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Monday, March 17th, 2008“I wish every pastor and Assemblies of God lay person could have been in the room the day we met with the Ethnicity Commission and heard the reports of what God is doing,” General Superintendent George O. Wood told me following the annual meeting of The Commission on Ethnicity, December 5, 2007.
“I was moved with […]
Two Friends Named Paul
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008My friend Paul Veliquette, pastor of the Windsor (Colo.) Assembly of God, wrote our Daily Boost devotional today. Daily Boost is a devotional that TPE puts out every weekday, available both online or by free email subscription.
Paul’s devotional is of special interest to me because it is about a mutual friend who is no longer […]
Why I Won’t Be Watching the NBA All-Star Game
Saturday, February 16th, 2008I’m a sports fan, but I don’t watch the NBA All-Star game. The NBA is enough about individual play and primadonna superstars as it is, but when you put them all together with the express purpose of seeing who can call attention to himself the most, it plays out too much like a self-love fest, […]
Giving and Receiving
Saturday, February 16th, 2008“Give that it may be given unto you.” I heard a television minister misquote Luke 6:38 that way. There is no question that the Greek word kai means “and,” not “that.” Jesus was not encouraging Christians to give in order to receive; He was teaching that blessings flow to believers as a result of a […]
911 Fails; Woman Dies
Saturday, February 9th, 2008The Associated Press reported this today:
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A disabled woman who called 911 to report a fire in her bedroom was put on hold and later died in the blaze, a newspaper reported.
It took seven rings — about 27 seconds — before a 911 operator picked up the call from Brenda Orr, […]
Storms Slam the South
Friday, February 8th, 2008Tornadoes ripped across several southern states on Super Tuesday, killing at least 47 and injuring hundreds.
It was an unusual, acute pattern of winter weather, unexpected by those who were hit hardest
One family of three, parents and their 11-year-old child, died in their home. One man died from his injuries when his brother couldn’t get him […]
Churches Need Bellwethers
Thursday, February 7th, 2008In the recent primaries, the state I live in, Missouri, was repeated described as a “bellwether state,” because it has picked the winner of every presidential election except one in the past 100 years. (That was in 1956, when Dwight Eisenhower topped Adlai Stevenson.)
But the question left ringing in the minds of countless Americans is […]
Scriptures to Live by: Philippians 4:8
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Think about good things.
We have all heard the positive thinking slogans.
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.”
“Talk your dreams into reality.”
“You live what you say.”
None of these is true. But there is an element of truth in them.
The psychological mind-over-matter philosophy is wrong, as is the speak-truth-into-reality positive confession doctrine. […]
God Moving in Iraq
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008I’m feeling pretty unworthy right about now. This morning, our guest speaker at our weekly chapel service at Headquarters was an Iraqi pastor who leads a church in Baghdad, Iraq. Conditions are much better for believers there since the fall of Sadam Hussein, but there is still significant persecution, so I will not share his […]
Weird Happenings in the Air
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I’m a frequent flyer but there are some aspects of flying I may never get used to. On a personal blog, I did a series on “Adventures in Flying,” and, believe me, I’ve had some.
But there was a bizarre story reported today that could give anyone a fear of flying.
It seems an Air Canada flight […]
