Daily Devotional

I once took a full 5-gallon water bottle, put one drop of a mysterious liquid into the bottle, and invited a man from the congregation to come to the platform and take a drink from the bottle. He would not do it. We all had a good laugh, then I drov…

There has been a move away from holiness and consecration in our contemporary church culture. In our desire to be relevant and current, we tend to abandon biblical virtues we don’t like or understand, which distinguish us as believers who live…

Most people live their lives and go about their daily business doing the best they can, completely unaware that there are dark and nefarious powers at work around them. These influences are political, cultural, and ideological, and at their core, th…

Due to a fit of disobedience and resentment, Jonah found himself in a dark place: the gut of a large fish. He imagined he was going to die. In despair, he cried out to God and repented of his willful disobedience. God gave him a second chance, and J…

My early days as a believer were tainted by a well-meaning coworker who was over the top on the end times, aka eschatology. He would not stop talking about it. He said, “No one knows the day or hour,” but he thought he cracked the code. …

God had worked a great miracle through Peter and John, and all they did was answer the questions. Their answers did not fit the preferred narrative of those in power in their culture. So they were threatened and commanded not to speak or teach in th…

God does not do anything halfway. What He starts, He finishes. He is the ultimate promise keeper. Mind you, there will be seasons along your journey where it will appear as though He is distant and detached. That’s not the case. He has not mov…

Welcome to the Theater of the Absurd. Our nation is off the rails. We have lost our way. Our moral and spiritual compasses are broken. We have ignored God and turned to our own way. The Church has removed itself from the public square in the name of…

Jesus had no problem speaking truth to power. After all, He was and is the King of all Kings. Jesus made it clear that the very reason He was born a King was to testify to the Truth. Pilate’s response was notable: “’What is truth?…

It was time for Saul to hand over the kingdom to God’s chosen man for the job, David. Leaders from the tribes of Israel sent men to rally behind David and oversee the transfer of power. Among those who came were “Men of Issachar,” …