Messenger Integrity

It’s only “game-changing” if we are involved in the right game. Be careful of using hyperbole in hyper-emotional times. People will begin to lose confidence in the sound and content of a messenger who continually moves from one frantic and emotional issue to the next...

Neighborhood Honor

I remember traveling in the old USSR. It was a sad place. A pall of heaviness rested atop the nation like a dark cloud.  To add to the spirit of control, the government used neighbor against neighbor as informants, aka “snitches” who informed on their neighbors for...

In the Coming Days

Intense times, both personally and culturally, are times of preparation. They are like a spiritual and emotional boot camp where the limits of our strength and endurance are pushed beyond known limitations. Don’t waste the purpose of these times. This current...

Everything Working Together

I have lived long enough to know that God will work out all things for good in due time. I have also lived through several seasons of history that have been assigned apocalyptic endings, and frankly, none of them panned out as they were darkly predicted. No matter how...

Preparing Our Witness

Whichever way the Presidential election goes, a day will soon come when a winner is finally declared. On that day, emotions will run even higher than they are now, no matter who wins. Today, the wise will begin to prepare how they will express their faith to the world...

Two Megaphones

This morning, I saw a brief but poignant image from the Lord. I saw a huge megaphone that was broadcasting falsehoods, treachery, and lies. The script was well-crafted, reasonable to undiscerning ears, and was becoming more and more accepted by those who listened only...