“By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted” (Proverbs 11:11). Seven years ago today, we settled on the house in which we’re currently living. The house is located […]
What happens when a burned out minister decides to seek simple intimacy with God? The miraculous, the impossible, and the outright thrilling. The Secret Place is a book that so […]
I am always delighted to pray for those in need of it, whether people I know or total strangers. I wince a bit, however, when people say, “Yeah, I asked […]
Matthew 4:17 says “From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near” (NASB). I used to think that that passage meant something along […]
“Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25). […]
Mina Nevisa was born into a family of Islamic fundamentalists in Iran. Her life was translated from the ordinary to the extraordinary with a dramatic supernatural encounter with Jesus Christ. […]
Wilson stood up and spoke to the congregation. “I want to tell you what the Lord showed me while we were praying,” he said. Wilson then related the vision he […]
Two years ago in June 2011, I stood on the balcony of a rented condo in Rehoboth Beach and listened over the phone to my friend Ed describe a vision […]
One of the less popular promises of scripture is found in 2 Timothy 3:12 – “Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.” That’s not […]
Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote this beautiful verse: Get leave to work In this world — ’tis the best you get at all; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts […]
One of the tactics of the enemy is to divide people against each other (Matt. 24:10, 12). This is manifested in our culture in rampant divorce, estranged parent-child and sibling […]