Anything in my life that is not by God’s grace needs to go!

My friend’s father was a wayward pastor. He ran from a false accusation when pastoring a ministry very strict about its rules of behavior. Working on a house, he put a white pencil in his mouth while measuring a board to be cut to size, and a church leader, driving by, thought it was a […]

The king failed the passion test. The prophetic word did not produce deeper trust. Elisha says, “This word will never come to pass.” The king would never become the person who could receive the promise because he lacked a passion for finishing.

The rise of a homosexual Presidential candidate has done what I predicted it would do: namely, change the subject of the campaign from socialism – a divisive and drop-dead loser for Democrats without a national leader – to the heart and faith foundations of our culture. Mayor Pete kissing his partner (I’m aware they are […]

No other leadership roles have the capacity to produce what these five aspects of the life and ministry of Jesus produce. There is no “other than” available.

How should we understand “the cares of life” and “the deceitfulness of riches” as an existing root system that chokes the Word so that It does not produce what it was sown to produce? Jesus says this system exists before the seed falls upon this otherwise rich soil. This soil is producing something already, but […]

God’s Intentions Define My Purpose Clay Nash and I were having one of our insightful discussion over some post-conference meeting dining. I was pointing out that my idea that “potential is the greatest enemy of purpose,” and he mentioned that I should include the word “intention” in my discussion. Of course, he read the essentials […]

The Word was with God Jesus has always been. He has no beginning. His role as Son began the moment He received the scroll of the Father’s Eternal Purposes – a prophetic and visionary picture of an eternal condition presented through John in the Revelation of Jesus Christ that helps us picture a spiritual reality. […]

“You can be replaced.” The remainder of the discussion will center upon leaders filling empty places. I being with this statement because it applies to every leader as well as the quitters and traitors. Bring yourself to account for your leadership: do you have empty places you refuse to fill? Do not wait for God […]

Jude lists the way of Cain, the error of Balaam, and the rebellion of Korah as his way of identifying the infiltration of men “who have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation.” Jude says this behavior and leadership spirit has already been judged and condemned by God. These […]