From my commentary in Romans today:
The world is not in the hands of blind chance, or of a capricious God who will play favorites and leave everyone feeling the way people do after an unsatisfactory court hearing. True justice - the sort that people long for, plead for, thirst for around the world to this […]

As the population of IHOP-KC continues to grow and grow, I find myself in more and more conversations and interactions with aspiring leaders/teachers/lovers of Jesus.
One of the biggest obstacles they are facing is their lack of leadership ability, maturity in God and knowledge of the Word. They feel ill-equipped and lost at how to get […]

More important that maturity in God is hunger for God. If you are hungry for God you will get mature. If your aim is to be wise and eloquent you may very well lose all your hunger and become a tomb on the inside.
I wrote a post for the onething blog yesterday, and actually, it’s […]

I remember the first post on Apostolic Blogging…
All this has my mind thinking over the issue of being a messenger. Has the thought ever crossed your mind that the Lord has given you a stewardship with your blog? A stewardship with your readership?
That first post led to several more which in turn led to the […]

This past week in Castle Rock I came to some striking revelations about myself. I was confronted again with my lack of depth in the Bible. As you know I am constantly sizing myself up with the grace of God on my life. And I know that I have more grace to pursue doctrine, theology […]

Something I’ve realized in a new way this weekend is that I am responsible for my own destiny. It’s not up to certain leaders or teach or mentor me. It’s not up to my friends to encourage me. It’s not up to anyone but me and God.
It is my responsibility to say yes to the […]

Something to keep in mind: Bigger than your RSS subscriptions; bigger than your daily page views; bigger than your commentor community - there are more people reading your blog than you think. Some are hidden regulars and some are random visitors, and in one way or another those people look to you.
They are asking you […]

I heard a story last week. You may or may not believe it actually happened, but the reality it points to has stirred up my heart in a new way.
There was a man who died. While he was dead, Jesus showed him one largre mountain surrounded by 7 smaller mountains. The Lord told him that […]

It doesn’t take much too see that the issues of alcohol, moderation, and obedience are very much in our minds. I wasn’t active in the comments at all this weekend because I finally finished paining my house. However, I did read through them all and would like to shift over a little onto a similar […]