Have you seen those old Looney Tunes cartoons where someone, probably Bugs Bunny, says in a panicked and breathless voice: “Is there a doctor in the house? Is there a doctor in the house?” (My favorite joke is when a fake person in the theater stands up and replies “I’m a doctor” to which Bugs [...]
Can we take a moment to reflect on the significance of these latest world events? (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, ooo boy. Google it.)
Things are looking mighty bleak in that part of the world right now. With the Iranian people subjected to humiliation and hardship due to harsh autocratic rule and international [...]
As some of you may know, I’ve been working on a brand new Web site for my local church, and I had planned last week to put the remaining finishing touches on it this week and launch it by tomorrow. I pretty much told everyone I was going to finish this Web site this week [...]
You know the saying about how hunger is the best sauce? It’s true. I’m telling you — a simple bite of fruit or a piece of cheese or a hunk of bread after coming out of a fast will taste like the most delectable morsel ever.
And so it is with our relationship with God and [...]
I just returned from a trip to Redding, CA where I attended the Jesus Culture / Encounter 2007 youth conference. Put on by those crazy dudes at Bethel Church, with the added dimension of hosting a healing crusade with Todd Bentley this year, it was one and a half days of spiritual mayhem. Imagine thousands [...]
One way you know that God is moving powerfully in your life is when you receive prophecy from different sources that really resonate within you and confirm that which you already suspected or believed. It can be a prophetic utterance from someone operating in the Spirit, or it can be a word or phrase in [...]
I’m aware of all of the ramifications of using the word enlightenment, but I choose to use it here in the context of its purest meaning: what was once dark, or hidden, unknown, not understood, has now become light, or clear, known, understood. That concept came to mind right away as I read the following [...]
I haven’t blogged for a couple of days because I’ve been having a very interesting discussion with some folks on and offline regarding the Sovereignty of God and our relationship with Him. This encompasses some pretty heady topics: salvation, predestination, spiritual gifts, intercessory prayer, and all that good stuff. Some people content that God is [...]
I’m going to ramble around for a moment here with some very unoriginal thoughts, but since these concepts have truly revolutionized my life and my faith as I’ve come to experience them over the past couple of years, I figure I’m allowed to indulge a wee bit.
Looking back at my 2006, and to a lesser [...]
