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I was driving my truck through town last week and noticed a vehicle in front of me being towed away. At the stoplight, I took a photo of the car. What caught my attention was the bumper sticker attached to the vehicle – "Please be Patient. Student driver." A student...
A new sign was recently placed at the entrance to the trails I hike each week. It is a sign that clearly specifies what is prohibited on the trails: horses and mules. It was the distinct prohibition of mules that caught my attention. Apparently, someone thought it was...
We can think that demonic possession only occurs in people. God wants to expand our understanding of this subject. The goal of demons is to possess anything - people, politics, governments, systems of commerce, even some churches whose theologies are being used by the...
Having served the Lord for many years, I've come to realize there is a single element in life that has remained constant in all those years – change. Change is not in the product itself but in the delivery systems used to bring a product to us. I remember when the...
In a dream, I was waiting in line to enter a room. When I entered the room, I was told we had assigned seats. I began to search for my seat and finally found it and sat down. All of us were waiting for our turn to speak. I didn't know any of the people who were...
Unless one is living in complete isolation from reality, something is afoot in the nations of the world. We see radical elements being imported into university campuses taking emotional control of discontented students causing them to occupy their campus and restrict...
While we can appropriate Scripture to apply to many of our concerns, we need to understand what the Lord was saying when a verse was first written. The Lord said, “Bring my faithful people to me – those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices” (vs....
There are some truths about God’s nature that we need to take hold of. Once in our grasp, those truths will change how we see this life and what is happening in the world around us. The context in which a Scripture was written is important to grasp so we can...
The most dangerous person to the works of darkness is a person who has resolved to believe in the truth of Scripture. That resolve makes them believe what is unbelievable and do what is unthinkable. That choice can create division within the Church where people have...
In Psalm 37, we are told not to worry about what evil people are doing and to not envy the success of the wicked because they will wither like a flower. Our calling in this life is to “Trust in the Lord and do good. That calling will help us live safely in the land...
There are times when we all feel helpless. In those moments, the Lord instructs us to take heart because there is something He wants us to understand. Taking heart comes after we “tell of the Lord’s greatness and exalt the Lord together” (Psalm 34: 3). There is a...
If you are paying attention to what is happening in our world, you will realize we are living in a time of great peril. The war in Ukraine has nuclear and world war potential. The conflict between Israel and Iran may escalate and draw other nations into a larger...
When we pray for a deeper revelation of God’s truth, we must prepare our hearts for what will be revealed. An unprepared heart will be overcome by fear because they are not ready to hear the truth and are enslaved by the thoughts of a natural and unredeemed mind. We...
I remember standing with Jan on the rock formation that makes up the Areopagus in Athens, Greece. This is where Paul addressed the people of the city 2,000 years ago. As I stood on the rock, I tried to imagine how Paul might have spoken to the Athenians. As Paul was...
As I read the words of David, it felt like he was writing about the time in which we now live. David said, as troubles in his life increased, “I trust in the Lord for protection” (Psalm 11:1). That was the foundation of David’s peace in the surrounding turmoil. He...