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Recently, I listened to an interview with a man discussing his gold investments with a gold expert. He asked, “Do you think the gold I have could contain any of the gold that was used to build God’s Temple?” The gold expert said, “Yes”, even if it was only a molecule...
There are times when the presence of God’s Spirit is so profound that what we had planned to do for the Lord cannot be accomplished. It’s sad to imagine attending a church or conference where the Spirit has not been allowed to interrupt our plans and ask us to wait in...
Someone once said, “He who spares the wolf sacrifices the sheep.” My pastor, Roy Hicks, Jr., who pastored Faith Center in Eugene, Oregon, told a group of us young pastors-to-be, “You don’t try to convert wolves -you shoot them.” Roy wasn’t talking about actually...
We are all going to die, so why waste the impending certainty of that event? Death and its inevitability will be ignored by people who fail to grasp the lessons it can provide. As I read Scripture certain verses will get my attention. A particular verse will capture...
I saw a photo that was taken in the 1800s of a family standing in front of their sod house on the prairie. They were working hard trying to make ends meet, but joy and peace were on their faces indicating they had discovered something that wealth, prestige, and...
It is important to know the source from which we speak, either by the Spirit of Truth or from the world's viewpoint. Some in the Church have leaned dangerously close to the latter and are diminishing the message about the distinctiveness of Jesus Christ. John defined...
I was in a conversation with the leader of a Christian community who said some of those under his care had become “fuzzy around the edges” concerning certain issues of faith. That fuzziness had diminished the clarity of the truth allowing undisciplined...
I am seeing an increase in the differences of opinion on non-essential issues within the Church. It is causing greater levels of division. I am beginning to think these differences of opinion are part of God’s plan because He gave each of us free will to choose a...
As I read through Song of Songs this morning, I came across a verse that sounded different from the beautiful love song that Solomon described between a man and woman in the covenant of marriage. The verse describes angelic hosts who are skilled in spiritual conflict,...
Each season of life has a specific assignment. To discover that assignment is to become empowered in ways we might not realize in the beginning when questions about that assignment are first asked. I remember my pastor telling a group of us young and yet-to-be...
All things not bound by God’s love and truth will eventually unravel. We are living in the first stages of a great unraveling. In that unraveling, those in the Church whose faith is alive will grow stronger as they submit to the voice of God. In contrast, those who...
Last night I had a troubling dream about a leader in the Church and their followers. The dream was very graphic. My dream followed a conversation shared earlier in the day about another leader who may have made a choice that would challenge biblical integrity. Because...
On the day of Pentecost, two sounds were being made. One was the sound of Heaven, translated as the very “breath of God.” The other sound was the response of the people who were impacted by God’s breath. It was the sound the people were making in response to the...
Some of you are about to experience a season of your faith when you will see pre-mature fruit develop. You thought it would take more time and effort to see the fruitfulness of your labor, but something has changed in the timeline. You are about to see the first...
My mother used to tell me, “That person has good sense.” What she was saying was a person with good sense was wise and able to apply wisdom to the choices they made. When a person did something foolish, she would say, “They don’t have good sense.” Having good sense is...