Parents, Even If You Feel You’ve Failed, Start Again Today One of the hallmarks we hope to achieve with Stand Firm Parents is to be transparent and realistic. And in being transparent and real, we must admit the unfortunate reality which is that most all of us parents fail at times. I have. I do. I did […]
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Fascination with the End Times The end times has fascinated me since I was twelve years old. Beginning with the Thief in the Night movie series by Mark IV in the 1970’s, I viewed every end times themed film that I could find. Since there are thousands of Christian books, documentaries and movies about the end
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A few weeks ago, I wrote an article that was unfortunately timely. At that time Russia seemed staged to invade the Ukraine, but still it seemed unlikely we’d see an unprovoked invasion like has occurred. The purpose of the article was to jump ahead of what I believe is an incorrect interpretation of Ezekiel 38
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Through Stand Firm and my writing, I talk a lot about the end of the age, but it’s not so much about saying we’re at the end of the age. It’s about letting the end help us see the trajectory of the current and coming challenges to the faith. One of the major lessons I
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I love our nation. I’m so thankful to have been born in the United States. I’m thankful for all the blessings we have been able to enjoy. I’m so thankful for the men and women who have and are defending our nation. Our nation has been used mightily for God in sending missionaries and resourcing
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Church Life May Implode “Church life as we know it may implode,” from my book Spiritual Prepper released in 2017. That might be one way to describe church life during the covid19 initial outbreak and lockdowns. It may even be a way to describe church life and the expression of our faith now after the
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Just go ahead and say it—I know you’re thinking it—we approach parenting in a weird way. It’s strange, we’re a prophecy and faith building ministry turned parent-support ministry. Yeap, it’s weird, but there are so many children raised in church, who have professed Christ but leave the church. We need to take a different approach.
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I don’t have a teenager, but here is the greatest advice in shepherding them to love and follow Jesus for life. Don’t worry the advice didn’t originate with me, but when I read it a few years ago my jaw dropped to the ground. I actually saw there was hope that a rebellious teen son
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Many people argue that Christ’s return is imminent, but the Bible actually declares that at least 25 events must occur before Jesus comes to reign on the earth. This is the 4th blog in a 6-part series on the prophecies that must be fulfilled before the Second Coming. If you missed the introduction, please go
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The Baptist Press released the findings of Lifeway Research’s annual study on the greatest needs of pastors this week. This week’s article focused on one question from the survey which asked, “What is the primary people dynamics challenge pastors face in their churches?” Overwhelmingly there was a consensus—75% of pastors said the main people dynamic
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