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Long before compound bows and graphite arrows came into being, the kind of bows with all the pulleys and cables attached, I hunted with either a longbow or recurve bow. Those simple bows were just sticks. They were a single stick of a bow with a string strung between...
I just took a truckload of debris to the dump. It reminded me of walking through my social media accounts of late. In those accounts are so many varied opinions about so much. After I paid my bill, I was directed to a large disposal center where huge tractors were...
I just checked out our local news cycle. It seems the battles in Israel and the incursion into Gaza are getting less and less attention. It’s not unusual. We need to rise higher in our understanding of what is happening to discern the heart of God. It is always about...
Before each of us is a window – a frame through which we glimpse our approaching encounter with eternity. The longer we live the closer we move forward toward that window to eventually look through its opening and glimpse the other side to fully see what was only seen...
I live in southern Oregon. Off our coast is something called the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This is a seam in the undersea earth structure comprised of two opposing physical forces that are under constant and building pressure. As they continue to...
There are times when two people experience something so challenging that in order to move forward each of them will need to agree to lay down their shared history without demanding anything from the other person. This is not ignoring what took place rather it is...
2015 - The Year Of...... ....whatever you need it to be. Paul wrote that God will supply all your needs according to the riches found in the depository of His glory. This is more than just meeting your financial needs - it applies to all areas of your life and...
I have come to realize one of the challenges we face when experiencing any form of physical or emotional limitation is feeling like we have become damaged goods. Recently, I must admit that thought crossed my mind after my recent heart attack. I have always thought I...
Last Sunday, December 28, I had a heart attack. I had been invited to preach at a wonderful church - the Klamath Christian Center in Klamath Falls, Oregon. This is a gracious church with a reputation for loving God and loving people. The pastor, Scott Hines, has...
This morning, I read a short prophetic word written by a respected woman who carries a prophetic mantle. She spoke about a coming reformation among women. When I read her words I felt the Lord impress upon me how this reformation might take place. Over the years, I...
When God parts the waters before you to help you make a passage that seems impossible without His supernatural intervention, you will walk across on dry ground. He did this at the Red Sea crossing with Moses and He did it with Joshua leading the people of Israel...
The heavens above us were opened once and for all when Jesus rose from the dead. Because of His resurrection, each believer now lives under an open heaven. The heavens do not open or close based on our disobedience. Heaven is not in submission to human disobedience....
There is a belief that says the last person standing wins the prize. In personal conflicts empowered by positional dominance people must be cut down through the unrighteous use of power in order to gain and maintain position. The victor in these conflicts will...
As you gather to celebrate Christmas with family and friends, I want to tell you a story. As a young couple with two little children, our family ventured from Oregon to Kalispell, Montana to plant the first Foursquare Church in that mountain town. We went as...
We have moved into a new season of human history where the wise will make critical adjustments in the way they chose to think and live. To prepare for life in this new reality, God wants to rapidly mature some who have become slack in their faith. This slackness...