Like a discouraged Elijah, retreating from our troubles and hiding in a cave on the mountain, we have an expectation that God will meet with us and answer us in the whirlwind, the earthquake or with fire from heaven. Something…
There are several stories in the Bible that stop me cold. They leave me feel uneasy. From my limited human perspective they seem unfair, and all I can do when I read them is to reaffirm my conviction that God’s…
I am afraid that there have been too many times in my life that I have not consulted the Lord re: decisions and direction. In personal and ministry-related decisions. You do due diligence. You carefully read all the signs. You…
It was one of those experiences I'll never forget. Two of my colleagues and I were visiting Jordan to explore the possibility of our church getting involved in mission work there. We had been assigned a driver for the duration…
Looking back on my life, I realize now that I grew up in South Africa in the environment of an on-going revival. The revival had begun in my father's heart, and then in the church he was pastoring at the…
Sounds academic. Maybe too academic for you to bother with. But, before you tune me out, or click out of this blog, you may want to think twice. The enemy is using the absence of dialogical tension in our world…
It is an unlikely verse that I believe has the power to change your view of life. You could easily read right past the verse, either in the sweeping excitement of the exodus narrative, or, because since some translations interpret…
I am so encouraged that over the last few years there seems to be a growing cry all over the country for God to revive His Church...and from some unlikely voices and places. I think the rapid deterioration and growing…
We just returned from four days of an amazing pastoral/board retreat. The nature of our leadership retreats changed dramatically back in 2001. Through a very hard situation we were facing as a church and leadership, we abandoned our typical Spring…
I hope you don’t mind the number of posts on Abram from Genesis recently. It’s just that God seems to be speaking to me so strongly through my Genesis readings right now that I can’t help but pass on to…