TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER

When we become part of the Church, we bring with us unhealthy ways of thinking that the Lord wants to change. One thing we bring is an unhealthy form of hero worship. From time to time, this misdirected understanding of a leader’s role needs to be excised from...

SETTING THE STAGE

In the opening chapter of I Corinthians, Paul had a lot to say to the church in Corinth. He wanted believers to know the difference between earthly wisdom and power and the wisdom and power of God. Paul used his opening comments to set the stage for gaining that...

THE PRESENCE OF FALSE TEACHERS

False teachers have always been present within the Church. It is nothing new. Often, we allow false teachers to remain in the Church unchallenged. Not all false teachers stand behind pulpits. Some have been given places of influence among us, even becoming...

GIVING TO THE GIVERS

The Lord said, “I am going to give to the givers.”  Some of you have given your time, talent, and resources sacrificially without reservation. This is a time when God wants to return to you multiple times over what you have invested in others.  When we let God be...

A PLACE CALLED REMOTE

A few days ago, Jan and I drove to the town of Bandon on the Oregon coast. En route, we were way out in the country. We passed a wide spot in the road with a sign telling us we were passing through a place called Remote. There was a sign on the road announcing we were...

PAUSING THE CLOCK OF TIME

I heard the Lord say, “The clock is being paused.” I understood Him to mean the clock of time will be paused to expand and fulfill what the Lord wants to reveal and accomplish in His people.  Time is not static. I can appear to us as unchangeable and inevitable in its...