YES, this IS another blog on “Christmas Greed.” But please do NOT give up on it because of the subject’s familiarity to you. Why? Because ALL BELIEVERS need to continually remind themselves of this nasty beast called GREED–especially at Christmas when the world elevates materialism to center stage and we are at great risk of being attacked.    But Christmas is not the only reason GREED...

Jesus is the LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Yes, even now in the middle of a pandemic’s ferocious fury. There’s no question about that fact. But there is a question—Are YOU with him, shining that same light?    We were formerly bound to the darkness, but Jesus rescued us to his light–the LIGHT OF THE WORLD. “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have...

SCORCHED-EARTH is a military strategy deployed with ruthless tactics by one side to destroy anything that might be useful to its opponent and, in the process, completely kill them off at any cost. Using a SCORCHED EARTH strategy produces destructive carnage of course, but its most powerful force is PSYCHOLOGICAL in how it destroys the HEART and WILL of everyone it hits.    SCORCHED EARTH...

The frightening surge of COVID-19 cases raging across the planet has taken away our collective breath. We are careening toward a COVID CHRISTMAS that will look like nothing anyone has seen. All of us better strap in for what looks like a bumpy trip to the vaccinated goal line.    That is today’s very-real reality—and challenge—for EVERYBODY. But it begs this very specific question for CHRISTIANS:    Where...

Looking through thousands of comments from our global online tribe this past year has given me deep insight into the heartbeat of what it means to be a Christian on planet earth in 2020. I’m not a cardiologist, but I can clearly see that it’s a confused heart beating faster and faster. A frightened heart skipping more and more beats. A fragile heart looking for a way to slow down like a NASCAR driver...

This just in from our global online tribe: “I cannot figure out how to follow Jesus and it’s really frustrating. Please help me.”    I love this question for two reasons: It’s difficult to answer; and 2) Getting it answered is fundamental to a believer’s faith walk. So let’s tackle it head on.    All believers—at one time or another and to some degree or another—search for an IDEALIZED...

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS—we’re in the home stretch toward Christmas 2020! That means our spending marathon has us CLICKING PAY every day on our way to spending ONE HALF TRILLION DOLLARS by months end. Along the way all of us will be subjected to a NOISE WAR that will threaten to CANNIBALIZE our holiday mindshare and heart-share during December. What’s at risk? The disappearance of Jesus from the celebration...

There have been thousands of blogs written on a Christian’s AVAILABILITY over their ABILITY. Most believers have heard this subject’s core message that “God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.” AND IT’S TRUE!    Not super stars. Not super saints. Not super theologians. God uses regular, ordinary people who can move mountains when they are propelled by the Holy Spirit. Which...

Four life-changing words of faith–GOD IS IN CONTROL—are being spoken more now than I can ever recall. No doubt fueled by a crippling pandemic; I see evidence of it in the thousands of comments from our global online tribe. This is a very good thing for Christianity and indeed the world.    But that positive thought was interrupted yesterday by a dear friend in middle America who asked...

Yesterday I wrote that asking God “WHAT’S NEXT” is important, but so is doing WHAT’S NEXT. That message prompted this question from an American member of our global online tribe: How do you ask God WHAT’S NEXT while continuing to move forward?    Asking God WHAT’S NEXT–while moving forward into UNCERTAINTY—comes down to making sure we are available and “OPEN TO” what GOD SAYS.    Many...