Prophecy – προφητεία – is "forth-telling" rather than just "fore-telling." It is speaking truth forward in proclamation and even in speaking encouragement toward a future reality that is understood through insights that God gives. It is not clairvoyance or mere… Continue reading

"You, God, know my folly;my guilt is not hidden from you." – Psalm 69:5, NIV I do not know your folly. I am not absolutely certain that I know my own. God knows. Some may consider this bad news.  I… Continue reading

"They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.” – Revelation 17:14, NIV   It may seem like… Continue reading

"Go and tell that fox …" Even in the flesh, Jesus is unperturbed by threats and plots. He says, "I will keep on doing the good I am doing and I will finish my course." That is all that is… Continue reading

"Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Come tomorrow … Come tomorrow, what if Christians in our nation would make some resolutions like those I humbly and tentatively suggest below? I can only… Continue reading

"Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary!"– Psalm 74:3, ESV Sometimes it seems hopeless; we feel invaded; conquistadors have entered the sanctuary and dismantled the holy places, desecrating all that is sacred. We… Continue reading

  From "The Shoestring Conspiracy" – Passion Let's face it. No ministry has enough resources to do everything God has called it to do. Churches are not goldmines. We often have to start small and do ministry on a shoestring.… Continue reading

    "The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, 'It is done.'" – Revelation 16:17, ESV There will come a time when "it is… Continue reading

   And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.  -Revelation 7:14 … Continue reading

It is enough to be instruments. Peace is the end in itself.     Peace cannot be defined by what it is not. It is not the absence of conflict. It is more. It is not the cessation of violence.… Continue reading