Dr. Don

Once you get past the odd rendering of Acts 6 in which the term “deacon” does not appear, you find that the case for deacons as officers or leaders falls apart. The apostles said it was inappropriate to their assigned priorities to “wait tables. This term is certainly relating to the meaning of the word […]

I dream quite a bit. I share my dreams all the time. When I share the dreams, you usually do not hear anything about the dream. I share the applicable and implementable conclusion of the simple revelation God provides in the dream. The maturity we seek in hearing and seeing comes in communicating. Be very […]

Paul says, “I am what I am by God’s grace.” That is authentic humility. Getting to that condition requiring humility, and maintaining that life requires increased humility. The Greek word means “low-lying.” The English word comes from a root word for dirt with the working definition of “earthy” or “grounded.” Humble deals with a position […]

My friend’s father was a wayward pastor. He ran from a false accusation when pastoring a ministry very strict about its rules of behavior. Working on a house, he put a white pencil in his mouth while measuring a board to be cut to size, and a church leader, driving by, thought it was a […]

After Elisha put his hand on the bow to direct the arrow to the target, he put his hand on the king’s so the king could experience his passion. The prophetic action should produce deeper trust. Deeper trust leads to convincing boldness and releases burning passion. (See 2 Kings 13.) Once they shot the shoot […]

The rise of a homosexual Presidential candidate has done what I predicted it would do: namely, change the subject of the campaign from socialism – a divisive and drop-dead loser for Democrats without a national leader – to the heart and faith foundations of our culture. Mayor Pete kissing his partner (I’m aware they are […]

The word “elder” is the same in working definition as “bishop.” Oversight is the job description. Expertise and experience are the qualities of the person given oversight. The eldering leader may have another identifying ministry, leadership role, and kingdom function, but he called as one of the five kingdom leadership dynamics that Paul says Jesus […]

How should we understand “the cares of life” and “the deceitfulness of riches” as an existing root system that chokes the Word so that It does not produce what it was sown to produce? Jesus says this system exists before the seed falls upon this otherwise rich soil. This soil is producing something already, but […]

God’s Intentions Define My Purpose Clay Nash and I were having one of our insightful discussion over some post-conference meeting dining. I was pointing out that my idea that “potential is the greatest enemy of purpose,” and he mentioned that I should include the word “intention” in my discussion. Of course, he read the essentials […]

The Word was with God Jesus has always been. He has no beginning. His role as Son began the moment He received the scroll of the Father’s Eternal Purposes – a prophetic and visionary picture of an eternal condition presented through John in the Revelation of Jesus Christ that helps us picture a spiritual reality. […]