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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...
The year was 1979. I had fallen away from the Lord over the years and now the Lord came to retrieve a broken son. During the night, the Lord appeared to me and for hours He tenderly washed away my sin. The next morning, I began a process of confession and repentance....
The most accurate check of our motives is best determined by who will receive the glory for the decisions we make. As Jesus foretold of His coming death, He said, “Now the time has come for the Son of Man to enter into his glory” (John 12:23). His death would precede...
Before I write the following, I want to be very clear about something. If a follower of Jesus is completely uninformed about all that is happening in the world, at the end of time, they will be better off than the most informed person who took their eyes off the Lord...
Jan and I relate to a group of prophets, reformers, and global strategists who are doing amazing things for God and the expansion of His Kingdom. We sent the following word out to them this morning but felt it was for a larger audience to bring clarity, direction, and...
Last week, I went in for an eye exam. A technician dilated my eyes so the doctor could do a deep and thorough exam of the interior of my eyes. After the exam was over, I was handed a pair of disposable plastic sunglasses and told the dilation would last for several...
The presence of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, will create division, not a generic, over-arching unity. This division occurs when people make a conscious decision to follow Jesus and leave behind their previous way of life and walk away from the evil that held them...
I was talking to a pastor who is a good friend of mine. He has a significant prophetic anointing. He was told by an older prophet who has a very public and recognized ministry that he needed to graduate from his pastoral assignment to embrace his prophetic calling – a...
As the array of personal opinions increases in volume and content about all matters of morality, politics, or the global cabals gaining more control over our daily lives increases, I am listening for something else – the mention of the name of Jesus. Many believers on...
When Jesus was preparing to miraculously feed the 5,000, He turned to Phillip and asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” The verse continued, “He was testing Phillip, for he already knew what he was going to do.” Phillip responded, “Even if we...
In prayer, an image developed that was shocking, to say the least. It was of a body bag, the kind used by a coroner to transport a dead body from a place of death to a morgue. As I continued to pray, the dead body within the bag began to rustle. Then I began to hear...
Thirty years ago, Jan and I were in Toledo, Spain. The architecture of the city is stunning revealing remnants of historic Spain. I knew in the city some of the world’s most gifted artisans created the finest chef knives made from the best steel. I found an old...
The prophetic gift within the Church is like a choir. This prophetic choir produces a multi-dimensional sound. Each person sings within a personal assignment as varied as soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, countertenor, tenor, baritone, and bass. A choir of...