A Trustworthy Father
Here is the latest update on the new journey upon which I find myself walking in trust. I apologize to my deaf friends as I am working from home and do not have the captioning software to add the text to the video on my home computer. I may be working out of the house…
Time for Surgery!
Hi, everyone. I just wanted to post a quick note this morning and let you know that I will head into surgery in a few hours. The hospital called late Monday night and told us that the surgery had been bumped up from an afternoon slot to a morning slot. Amy and I will arrive…
College of the Shadowed Valley
For those who follow Jesus wherever He wisely chooses to lead, there will be seasons in the shadowed valley. Not every measured time period in our lives will be lived out atop the mountain of victory. Part of our call to faith-filled lives of trust and obedience in Jesus require that we are piercingly tested…
Jeff’s Medical Challenge
Hey, everyone. We shared with our church family some news that came to me recently about a medical challenge I am facing. The video below brings us up to date. I hope you will watch it and pray for me. Also, if you are on Facebook, join the group (Lyle Breakthrough Group) that our media…
Telling A Loudmouth To Go To Hell
My son is one of the most animated people I know. We love Landon’s enthusiasm and zest for life. Granted, there were times when he was younger when we considered slipping a sedative in his Gatorade to mellow him, but normally we are blessed by how funny and entertaining he is. Since he was very…
Some Thoughts On Racial Injustice
When the Sunday worship gatherings come to an end, somebody is assigned to turn off the lights and to lock the doors at the church. Those rooms where, just a few hours before, there echoed vibrancy, truth, life, celebration, joy and power…now sit in stillness, darkness and silence. More than once in my twenty-plus years…
Holding the Torch Without Keeping It
“Let Your work be shown to your servants, and Your glorious power to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!” – Psalm 90:16-17 Psalm 90 is a good one for the beginning of…
Polish, Rust or Oil?
Sometimes a verse in the Bible will get inside of you in a way that it becomes impossible to shake. Not that we would ever want to shake off something in the Word of God, but there are seasons where the Holy Spirit will tattoo your heart and mind with a verse that just stays…
Why We All Must Be Spirit-Filled
Over the last few years I have been led by God to place a strong private and public emphasis on what the Scripture teaches concerning the person and work of God the Spirit. For some, this shift in my public emphasis was a struggle over the years, as most of my history was rooted in…
2020: Handling the Fire
These days it seems that so many Christians from various backgrounds and cultures are all sensing the same thing: the beginnings of true revival are occurring. It is common for us to hear, “Revival is coming!” That noncommittal anecdote leaves plenty of latitude for us to shrug for years if true Revival never actually arrives….