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In Times Like These Our times are unprecedented in human history. Much like our brother disciples of the first century, the global community of God’s Men worldwide is being turned upside down by events out of our control. Through technology, the world is sitting on our porch.  The earth below…

Sheep Dog I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me – and I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:14 Most people in our society are sheep. Then there are wolves, and the wolves feed on the sheep without mercy. Do you…

Guilty This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. I John 3:19-20 Guilt is a feeling. This is…

The End Game Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 God has made it clear; He has an “End Game.”   Let’s look at the sequence of events in getting to…

Relationship vs. Religion “Spiritual abuse is rather like any physical or sexual abuse,” says U2 front man Bono.  “It brings you to a place where you can’t face the subject ever again. It’s work for the sexually abused to ever enjoy sex again.  So, too, people who are spiritually abused…

The Ethnically Unacceptable For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son. John 3:16 Samaritans were perceived as an ethnic malfunction in the day of Jesus — a blight which reminded the Jews of a season in their history they would rather forget.  Samaritans were the…

Special Ops Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. II Peter 1:10 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. John 15:13-14 Navy SEAL, Army Ranger,…

Resurrection or Nothing   The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual I Cor. 15:46 Everything we have in our experience of our existence with Christ hinges on the fact that God stepped down to earth revealing himself through the person of Christ and…

Dysfunctional Spirituality “He has showed you, O man, what is good.  And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8) You may have fallen for the oldest trick in the book.  You can’t fake it.…

Holy Spirit Relationship Sound thinking makes for gracious living, but liars walk a rough road. Proverbs 13:15 MSG How many believers have you encountered who gave the appearance that everything was solidly put together on the outside, but inside life was full of pain from relational, moral, spiritual and emotional…