Daily Devotional

Last night, we held a worship and baptism celebration service. We were blessed to baptize 28 people who said, “Yes,” to Jesus as both Savior and Lord. It was a beautiful evening filled with joy, praise, worship, and exhortation. The atmo…

It would be easy to move to a cabin in the woods and escape from the madness of our world that has gone off the rails. Sometimes you just want to check out, however, we cannot opt for the easy path. As Christians in America, we’ve done easy. I…

When Jesus spoke, it was compelling to those who heard; “They were astonished at His teaching.” Jesus’ message was marked by authority. The Greek word “exousia” refers to the power, authority, or jurisdiction that someo…

I used to think the guy on the street carrying a sign that read, “Repent, for the end is near!,” was a whacko. Now I’m pointing to him and saying, “Listen up, he had it right all along!” Like the men of Issachar, we mus…

This is a stunning revelation from Paul regarding the role of the Church in disseminating the manifold wisdom of God. The Church serves as the delivery vehicle for the diverse and multifarious knowledge of our infinite Heavenly Father. As a pastor, …

We need godly, Spirit-led men and women to be “Watchmen on the walls” in this hour. A cursory reading of your newsfeed is enough to see that our nation, the USA, is in crisis. Nefarious Marxist ideologies have taken over in education, th…

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…