The Coming Expression of Christianity
Regardless of your reputation, the difference between being dead or alive on the inside is a matter of rejoicing greatly. Not rejoicing that you’re alive – though that is a worthy reason – but...
View ArticleOn Leadership
There is a supernatural strengthening to the people of the final generation that is different than any other generation before. I see the dots but don’t quite have the language to connect them, so bare...
View ArticlePressing Toward the Goal – Plus The Inside Scoop on What’s up With The Lack...
It was right around July the 2nd that things began to change for me in a dynamic way that was quite unexpected. For over five years at IHOP I had been a drummer. What that means is that nearly all my...
View Article3 Myths About the Holy Spirit
My wife leads a prayer room team in the afternoons that has a strong focus on the power of the indwelling Christ, and communion with the Holy Spirt. She wrote up a handout debunking some myths...
View ArticleLike Begets Like
A little over two years ago IHOP started something that is now common-place in our community. Prayer Room Teams. They used to be optional, and now they’re a standard part of being on staff. If you’re...
View ArticleDouble Tall Americano with Room. Please.
This is sweet. Customizable Starbucks Cards. So do I just get one of these, lay it down and they do the rest? Or do I still have to talk?
View ArticleInk
There is something noble and great about writing. Writing forces you to decide what you think and what you believe. Writing also helps others to decide what they think and believe – through their...
View ArticleSkill to Understand the Bible
For several months I have been studying Romans with seemingly no progression into revelation. Romans isn’t the only book I’ve been studying but it’s the one I’ve been studying as my personal study...
View ArticleTFS Joins The Daily Scribe
I was recently invited to join a network of Christian bloggers called The Daily Scribe. TDS is a collection of other Christian writers and thier weblogs. I’m a total noob to the community so I don’t...
View ArticleBut Noah…
Genesis Six has one of the biggest buts in the Bible. God was sorry that He had made man. He was grieved in his heart. Think about that. God was sorry he had made man. ouch. So the Lord decides to...
View ArticleFreedom and The Fasted Lifestyle
You know when you hear someone say something really profound, and it’s like you always knew what they said but you never actually thought about it before? It’s not that you’ve suddenly learned...
View ArticleInteresting Referral
This showed up in my search referrals today: At least they didn’t spell it with two “T”s.
View ArticleTales from Merchant Band’s ex-Keyboardist
Seasons of change… - Good friend, business partner, fellow musician and now fellow ex-Merchant Bander, Joshua Hawkins, shares his tales and stories over the past few years.
View ArticleCloset Atheism, Habitual Sins and the Truth
When I graduated from high school an older pastor and his wife took me out to lunch. They bought me a cheeseburger and gave me a Bible. In the cover he wrote to me: “This book will keep you from sin,...
View ArticleThe Perplexing Power of Friends of the Bridegroom
If there was a Hall of Fame for chapters in the Bible John 1 would be in there for sure; along with Psalm 119 and Revelation 10. And probably Joel 2, Revelation 1, Ephesians 1-3, Phillipeans 3, and...
View Article3-5 Seconds
How 3-5 Seconds Can Bolster Virtue Within You | The Fight Spot - I was browsing through the archives and came across this past gem of an article I wrote last spring. When I realized about the “window”...
View ArticleThe Gospel’s Native Environment
The Gospel is a martyr’s gospel. As the song goes, it bids us come and die that we may have true life. Growing up, my view of the End Times was that we, the Church, would either (a) not be here for it,...
View ArticleMike Bickle’s New Weblog
Those of you in the swirl that is the International House of Prayer, you may be pleasantly delighted to discover that Mike Bickle now has a weblog. It’s true. What I love about Mike is his incredible...
View ArticleInternational House of Prayer: 10-Year Anniversary
May has been a special month as it marks the 10-year anniversary of the International House of Prayer here in Kansas City. This house of prayer began on May 7th, 1999 with 12 hours a day of prayer; the...
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