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Two unique events took place when Jesus appeared to His disciples after His resurrection. He appeared to His fearful disciples who were shut behind closed doors. Among other words of affirmation, He said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins,...
When Jesus sent out the twelve disciples, He gave them instructions on how to express their faith. The Lord said, “I am sending you out as sheep among wolves” (Matthew 10:16). The calling to follow Jesus would not be a faith walk in the park. The Lord did not...
The Sermon on the Mount has been romanticized by some without taking what Jesus said to a deeper level. We could call the Sermon on the Mount the Sermon of Doing. Jesus is speaking into a religious system of works that suit the presence of imposters, not a true...
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...
God intends every tight and pressing spiritual passage to be followed by a release into the wide and expansive place of His goodness and provision. Some of these passages take longer than others to accomplish. Some take only a moment or a day. Others can take weeks,...
I am thankful for two gifted editors in my life - Anna Elkins and Julie Smith. They help make sure the content of what I write is not lost in sea of bad grammar, sloppy structure or misleading content. Behind the scene is my wife, Jan, who reads the heart of...