Success Stories

With all the street performers, and it being a busy weekend, I barely noticed this guy in the park working a booth promoting atheism. He was wearing one of those funny propeller beanie hats and looking kind of ridiculous. I just intended to keep walking, but a white board posing a question caught my eye:...

“Rodney” is a man-boy; a Peter Pan. He never wants to grow up—living on the edge offers too much fun. In fact, impermanence marks his only permanence. Inside, he is empty and shallow—but, Rodney doesn’t know it. He has found a substitute for intimacy, and it consumes his mind, his energy, and his strength. What...

Do you know anyone who has died of the flu? I guess I do now, and it came as a shock. I received an email telling me that on March 8, we lost Dr. Joe Nicolosi. After a brief hospitalization for the flu and dehydration, “[his illness] progressed into kidney failure and finally cardiac arrest,”...

HAVING FAITH IN TIMES OF DISTRESS Distress, it seems, is the norm for humanity stricken by sin. We read about it in our news feeds constantly and we can get the feeling that the world, locally and globally, is collapsing around us. Because of Jesus, even in these distressing times, we have reason for hope. Indeed,...

Walking With Spiritual Authority Have you ever experienced a battleground that seems like there is no source of hope? You're not alone. The good news is that we have an all knowing and powerful God that is with us in the midst of battle. To walk in Spiritual Authority, we must put on the Spiritual...

“Caught in the middle between the Park officer and the Virginia police, Pastor Riggs reminded his group that God had told him to go into D.C.—and go into D.C., he would.” Saddle-weary cowboys on the trail, dusty from a 1,200 mile trek on horseback from Texas to Washington D.C. In the 1800s, such a journey...

Spiritual Courage in Difficult Times Having a purpose in life is essential to both body and spirit. In challenging times we seek a comfortable place of refuge to find peace in our hour of need. The very fiber of our hearts and souls are compromised when we look to the world for answers to those...

National TRANSFORMATION TRUMPS LEGISLATION Donald J. Trump is set to become our incoming 45th President of the United States. Evangelical Christians that voted for him in record numbers hope for the best: a leader who acknowledges our dissatisfaction with the “antis”: the anti-God and anti-prayer movements. We see brighter possibilities for the “pros,” including a...