I’ve have found that the worst thing to do with emptiness is to try and run from it. If you run from emptiness, you will miss the song. Emptiness that is not avoided, causes you to ask questions you would otherwise never ask. Emptiness is not the valley of death, but rather, the valley of […]

We’ve all made big mistakes in our marriage, but for me, there was none quite as costly as the BIG one I made very early on… One day as my wife was ironing my shirt, I realized that she wasn’t exactly doing it the way I wanted it done.  (Disclaimer, the following has been edited […]

  “For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” – Galatians 1:10 Let me ask you one simple question: Do you care about what people think of you? If you answered “yes”, then thank …

Don’t worry. The title is not a mistake.  That’s exactly what I meant to write, “don’t just do something, stand there!”  For some reason when I create an unrealistic task list as I begin my day, and then miraculously accomplish it, I feel more productive and more successful as a leader.  Having an extremely busy […]

There will be times that God causes you to notice people, and at other times He will simply lead someone right to you directly. I have had both of these happen in my life, almost on a daily basis. Once, I was in a local store in California shopping with my family. My son Noah […]

1. The Spirit poured out on all flesh (Joel 2:28) 2. Israel restored as a political state (Deuteronomy 28:64, 30:3 Jeremiah 29:14, 30:3 Isaiah) 3. Universal apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4) 4. The watering down of the gospel (2 Tim 3:5, Matthew 15:9) 5. False prophets and false Christs (Matthew 24:24) 6. Good will be called […]

Come celebrate Father’s Day with us on Sunday, June 16th!As you flip channels at home, you may run across Maury Povich saying, “You are the Father!” But, it takes more than having a child to truly be a Father. One of the ways God chose to reveal Himsel…