It may seem odd that a family would make a list of idols in America. But, family can be a considerable impediment to discovering and fulfilling your God-given life purpose. I certainly am not adding my voice to the vast numbers...
Politics divide. The entire process requires that we pick sides. Whether we are choosing between political parties, interest groups, or even ideological movements within the same party, at some point we will have to pick a side. As a candidate...
I had only been in Los Angeles for a short time, and I was already witnessing another beating, this one in a back parking lot of my apartment building. Five gang members were mercilessly beating a young man, reinforcing the...
Many years later, after I became a pastor, God gave me an understanding of the blood covenant that would forever change my life and ministry. One Saturday afternoon I had stayed home to study the Scriptures about the blood covenant...
When I was a child, amusement parks were not the big business they are today. We actually were required to find ways to entertain ourselves that were free or inexpensive at least. When we would visit home, in eastern Kentucky,...
We have this backward idea that what happens in church is sacred, but what happens in the rest of our lives is secular. This division of our hearts and minds is what hinders us from being free to walk with...
As a very young boy sheltered from my parents’ troubles, I thought our home was filled with love. Carefree with a full stomach, I was wrapped up in playing soccer, going to school, watching my favorite cartoons, and just doing...
Of all the cultures that have had access to excess, America is very likely the most excessive of all. As I have said for many years, our nation is rolling in excess, reveling in luxury, revolting in morals, and rotting...
After Jesus’ resurrection and before He left His disciples, He spoke a clear mandate to these future world changers: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matt. 28:19). In this mandate no one was exempt from the task...
