Requirements for Service

Requirements for Service

Service in God always begins with three things:  submission to God, obedience to His word (written and spoken) to us, and death to our selfish self-centered ways. Now please be careful there is a huge difference (and difficult to understand) between obedience (what...
Our Struggles of Life

Our Struggles of Life

The longer we go with God the more struggles we will have in our lives.  This is why many people turn their backs on God and walk no more with Him. All of these struggles in our lives center around our submission and obedience to God and His word.  It is always about...
Exposing Darkness Within

Exposing Darkness Within

When Jesus told the disciples and the crowd that followed Him, “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. 14Ye are the...
Unteachable

Unteachable

When we first come to the LORD our heart is soft and open, truth has no problem finding its way to our heart and Christian living, but as we go on in the LORD there seems to be a spirit that begins to grow in us and if not careful it can move us out of God.  Now it is...
In the Image of God

In the Image of God

Karen and I just returned from being with our son Daniel and his wonderful family. When I see Daniel and his son John I see so many similar characteristics. From their red hair to their passionate personality I see how John was made in the image and likeness of his...
Patient Waiting

Patient Waiting

Most of our time serving God is spent in the unknown and waiting.   God wants it to be patient waiting, but that is not often the case in our lives.  I do not know about you, but I often (even today) find myself so impatient.  I remember when I pastored in Germany,...
The Kingdom of God

The Kingdom of God

I was strongly disappointed on 28 June 2012 when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on two long awaited decisions. The first one was when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s healthcare bill and the second decision (which was more troubling to me...
Present Challenges: Vivian Maternity Clinic in Aveile, Nigeria

Present Challenges: Vivian Maternity Clinic in Aveile, Nigeria

The Vivian Maternity Clinic, Aveile, Nigeria   Brief History: In 2005 on my first trip to Nigeria to be with Mike Olufemi a former member of my church in Germany I had the good pleasure of meeting the High King Abebe of Aveile and of Edo State. One thing I was...