Friends, one of my earliest and most constant memories while growing up is of my father reading the scriptures privately and with the family. Reading at 5:00 in the morning before milking cows took some personal discipline...
Two items recently dropped into my inbox. One was Flakey Intercession by Alice Smith leader of the World Prayer Center. It talks about "competition", "emotionalism" and "inappropriate...
March 13- 26 I was in Ukraine envisioning and team building and also having a lot of fun challenging different groups of college and university students with world view and ethical issues. Thank you Lena and the...
One of the recurring words of the prophetic movement is that of a new generation arising which will really do the stuff and rise above the sins and failures of the old. Aside from the fact that the prophets love the word...
1/ They believe in truth and passionately seek it. God honors them with visions, dreams and angelic appearances speaking of Jesus (see www.morethandreams.tv, this dvd presents testimonies in their original languages with...
Friends, we had a discussion of this theme with our team in Central Asia in December. Listen in!
I Corinthians 3 is a powerful affirmation of the activity of God in the lives of His people! Paul had total faith in God's...
"One New Year's Eve I asked my pastor a very straight forward question: 'How many adults came to faith in Christ at our church this year?' The pastor, a very diplomatic man, said, 'I am not sure. I'll have to get back to...
Manabat is a Kyrgyze lady whose name means "love". She came to Jesus through Maria and Japar who lead our team in Osh. Her father is the main Muslim priest in her village near the Tajik border. As a brand new...
I love good stories and we heard a couple recently which reminded me of some others. Enjoy!
Blessed & Healed!
While talking with a first time visitor to a family day being held in Terneuzen, Southern Netherlands, A &...
Last July while we were with Bob & Trudy Hyde in Brixham, we watched a DVD of Steve Chalk preaching at one of the Bible weeks that England is famous for. Steve is the founder of Oasis Trust, www.oasistrust.org, which has...
"Long term, low key and relational" is a phrase new friends in the Crowded House Network (www.thecrowdedhouse.org) in Sheffield, England use to describe their ministry.
"Long term" is in contrast to events. ...
Little Rukia was one year old but had never rolled over or sat up due to brain damage caused at birth. The doctors said she would never walk! After prayer she crawled! She will walk! Thank you doctor Jesus!
If that was the...
Recently several friends have asked questions about spiritual warfare. Some of the questions are being prompted by the calls from several ministries for "round the world", "violent praise" events on June the...
Talk about organic leadership!
Talk about trusting people!
Talk about destroying hierarchies!
Talk about releasing people!
Talk about integrity!
Talk about transparancy!
Talk about maximizing potential!
Talk about...
Easter
The meaning of the love feast divides Christians now as it has in the past. The reality is that whatever meaning you attach to the symbols you are wrong because it is not a symbolic meal!
What really does a bit of dry...