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There is much transpiring on the world stage. We are living in a time of great transition and reset in the nations. Iran’s population is revolting against its Islamic leaders, Venezuela had its dictator recently removed, the nations within the European Union are...
Jan and I are at a stage in life where we have seen God’s goodness revealed in our past, now in our present, and for what will happen with us in our future. As we think about what the Lord has done for us and what He has brought us through, it has been emotional at...
Not all revivals occur in happy, peaceful circumstances. Some revivals happen after we experience difficult situations, even life-altering interruptions to what we thought would happen. Paul was being transported by ship under armed guard to Rome, where his...
Jan and I learned something years ago that had to do with creating a spiritual safety border around our finances. We could never allow an ungrateful attitude to exist. Ungratefulness can lead people to make desperate and unwise choices in an attempt to satisfy the...
We are smelling the stench of rotted morals. We see it happening in our streets, families, and in our government when evil is allowed to remain unchallenged, degrading the human experience. Sometimes, when a leader attempts to instill a sense of morality, their...
We frequently hear the phrase, "Your words will produce a violent response!" That threatening comment is not a reason for a believer to remain silent when the truth is not being honored. Charlie Kirk was killed because he spoke the truth about life, marriage, and...
When the legal system of any nation is unjust and fails to convict the guilty, anarchy will increase because there is no fear of prosecution when someone commits a crime. The spirit of anarchy will show favoritism to the criminal in our courts, not to the law. As a...
There's a great deal of deranged thinking taking place both in our culture and within certain parts of the Church. There are reasons for this derangement, chief among them is picking and choosing how we interpret the whole of Scripture to align with our opinion. The...
Yesterday, I asked Jan, "How do you feel about our lives?" Her answer was wise. It was a wisdom built on years of following the Lord. She said, "We will follow Him wherever he leads, no matter what He asks of us. He's the one who has always had our next step...
Of late, people are tossing out the names "Hitler" or "Nazi" at some of the leaders in our nation and toward the people with whom they disagree politically. It is a demeaning and ill-informed practice. It's also the end of a mature conversation. Can you imagine living...
Amid the growing national division and turmoil taking place in America, the Church has been planted in each city to reverse a descent into greater expressions of evil. Our presence and witness have the power to turn the spiritual tide and bring hope for a better...
We are living in a time when expressing an opinion can make us a target for an insult. No one will be immune to these assaults. Some insults are expressed by a passive-aggressive personality that may sound legitimate at first, but were created to confront, not to...
Whenever we speak or write something, we must ask ourselves a series of questions; without asking those questions, what we say or write will not come from a deeper place of personal introspection. First and foremost is the question, "How does this apply to me?"...
Wisdom, the biblical kind, keeps us spiritually safe because we live our lives in line with God's truth. This wisdom is what Solomon wrote about in the book of Proverbs. God's wisdom serves a purpose. "Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help...
What gives us hope to endure the struggles of this life is that someday those struggles will come to an end, and a new, unimagined life will appear. I cannot imagine trying to live through the struggles of this life without that hope. Each day, I thank God for the...