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As we grow older, Jan and I are considering, even reconsidering, some of the choices we make regarding our lives. For example, we've had to put down two wonderful dogs in the last 10 years. Just yesterday, I told Jan, "If we ever get another dog, we should get one...
The name "Jezebel" has been tossed out without discernment. To label a woman as a Jezebel has become too flippant, especially when it's being used to describe a strong female leader who is spiritually stronger than the weak men who accuse her of being a Jezebel....
In any spiritual conflict, we are never alone. We are never outnumbered by what we see when the enemy surrounds us. Spiritual warfare is waged and won by God, not by what we bring to the fight. Around each believer are the hosts of Heaven, the armies of angels the...
As 2024 approaches and our nation processes yet another election cycle, our faith must be built upon the victory of the Cross of Christ, not on the dangling bits of false hope offered to us by a change in government. Pursuing the latter as our primary goal will lead...
Recently, I found out there are morgues on cruise ships. I never thought people would die on a cruise, but when you have thousands of people comprising the population of a small town, the odds are someone will die along the way. It reminded me of some of our...
Over the years, I’ve preached about the potter’s wheel in Jeremiah 18. When I preached the story, I stopped short of the other events in that chapter. I wanted to portray a word of hope. But there is more to the story than just a pot being reformed. It was the events...
It was almost 50 years ago when the Lord told me to stop reading the daily horoscope in our local newspaper. It wasn’t like I followed any advice offered. I was just curious. In all the years since I was given that instruction, I haven’t read another horoscope....
Every morning, I sit in my writing chair reading Scripture, remembering Jesus in communion, and praying. During that time, I am both looking and listening in the Spirit to see and hear a confirmation of His faithfulness. He reminds me in new ways of who He is for me,...
While the words of Jeremiah were written to Israel during a specific time and place in history, there is a great deal to learn and apply to our lives at this time. Jeremiah wrote about what grieves the heart of God and then petitions them to return to Him. Referring...
In the middle of the night, I was awakened by coyotes howling just up the canyon from our home. A coyote howl can be an intriguing and sometimes unsettling sound. The howling of a coyote is primarily an announcement to gather the rest of their family unit who were...
We have been instructed, as a goal for our lives, to be found on the right side of history. I would suggest something else. We need to be found on the right side of truth. The choice to be found on the right side of truth will redefine our place in history even though...
In the Church, many are experiencing a drift away from the absolutes of Scripture. Some of this has taken place because we sent our future leaders off to compromised seminaries and colleges. They came home to occupy our pulpits with an education that has either...
This week I met a friend for coffee. At one point in our conversation, the subject of flying came up. For ten years, I was a flight instructor and charter pilot in a part-time capacity and racked up a bit of flight time. As our conversation took an aeronautical...
Gaza is where Samson’s final moment of life occurred. After Delilah tricked Samson into telling her the secret of his unusual strength, he became weak. He was put in forced labor to work grinding grain. During this time, his hair began to grow back as well as his...
While God is free to judge His people in any way and at any time He pleases, the majority of what appears to be God’s judgment is simply the consequence of our actions. The sad consequence of our sins and their accompanying misery grieves the Lord. In the book of...