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June 16, 2018

Sermon: The Power of a Father

Last year on Father’s Day, I preached a message on the power of a father. As Benjamin was being born to the patriarch Jacob, his dying […]
June 11, 2018

How Preconceived Beliefs Impact our Spiritual Discernment

Sometimes we tend to think that when God speaks, moves, or acts, it will be completely obvious that it was God who acted. But in many […]
May 31, 2018

The Perils of Passive Leadership

Healthy and effective leadership requires a wide variety of character traits and skills. We must first have a heart-posture of serving the ones we lead. We […]
May 11, 2018

Sermon: Living for Eternity

“For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” (James 4:14) At the beginning of this year, […]
May 4, 2018

The Role of Fasting in Receiving and Ministering Deliverance

I believe that prayer and fasting is one of the keys to walking in a greater anointing for deliverance. Fasting means to abstain from food for […]
April 26, 2018

Removing the Stigma Associated with Deliverance from Demons

One of the obstacles to seeing the ministry of deliverance fully restored and active in the church today is that there is often an unnecessary stigma […]
April 12, 2018

Sermon: The Gate of Heaven

This past Sunday I preached a message at Threshold Church called The Gate of Heaven. Genesis 28 records a dream that Jacob had, in which he saw a […]
April 4, 2018

The Subtle Danger of Soulish Preaching

One of the subtle dangers in preaching is for the message to be more soulish than spiritual. This is what happens when human wisdom runs the […]
April 2, 2018

Using “Discovering Your Destiny” for Small Groups

My book Discovering Your Destiny was released just about two years ago, and is currently my top-selling book. Our destiny is directly connected to, and flows […]
March 26, 2018

Is Entertainment Depleting your Spiritual Life?

I am convinced that one of the greatest idols in America today is entertainment. It is not that entertainment in and of itself is sinful, but […]
March 17, 2018

Sermon: Knowing God by Experience

I recently preached a message on the importance of knowing God by experience. In John 17:3 Jesus gives a definition of eternal life: “And this is […]
March 3, 2018

3 Foundations for Healthy Leadership in the Kingdom

There is a vast difference between the leadership paradigm of the world and leadership in God’s kingdom. Whether this leadership takes place in the home, the […]