Have you ever noticed that Jesus served others in ways that were unexpected? I know that He was always INTENTIONAL about what He did, so I know He calls us to do the same. Author John Vandenoever comments: "We could spend our entire life on ourselves and give nothing, no thought whatsoever, to anybody else's needs and stay busy for [...]

As recently discussed, the reason our country has fallen into disarray can be traced back to the intentional abandonment of God. For decades, the anti-God crowd has been falsely pushing the idea that there must be a separation between church and state, which is true, but only in the sense in which it was intended. [...]

The changes on the world stage over just the last couple of years have been dramatic in every conceivable way. Or is it just our awareness of the world has changed, especially here at home? I know that all of us are much more aware of the truth (Ephesians 6:12).  The following stats of course are a [...]

"Do we ever value man's opinion over God's?" One of my consistent prayers for those "in authority over us" is that they would care more about pleasing the God of the Universe than pleasing their demographic. Unfortunately many Christians fall into this same trap.  Our God is all-knowing, all-seeing, always-present; He is sovereign over all. The [...]

Happy 4th of July! What a great day to continue our discussion on rediscovering the path to moral equilibrium within our culture. As a nation established upon Biblical Principles, we acknowledge that we have lost our behavioral equilibrium simply because we have abandoned the foundational principles of His Word. We desire to celebrate our freedoms, but find that sin [...]

Have you noticed that bad behavior is routinely on public display, and there is little sense of it being wrong? I got to pondering this reality, and affirm what political scientist James Q. Wilson observes: "There are only two restraints on behavior...morality, enforced by individual conscience or social rebuke, and law, enforced by the police and the courts. [...]

Last weekend we were seated on a patio in a restaurant in South Lake Tahoe. A few tables away was a group of guys that had just returned from an early morning fishing excursion. We had just ordered our meal when one of them came over and asked us if we wanted some lake trout [...]

I just returned from spending a couple weeks with my family and some friends camping. Our camp trips always include riding quads, eating great (well different) food, staring into the fire ring, watching the stars and the bats, looking for Big Foot, and of course, shooting guns. I just love the whole camping experience; especially [...]

Last week we concluded with this thought as it concerns "unanswered prayers": The Almighty is in control of our lives as He accomplishes His perfect will. Like the Hebrews under the bondage of the Egyptians who were unable to see God's redemption until it was completed, we can't perceive all He's doing. Yet even in our most painful situations, [...]

The last couple of weeks we have been considering the "problem of unanswered prayer". We have concluded that the problem is not with the goodness of God but our perception of who He is. Let's affirm the Truth of this statement as INTENTIONAL men of God: God is the Sovereign of the Universe, and everything is within His power!  "The [...]