We all know that people perish without a clear vision.
The recent TV hit show, Lost, has had a group on it attempting to escape the deadly island. In hopes of running across a shipping lane at random, this bamboo raft has experienced lots of problems (bear in mind I have caught only a [...]

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I am an unabashed fan of the Message version. On the other hand, I have grown over the years to dislike the NIV version more and more. The NIV may be useful for a novel like quick read through the scriptures, but for making a point in teaching, it is practically worthless. The Message has [...]

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We all know that people “scatter” or “perish” without a vision.
Question:  How do people receive a vision?
Answer:  Through a God-inspired visionary!
The source of that vision is the power, presence and intimacy of the Holy Spirit. Paul describes one of the marks of a leader: he or she must have the skill of [...]

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Some of you who know my story only know the highlights and have glossed over the lowlights.  This is partly because I have chosen to not speak completely freely and in great detail about the lowlights.  Suffice it to say, any of us could get together and share our various war stories of betrayal from [...]

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One of the trite, catch phrases that is often used today by slick, $10,000 a day speakers is “Vision.”  But when you do a little digging into the speaker’s background (isn’t Google great!) you quickly discover that the speaker hasn’t been a vision-dispenser in years if not decades.  In the case of one of the [...]

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I don’t know a single leader who signed up or joined  the calling to be a leader in the Church to do anything less than to change the world. Maybe that’s not where you have ended up settling on recently or giving into at long last after what you have termed “realism” has set in, [...]

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