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Easter week is a good time to revisit the exclusivity of Jesus Christ expressed in Scripture and to ensure we have not abandoned what Jesus paid so dearly for us to receive. With all the heresy hunting that takes place from time to time in the Church, most of it based...
Sometimes delivering a prophetic word, speaking a hard truth, or offering information that shakes up a slumbering status quo will require similar qualifications as the young men recruited to become riders for the Pony Express. WANTED: Young, skinny, wiry...
The unrighteous worldview nations use to promote their agenda and keep them afloat is like a ship passing through iceberg-strewn waters where fatal Titanic-like collisions are inevitable and ignored. These collisions will happen because the helm of nations is being...
This week, I recorded a thought on my Twitter feed: “A healthy prophetic word will include an element of self-indictment.” The day after I shared that sentence, I was reading in Ezekiel and came across verse ten in chapter three,“Son of man, let all my words sink deep...
I have lived long enough to see a few trends develop in the Church. Some of the trends were healthy and others have caused me a bit of concern. As a young boy my religious heritage included time in the Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist traditions. I got...
Recently, I experienced something that became a prophetic picture of hope I believe many in the Church need to see and believe. At the end of this summer, Jan and I made a trip to Montana where I officiated at a wedding and taught in a church. ...
The more I connect with pastors and leaders across the United States the more I am seeing a group fatigue in the ranks. This fatigue is not from busy schedules or stress-filled encounters with difficult people. This fatigue comes from a subtle resignation that...
I use the social media tool, Twitter, as a place to park my daily thoughts. Having to limit yourself to the 140 characters required by Twitter has caused many of us to write with greater economy. Our words need to be concise and clear enough to fit within the...
This morning, as I prayed about a coming new season in my own life, I began to hear the Lord speak, not only to me, but also to many in the Church who sense an old season has passed and a new season has come. I am calling you to exploits in My Kingdom that are beyond...
One morning last week, I was praying in our sanctuary. I was seated near our drum enclosure. This drum enclosure allows our drummers to play with freedom and passion, yet not overwhelm the room. We have the drum set running through our sound system...
I had a dream. It was a dream so vivid I actually thought it was real. In the dream I was in the lobby of a large church sitting at one of the coffee tables. The room was crowded. The pastor of this large and influential ministry walked through the...
Every 11 years something significant takes place on the Sun – the polar regions reverse. North becomes south and south becomes north. This event takes place at the peak of each solar cycle as the sun's inner magnetic dynamo re-organizes itself. The reversal of...
Last Sunday, Ryan Rhoden was speaking to our church about the transition in leadership that will take place at Living Waters Church in Medford, Oregon in October of 2014. In his message he said, "It would be unhealthy for us to stay the way we are as a church...this...
This week we were in a time of corporate prayer at Living Waters Church in Medford, Oregon. Our worship pastor, Andy Southmayd, was leading us in a moment of unscripted and spontaneous worship. Andy began to sing the words, “Break down the walls”. He sang...
For the last few weeks the Lord has been speaking to me and saying that He is releasing new names for a new season. As I waited and listened to the Lord, He began to share His heart for His Church. “You are about to experience a name change. This will not be a change...