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When we get down to it, "The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God" (I Corinthians 1:18). When Paul wrote those words, he did so as a very learned man. However, as he...
Reading someone's final words can sum up what they said and what is essential for the reader to take to heart. Many times, these final words contain a warning. They are exclamation points attached to what someone said, just like it was with Paul's closing words in the...
When I was a young patrol officer, I almost shot a man. I was working in a two-man unit during a midnight shift. We stopped a vehicle that drove past us at high rate of speed in violation of the posted speed limit. So, we pulled in behind the vehicle and initiated a...
A single image projected to others that captured a single moment or season of our life is not always what we want other people to use to interpret our lives. It’s like being caught in a moment of undress or a situation lacking decorum. To capture such images and...
Too many older saints have stepped off the field of play and checked out thinking age is a restriction regarding their service in God’s Kingdom. That’s just what hell wants us to think as we grow older. It removes us from a place of service where we can offer the...
This morning, I saw the image of a firing squad. Normally, that image would be depressing, depicting death. It was not about death, it was truth being fired in love into the heart of darkness. It brought life. Truth, when spoken in love, becomes a projectile of hope...
If we live long enough we will eventually be falsely accused of something. It's a shock when this happens, especially regarding people who we thought should know better. These accusations can be tossed out when a misunderstanding happens, a perceived betrayal takes...
For over 20 years, I have hiked all the trails above our town thinking I knew just about all there was to know about the trails until a recent hike. I was hiking along a trail just outside of town when I happened to look down and saw something I had missed all these...
When it’s time to do a makeover of any aspect of our lives, whether it is physical, relational, or spiritual, timing is everything. Makeovers have a window of possibility attached to them that requires a specific timing not always present when the desire for change is...
In the last few years, I've sensed a rise in cautionary words for the Church. A word of caution is not always warm and fuzzy, especially when it disrupts the status quo of our assumptions. When our lives seem stable and prospering, we don’t want to think of any kind...
One of my early memories was of my father taking me to an iconic hot dog stand in Oakland, California called Doggie Diner. At the time there were Doggie Diner franchises all over the Bay Area. I can still recall the smell and taste of the hot dogs and the steam-heated...
There is always a danger when something unusual happens and we try to create a prophetic-sounding meaning to the event. All of us can be susceptible to such an enticement. These events should not be dismissed out-of-hand because of the fear of being misunderstood,...
We are entering a very fragile moment in world history. While we have been assured that all is well the fragile factor of all things apart from God will be exposed, falter, and fail. The governments, institutions, and individuals aligned with God's heart for humanity...
Last night, I was awakened by the Lord to pray and bind the hand of the devil regarding personal my safety. The Lord called to my memory an event from my distant family history and the vulnerability that history created in the present day. I hope that what happened to...
The phrase, “Unless you have been living in a cave...”, has been used to define someone who doesn’t see the larger issues taking place outside their narrow field of view of reality from within the cave of their perception. I was once told a Chinese proverb that...