A vine was planted along the fence years ago and has since grown up and outside the original supporting structure of a trellis nailed to the fence. Over the years, the vine grew and...
Missing in the national dialogue about our current cultural strife and despair is a discussion about the role of demonic powers. While racial injustice, violence and social wrongs exist and need to be addressed, the real source of their empowerment are dark spiritual...
This weekend, Jan, Anna and I had the rare opportunity of ministering together at the Crescent City Foursquare Church in Crescent City, California. While Anna was conducting a Prophetic Art Workshop with Jan, I took the opportunity to spend the day in the city walking...
The Lord spoke a simple phrase to me. He said, “Sharpened voices.” I waited for a moment and He went on to say He has sharpened voices for this moment in our national history to address prophetically the challenging issues we are facing as a nation. These voices have...
So many painful things are taking place in our culture. Death and sorrow fill our computer screens. Disappointment and dismay abound. Some have become overwhelmed and simply given up. In all of this, God is not unaware. His is seated above all that is taking place and...
As a kid living in Central California, I learned to surf at Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz. The old timers taught me that waves arrive in sets. These sets contain several waves and many times the last wave was the largest. You had to wait for the next set to arrive if...
I remember when I wrote my first book, Prayers from the Throne of God. It was like having your first baby. Your whole life is focused on the creation and delivery of something new. When the book was finished, I felt the Lord ask me to ask Pastor Jack Hayford write the...
Over the years, I have seen strange and unexplainable things take place. I want to share one such experience because there seems to be a silence in certain segments of the Church regarding such things. It is actually healthy to process. One cold winter morning, I was...
If you are in a relationship that is sustained because you are required to align with one person against another, it is not a healthy relationship. Whenever your voice is silenced out of the fear of rejection you have actually plugged your ears to the voice of God....
Crossing New Frontiers 2016 marks 170 years since the Applegate Wagon Train crested the Cascade Mountain Range near Ashland, Oregon and a weary band of pioneers viewed the beautiful Rogue Valley for the first time. These were brave pioneers who accepted a risky...
There are times in each of our lives when we find ourselves yearning for a return to what was. This can happen when the present moment is filled with uncertainty. Unchecked those strolls down memory lane can become a form of spiritual anesthesia. They can...
For the last six months we have been trying to find out why this blog and my Youtube channel were unaccessible by me. Today, we found out the problem and fixed it with the help of a very gifted person in the area of information technology. Blog posts will resume...
Some people believe God has assigned them as watchmen on the wall. In that assignment they feel their primary job is to announce what is approaching. Isaiah the prophet wrote just the opposite. He said, "O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they...