It has now been over two months since the tragic massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. There have been worse tragedies this year, but this one gripped the nation like few others have. It is fitting because this one was like a trip wire which has set off a series of events that have the power to define our future.

Shortly after the shooting, I visited the school with a group of NFL players from CAUSE (Christian Athletes United for Spiritual Empowerment). It has taken me this long to process all that I learned during that...

In 1999 the pattern of each year becoming more extraordinary than the last will continue. This year the church will go to a new level of both fruitfulness and power. Nine is the number of the Holy Spirit (there are 9 gifts and 9 fruits of the Spirit). Often those who know the power of the Spirit do not display much of the fruit of the Spirit, and those who have the fruit of the Spirit do not know the power of the Spirit. That will change in a great way this year. Those with the fruit of the...

The Y2K* problem is the computer glitch that will cause many computers to malfunction when their internal clocks turn to the new century on New Years Day 2000. Because many systems were not prepared for this when they were programmed, when computer clocks go to “00” at midnight on December 31, 1999, many will read this as “1900” instead of “2000,” making it difficult or impossible to retrieve the data stored in them. The fear is that banks will not know how much money they have or how much money you have in them. Inventories will be lost and...

A new breed of leadership will soon arise in the Body of Christ. The coming spiritual generation will not be content to wander in circles in the wilderness, and the coming leadership will be like Joshua and Caleb to lead them into the Promised Land.

Even though Joshua lead the new generation across the Jordan, and in the battles to possess the land, he was not a member of that generation. Joshua and Caleb were the lone survivors of the previous generation, which had left Egypt, but perished in the wilderness. It will likewise be those of the...

The New Age Movement has become a powerful force in the devil’s strategy to blind the world to the gospel of Jesus Christ. One reason why this movement has been so effective is because many New Age teachings closely mirror the great truths of the gospel, but then carry them to conclusions that are in conflict with the most central of all Christian truths—the cross. Because of the seriousness of this deception, it is understandable that the church has developed a knee-jerk reaction to the very words “new age.” Even so, the way we combat darkness is not to...