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Yesterday, I was preaching in Portland, Oregon – a city that has been in the national news of late. Early in the morning, my sermon was ready, so I spent time in prayer about the service. It was during that time of prayer that the Lord gave me a prophetic word to...
It’s interesting how far our personal history extends into the past, and how far into the future it will be revealed. Yesterday, Jan and I were driving on I-5 in Oregon when we stopped at a rest stop north of Woodburn, Oregon. When I got out of our truck, I parked in...
I was driving my truck through town last week and noticed a vehicle in front of me being towed away. At the stoplight, I took a photo of the car. What caught my attention was the bumper sticker attached to the vehicle – "Please be Patient. Student driver." A student...
It is a challenge to live a life of faith in a compromised world where evil is called good and good is called evil. It is into that confused world where the Lord has placed His Church as citizens of His Kingdom, not to control others by force, but influence them for...
Sin makes us weary. It’s a weariness that comes from trying to carry the unrepented oppression of sin. That oppression makes our life feel like we are trapped in a small room with no windows and no air conditioning in the heat of summer. We begin to suffocate. Back in...
What we can fail to realize about the exercise of a spiritual gift is its ability to shake up our life and the lives of others in ways we did not anticipate. Their use will bring light into dark places and challenge demonic strongholds – not just within the Church,...
Last night, Jan and I watched the movie Nefarious. It’s about a man on death row awaiting execution. He was demon-possessed. The movie was remarkable and, in some scenes, a biblically accurate dialogue between the demon-possessed man and a psychiatrist who began his...
I believe we have entered a critical juncture in human history. The Lord is bringing all things together toward a point of convergence. He is employing unusual and unimagined ways to accomplish that convergence and fulfill the intent of His will. In the last year,...
If we have placed our faith in Jesus, the real Jesus, not some mystical New Age representation of a lesser god among many, and our singular faith has caused hardship, even persecution, that is nothing compared to the suffering of those who are recorded in biblical...
The worst prisons are the ones we have been convinced do not exist. In that convinced state, we become the warden of our own imprisonment guarding the walls of our mind against any attempt to escape and discover a deeper reality where truth exists. After writing to...
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Yesterday, Jan and I went to see the movie, Sound of Freedom. The movie deals with human sex trafficking. It reveals a sick reality that prowls our streets and consumes the innocent among us. The victims of this trafficking are our children. A few days ago, I was...
As a rookie patrol officer, my FTO (Field Training Officer) took me aside the first night we were assigned as partners. He said “I understand you are trained in martial arts. There's more happening on the streets than your physical skills can protect you from. You've...
The riots in France that are now spilling over into Switzerland and Belgium remind me of what is happening in the Church. This will not be a season of smooth sailing. We have entered dangerous waters where hidden reefs of deception have been placed in our way to...
We all appreciate words of hope. They help us pick up our defeated feet and keep us moving forward in faith. A word of warning is not always appreciated or understood with the same kind of welcome because it will many times require a change in how we view the world or...