Everywhere we turn, the atmosphere of life permeates with desperation—in politics, business, airports, homes, yes, even church, and you. It is one week until the U.S. elections, and COVID-19 is like a haunting cloud over the entire planet. Instead of a season of hope, there is a feeling of darkness as we enter the winter…
I have listened to powerful messages on learning to hold life loosely so it will not break. But what I have experienced whether I hold on to life forcefully or lightly; it falls apart. But I want to testify in my brokenness and surrender. The Lord is faithful to reveal His greatness in those broken…
Business leaders take inventory daily, and their ability to act on that review determines success or failure. The store windows may be inviting, the website may be the latest and greatest, and the sales staff is prepared and on time, but everything is headed for absolute failure without inventory. Could you imagine a company that…
Is the church taming the Holy Spirit? I mean this in the classic sense of the word: “Make less powerful and easier to control.” It is easy to slip into depersonalizing the third member of the Trinity, God of the Holy Spirit. I see today’s church, and I wonder if we still value baptism in…