God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armor of darkness itself. –Francis Frangipane, pastor and author A voice is calling, “Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. “Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain […]
Imagine standing along the ocean shore and enjoying the gentle splashing of the waves. Then, without warning, a rogue wave flips you upside down and pile drives you into the sand. It actually happened to one of my coworkers, Herb, several years ago. One minute Herb was soaking in the pleasure of a beach vacation, […]
If the same-sex marriage controversy were merely about equal rights, the best way for the LGBT community to cement their position would be to now champion the Constitutional freedoms of religion and speech. Conservative opposition would slow to a trickle, and an uneasy sort of truce would ensue. Admittedly, the scenario is unlikely because the […]
I admit it; I am confused. “It’s okay,” we are told, “for Bruce Jenner to identify as a woman because “he” is really a she trapped in a man’s body.” How we handle the ramifications, I’m not exactly sure. If a group of teenage boys, for example, decide that they want to identify as female, […]
Has there ever been a little boy who hasn’t dreamt of being a hero? If so, the number would be few. In ancient days, visions of kingship would have abounded in young minds. Several years back, my wife was babysitting a little girl and asked her the typical, “What do you want to be when […]
It seems rather strange that Samuel would anoint the shepherd-boy, David, to be king while the currently reigning king, Saul, still held the throne. Further still, David was not part of Saul’s lineage. Without kinship, David would be seen as competition. When a king feels threatened by a competitor trouble is sure to follow. One […]
“Whose kingdom are you building, yours or Mine?” These words spoken to me by the Holy Spirit were not physically audible, but they could not have been louder. On that day in the fall of 1993, my life was forever changed. Since starting into college ministry, I had been working tirelessly to get our campus […]
Does it really matter how good we are at what we do? After all, Christians are forgiven and adopted into the family of God. If He loves and accepts us, does it matter all that much how well we do our jobs? Have you ever walked into a building, driven a car, or crossed a […]
“The findings were disturbing….” So goes the beginning of a paragraph in an article about the Pulitzer Prize winning report (Assault on Learning) by the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding violence in the Philadelphia school system. After reading further, I could not help but agree—it is all very disturbing! More than 30,000 serious incidents were reported in […]
Once again the liberal/conservative battle lines have been drawn. Adamant about the need for gun control, many liberals seem to believe that banning all gun ownership would lead to a peaceful and happy society. On the other side of the front, a lot of conservatives give the impression that if every American packed, violence would […]
