Category: General

I ask you the question, “Are you ready for what’s coming next?” You should answer, “I am as ready as my submission to the process of my preparation.” If you say, “I am not ready, but it is the fault of the leaders,” you might wish to step back a moment and reconsider how little […]

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 […]

We Can Win ‘Em All! “You can’t win ’em all” is catchphrase used after someone fails or loses to put the loss in perspective and motivate them to continue in what they do. Winning isn’t everything in competitions and challenges because the process of playing the game or fighting the battle or doing what you […]

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 […]

Beware the tendency to devalue God’s Word by pouring it out of your alabaster box when you have only accumulated a few drops. Of course, God will fill your mouth with a ‘now word.’ God will, at the same time, supply you with revelation for the future that has no application or implementation for today. […]

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 […]

Talking Kingdom Culture I have been preaching, teaching, and writing about kingdom culture now for twenty years. The reference points to “kingdom culture” were pretty sparse when I started. They are increasing in influence as we approach the Roaring Twenties and the New Era Reformation. I am not saying that I am the source of […]

If we begin with the idea that psychology is the study of what people do and why they do it, the psychology of redemption points us to the power of the Cross to transform people more than patch them up. The “what-we-do” changes when we are born of the Spirit because the “why-we-do-it” changes. To […]

Maintaining our idea that psychology is the study of what we do and why we do it, we turn attention to the what-we-do. And, we find the why-we-do-it staring us in the face. “Love God with All. Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” What we do is measured by God’s expectations and anticipations – […]

What God Wants Cain brings God what Cain wants God to have. God rejects Cain. God says, “Just bring Me what I ask for, and you will be accepted.” (God rejects Cain, not his offering.) Cain says, “No way. You change; not me.” When he is rejected, Cain attacks and kills the one who is […]