Mantra of The Thirty I believe that the enemy divides all people into two categories: those he can ignore and those he has to fight. I want to be one of those that he has to fight. —Releasing Your Church’s Potential
Taking flak
“The thirty” were not adverse to taking on lopsided odds. In fact, those heroics were what made them famous. The exploits they each created fed the fearlessness of the others; they seemingly thrived on attacking the impossible. They were literally “giant-killers.” But such fierceness isn’t without retribution. Simply reading of their endeavors, you get a […]
Defeated by a… gate?
I tend to camp out in a passage for several days at a time. The longer I stay in it, the more alive it becomes. I’ve been rolling around for almost two weeks in 2 Samuel 23 (and it’s parallel counterpart in 1 Chronicles 11), as I noted the other day. I’ve always been a […]
Have you had your eyes gourged out?
“Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him. So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and […]
Miracles, smiracles, I want faith!
I’m headed back to Brazil in just a few weeks. I just had a conversation with a fellow about the supernatural activity that seems to occur while on trips there and that got us into a discussion on the relationship between miracles and faith. As I tend to do, I began to ruminate on miracles […]