The Before and After Moments of Life

Every life is filled with before and after moments of realization. The generation before me had a before and after experience when Pearl Harbor was attacked, and we entered World War II. The assassination of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. offered a...

Protecting the Borders of Our Fellowship

When I was a young pastor an older man attended our church. He was in the Air Force during the Cold War and part of an aircrew that would fly deep into enemy territory undetected. These flights took place during the early years of radar development. On one mission his...

Discerning Trigger Events

We are all being conditioned by something or someone. None of us are immune from this process. The conditioning will either take place by the Spirit of God or the spirit of the age. Most people never stop long enough to unpack this reality and go on living allowing...

A Time Like No Other

I have lived a long time. Over half of those years, I spent serving in some form of leadership within the Church. I have never seen the depth of division I now see among people of faith. This division is not over eternal issues like the divinity of Jesus Christ or Him...

The Coming Collapse of a Leaking Dam of Deception

The dam holding up a reservoir of deception is beginning to fail. When evidence of the dam’s insecurity initially appeared only a few fingers were needed to plug the leaking holes of well-crafted lies and misinformation. People mistakenly put confidence in the dam’s...