Stopping the Devil at the Door

Well, there’s an early part of my life where I didn’t even know the word. Now everybody knows it – cholesterol. You’ll see it in about ten commercials tonight. It’s one of the most talked about words in our health and fitness vocabulary....

Why God Is Turning Up The Volume

Some people seem to have a special gift for sleeping. So much so that waking them up is more like a resurrection. We had one of those gifted people staying at our house for a few weeks. Greg was a young intern helping out and training in our ministry. And he did a...

New Territory, No Map

Yeah, I have a lot in common with a guy from the first century B.C. Actually he was a Roman officer, leading his men on a mission that took them into uncharted territory. Back then, mapmakers drew dragons beyond the line of what was known and explored. So, from...

Hope With Skin On

Our ministry was being honored with a gracious award from a Christian foundation, and it was named in honor of a visionary pastor in a major American city. Before his death some years ago, he’d been a powerful spiritual force in that city. But he didn’t...

The High Price of Spiritual Immunity

It had been a rough year for the flu. Yeah, it was nasty, and it was dangerous. Early in the season, my doctor told me he was already concerned about how high the death toll was in our state. And then a friend texted me and said, “It’s time for me to...