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October 2026

October 14, 2026

What Being a Modern-Day Apostle Means to Me

In my last column, I discussed the ins and outs of modern-day apostles. While the...

October 07, 2026

Principles for Understanding the Apostolic Ministry Today

Whenever people discover that my formal ministry title is "apostle," as in I walk in...

September 2026

September 23, 2026

Assessing How Much You Want to Find God in Your Life

There’s an old Zen story that reads: A hermit was meditating by a river when...

September 16, 2026

Why God Allows us to “Miss” Him

Have you ever been in a situation where you swear you heard from God...and you...

September 09, 2026

Jezebel: The Woman we Never Knew

Jezebel. We hear so much of her, and yet know so little about her. Some...

September 02, 2026

Catching the Small Internet Actions that Impact our Faith

We live in an overwhelming world. Whether we narrate our world through the narrow lens...

August 2026

August 19, 2026

In the Kingdom of God, Priorities Matter

It is you priests who show contempt for My Name. “But you ask, ‘How have...

July 2026

July 15, 2026

A Summary on How to Discern the Gift of Discernment

Many years ago, God spoke a simple word to me about the gift of discernment:...

July 01, 2026

When God Reveals a Divine Revelation…And We Wish He Hadn’t

Almost 16 years ago, I sat in a Burger King in Puerto Rico. We'd just...

April 2026

April 22, 2026

Christian Unity is About More Than Agreeing on Every Point

When Senator John McCain died in 2018, news programs shifted from whatever they were talking...

March 2026

March 04, 2026

You are Called Out of the Box

My recent move was definitely not my first. In fact, it's my seventh move in...

February 2026

February 25, 2026

Embracing Change as You Step out of Your Comfort Zone

Ask yourself the following questions to determine your comfort zones: When was the last time...

February 04, 2026

Understanding Social Justice Advocacy From a Bible Viewpoint

During a recent seminary class, my students and I explored the current trends in advocacy....

October 2025

October 29, 2025

Seven Things Christian Leaders Should Do for Each Other

It's Clergy Appreciation Month! This means it's time to show minister support our pastors, apostles,...

October 22, 2025

Seven Things Your Leader Doesn’t Say, but Wants You to Know

Over my many years in ministry, I've had a number of awkward conversations with those...

October 15, 2025

Ten Things Ministers Don’t Discuss About Being in Ministry

When you think of a minister's life, what do you think it's like? Do you...

October 08, 2025

Kingdom Lessons From the Government Shutdown

The recent government shutdown has inspired a number of thoughts that lead me to ministry....

September 2025

September 17, 2025

Identifying False Christs and False Messiahs

I still remember standing in front of the television as I watched the seize at...

September 10, 2025

Crossing Borders is Part of Our Faith

Lately I’ve been thinking about the Hillsong United song, Oceans. Even though it's several years...

September 03, 2025

Words of Wisdom to Unlock Leadership Potential

The majority of my 25-year ministry has been spent in leadership training, development, maintenance, and...

August 2025

August 27, 2025

The Process of Spiritual Pruning

Spiritual pruning. Cutting off. Trimming back. Rearranging. Elimination. Whatever you want to call it, removing...

August 20, 2025

How Leaders are Humbled by Ministry

Years back, I worked with a minister who was a great man of God. He...

August 13, 2025

Personalizing Prison Ministry

In 2002, my ministry (then known as Apostolic Fellowship International Ministries) began publishing what would...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Working With People You Don’t Like (and Vice Versa)

Getting along with others. The phrase alone makes us sigh. We love the idea of...

June 2025

June 18, 2025

Discerning Wise and Foolish Behavior

The parable of the wise and foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) illustrates the importance of being...

May 2025

May 28, 2025

Don’t Neglect Christian Hospitality

Once upon a time, a discussion online encouraging ministers to go overseas caused me to...

May 07, 2025

Christian Women: Surrounded by so Great a Cloud of Witnesses

Lucy Burns was a suffragist. She was arrested, beaten, and thrown in jail without cause...

April 2025

April 30, 2025

We are Called to be Christian Leaders in Unity

Most of us know the great command we have to edify the church, Christ's body. ...

September 2024

September 04, 2024

Five Unsung Leadership Heroes in the New Testament

In our last column, we looked at five unsung leadership heroes in the Old Testament....

August 2024

August 28, 2024

Five Unsung Leadership Heroes in the Old Testament

Those in western culture are frequently familiar with Bible heroes, even if they are not...