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The Thinker

A Multilingual Jesus

God speaks to some subjectively, and to others objectively, and each often forgets that Jesus is multilingual.

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Embrace

Room at the Inn

This Christmas, the question yet remains: Is there still no room at the inn? Take a chance. Embrace the Joseph’s and Mary’s of our age.

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Redemption

If Jesus doesn’t work for the worst of us, then He works for none of us.

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Marianne

I Am Content

A poem of sorts to express my gratitude to the Lord and my love to my wife, Marianne.

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Compassion for the Afflicted

About Justice

Jesus comforted the afflicted, and afflicted the comfortable.

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Embrace

Grace, Mercy and Love

Too often, we forget that there is a context to grace, mercy and love.

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u-turn

The Road to Grace

For the religious, the road to grace is the toughest journey they’ll ever face. But slowly, I’m finally starting to find it.

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Life on a Tight Rope

Ordained to Fail

Those who take on the mantle of “Pastor” are operating within a framework, and on assumptions and traditions, that God never ordained.

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A Hollow Gospel

A Hollow Gospel

Broken lives and real people are inconvenient and demand more than your hollow gospel and podium-oriented focus can give. But praise God, you have great meetings!

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lies

Silence = Death

To those who have been violated, and to those who know, may God give you the grace to find the voice they took from you.

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Lost

I Saw Satan Fall

Confession, forgiveness and repentance have become forgotten ordinances that we have twisted into ineffective spiritual abstractions. As a result, most churches have lost the ability to meaningfully administer those graces today.

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mega-church

Starve the Beast

People are cutting back as they see how their tithes and offerings are typically misused by churches. It seems that folks are fed up with all the money grubbing for ego-buildings, staff who are increasingly detached from real ministry, and life-sucking programs that don’t really advance the Kingdom of God.

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Seat of Luxury

Limousine Liberals

One afternoon a liberal congressman – well known for supporting expensive budget busting government programs to “help” the poor – was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop so he could investigate….

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Jesus, the Living Word

If we deny that God speaks and acts today in vibrant, direct and personal ways, and if we try to box Him in by claiming that He only speaks through Scripture, then how are we different from Muslims?

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Interview with God

Interview with God

A friend posted this on Facebook, and it’s so very true…

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church

Tidy Whitey

Why is it that white, middle-class suburban Christians persist in acting as though God is white, middle-class suburban?

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Crossing Over Chasm

Church?

Have we drifted so far from Biblical norms that we can’t even call a group of Christians who are fulfilling the Biblical mandates for “church” a “church” because the word “church” has become so corrupted?

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Christ Chapel Assembly of God

Hypocrisy and Courage

If we don’t value the sexuality of our young enough to expose and stop leaders who have become sexual thieves, then why should we expect our young to also value sexual integrity?

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Hurt and Confusion

Beauty from Ashes

I take on pastoral sex abuse cases not only because I believe in justice, but because I also believe in redemption. Often, I have the privilege of seeing God’s grace shine through as healing comes and the survivors begin to find the strength to reclaim their lives – and their stolen voices.

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Mentoring Entrepreneurs

Here’s a TV program that’s been airing in our area about one of the ministries in which I’m involved. I, and others, have been mentoring and working with folks who are gifted with entrepreneurial aptitude. Our focus is helping them start and grow new businesses, based on solid, real-world experience and sound Biblical principles.

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Final Product!

Christian Counseling Class

I will be teaching a semester-long Christian counseling class beginning next Tuesday, September 6th, through early December. We will be meeting every Tuesday evening at my home just south of Manassas, Virginia, from 7:00 to 9:15 pm.

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Shameful Silence

When loyalty to the leader trumps integrity, and folks sit silent, then it’s no longer a church – it’s a cult.

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Salute

Government Run Amuck

History demonstrates the utter folly of all state-sanctioned utopian schemes and confirms that the road to hell truly is paved with good intentions.

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Being the Church

This short video brought tears to my eyes over my longing for authentic church to take root throughout our communities.

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The Wolves Among Us

David Wilkerson died unexpectedly. May God raise up other mighty lions of the faith who speak with clarity and anointing against the wolves among us, as he did.

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Tearing Apart

The Buffers Between Us

I was hungry and you were glad you voted for politicians who supported food stamps…

I was destitute and you wondered if there was a homeless shelter nearby…

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Phoney

Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 4: Civil and Criminal Law

So you’ve tried to follow the procedure of 1 Tim. 5, as discussed in Part 3 of this series, by investigating and exposing church leaders who abused their positions of power and trust. But what if you were rebuffed? Or what if – despite public reprimand, confession and repentance – you reasonably fear that they [...]

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Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 3: A Mandatory Public Reprimand

What if an unrepentant leader’s sin is public and brings reproach on the church, or is an abuse of his position of trust and power in the church? Then he must be openly rebuked as a public warning to all – no exceptions! 1 Timothy 5 teaches this.

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Christ Chapel Assembly of God

Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 2: How Should We React?

How should we react to an unrepentant pastor who’s used his position of trust and power to prey on women – often after turning to him for spiritual counsel and support during vulnerable times in their lives?

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Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 1: My Personal Angst

Much to my dismay, God keeps bringing people to my door who have been abused by a pastor or other trusted church leader. Over the last year, I’ve taken on three cases against abusive pastors. Two involve significant embezzlement and fraud by pastors in different churches. A third involves extensive sexual abuse and misconduct by [...]

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A Warrior’s Heart

I thank God for the young men and women who defend our nation, and who have dedicated themselves to the discipline and skills needed to plan and carry out dangerous missions like yesterday’s assault on Bin Laden deep in the heart of Pakistan. May we never forget that it is God who creates the warrior’s [...]

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The Storm

The Storm

There is something in the prophetic personality that loves the thunder, the lightning and the storm.

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Understanding the Seven Motivational Gifts

This PowerPoint presentation looks at the seven gifts listed in Romans 12, and the motivations and ways that different people use those differing gifts.

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A Tale of Two Ministries

In nature, there’s a word for a place with inflow but no outflow: It’s called a swamp. God’s people are not called to be dead, stagnant swamps, but to offer living water: Cool, fresh, flowing and life giving. Unfortunately, too many church gatherings are about inflow and not outflow. Churches today are focused on meetings [...]

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