Out of options.  Discouraged.  Jaded.  Disgusted.  Fearful. Bitter. Fatalistic.  I have experienced all of these undesirable aspects of life.  I wish I could boldly declare that these facets of living ...

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 ...

Mark 8:18 - “Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?”   These words from Jesus prophetically instruct us in ...

“Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst” – John 19:48 Upon the cross, our dying King never lost His awareness ...

God reserves the right to initiate changes throughout our lifetimes. Nobody's life remains the same forever. For those who are following Jesus, there is the consistent component of change. Because ...

Two thousand years ago, here is some of what was occurring in the universe: God the Father declared in Heaven that the fullness of time on earth had arrived – ...

Hey, friends! I was invited last June to be one of 70+ authors, pastors and leaders to collaborate on a book on the topic of Revival. Pastor Todd Smith of ...

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?” These ancient words of Jeremiah in Lamentations 1:12 are on my mind this morning. He desperately wanted his generation to ...

With my last few posts being focused on the cancer diagnosis I received a few weeks ago, I wanted to post something today with a little bit more of an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wishing all of you an enriching Christmastime and a bountiful year to come! I plan to resume writing after the New Year and new decade begins. Refuse the toxic smog ...

For many years as a younger Christian, I rarely thought of my need to personally encounter the presence of God. I assumed He was present because I had a healthy ...

It has been my practice not to invest much of my public communication to the world of politics. Frankly, it is an unworthy steward of my time, thoughts, energies and ...

The most accessible biblical answer to the question, “What is God doing in the world today?” can be found in Revelation 21:5 when the One seated upon Heaven’s throne declares, “Behold, ...

The last couple of generations of American males have been taught that fighting is bad. My son got suspended from school in fourth grade for fighting back against a fifth ...

Most of us would be surprised to do a survey of the Bible with our singular goal to be to discern what is written therein about human sexuality. Scripture is ...

Tonight, at we will launch into a new Summer sermon series which will unpack Jesus' longest recorded sermon, commonly referred to as The Sermon on the Mount. I have called ...

Father, On this day we come before You with nothing that You need.  We sometimes scramble to bring You something when we come to pray. Today, I bring you nothing ...

This past Sunday evening, my co-pastor, Billy Humphrey, asked my wife, Amy, to share some of her story. In 2011, Amy was hit head-on by a distracted driver. She nearly ...

If you have been following the Transforming Truth blog for any length of time, you are familiar with the pulse that is in my Kingdom veins. You know what I ...

The Bible does an amazing job at balancing the human experience  with a divine dosage of reality.  Perhaps one of the easiest ways to bring harm to the cause of ...

Yes, the enemy has a plan for your life. He is organized. He is committed. He is relentless. Satan and his demonic army are real and active. The last thing ...

“You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men. And He said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in ...