Before 1954, the consensus opinion was that no human would ever run a mile in under four minutes. Even studies had been done to show that if a person ran…
In my university days, I trained with a gymnastics team in Anaheim, California. One summer night we attended an Anaheim Angels baseball game in which the great hurler, Nolan Ryan,…
Someone has said, “A man can live for about 40 days without food, three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only one second without hope.” Hopelessness is…
Leaders, who lead out of principle instead of presence, are building a kingdom without a king! The challenge for the Jesus follower, who is a leader, is to keep the…
The first group came in 1620, aboard the Mayflower. They were famously called “Puritans,” due to their passion to purify the Church of England. Having grown weary of constant persecution…
God does His deepest work through the storms of relationships. Most hardships are relational. When we get shaken, even to our core, we find out what’s within us. The picture…
When you are living from your new heart, you are living the authentic you! Once you learn to love from the heart that was engrafted into you when you gave…
One of the most beloved verses in scripture, quoted by anyone and everyone who’s been a Christian for any length of time, is Romans 8:28, “All things work together for…
Last week I was in Ouray, Colorado on a combined bear hunt and spiritual retreat. The bears are safe, but my time with God was anything but. God apprehended me…
Malachi speaks of the coming Messiah as a “refiner’s fire.” Malachi is prophesying in 450 B.C. of Jesus coming to the “Temple” as One who will purify. He was speaking…
