History
Will Americans Make the Sacrifice to Change the World?
The War with Iran has been just over three months. Forty days were spent eliminating the evil leaders of the Islamic Republic, the Iranian air defenses, navy, ballistic missile sites, and renewed efforts to produce an atomic bomb.
A fragile ceasefire continues as we negotiate an end to the conflict.
We stand at an historic “hinge of history” in the Middle East and the world. Will we as Americans be willing to sacrifice short term to liberate the Iranian people?
The Permanent Victory of the Cross and Resurrection
Easter time is one of the most memorable weeks of year for me, from sun-rise services, to Easter 1974 in the Holy Land, to cross walks through my hometown for the past 33 years.
A ministry friend recently asked me if he could send my 2018 Easter blog to his list of 10,000 young pastors in America. I said I’d be honored–and decided to also share it again with you.
Easter is special, world-changing, cosmos altering.
It celebrates the permanent victory of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
The 21st Century Satanic Partnership
When I wrote Leadership for the 21st Century in 1989 (which predicted the fall of the Iron Curtain before it happened), I included a chapter on competing worldviews we might face in the new millennium. I felt then that biblical faith (Christ’s Kingdom advance in the nations) would be challenged strongly by either atheism in all its forms or Islam.
One thing I never considered was that atheists and jihadists might partner together to hinder God’s redemptive work on earth. But that’s what is happening in the 2020’s.
And here’s the primary reason why:
The forces of darkness and the human ideologies that follow them want anything but Christ.