About me

I was born and raised in Northern (Superior) Wisconsin about 80 miles from the Canadian border; and, yes it gets very cold there! At the young age of 32 I began to feel called into ministry. One night at a church dinner, my wife Judy and I sat at a table next to our district superintendent. In the course of our conversation, he said that he had a small church that needed someone to supply the pulpit until he could appoint a new pastor. My pastor suggested that maybe I could do that. I agreed, and two Sundays later, my wife and I drove to that small rural church. Little did we know that I would fill the pulpit in that church for thirteen years!

I have now been in the ministry for 35 years after also serving churches in Virginia and Maryland. I am currently retired...well, sort of. In my retirement, I am now serving as part-time Pastor of First Evangelical Covenant Church in Superior Wi. I began writing books about seven years ago, and still enjoy speaking and teaching when I can. My wife Judy passed away in 2021and I have since remarried to My wife Crystal.

I have a deep desire to help people grow in their faith and knowledge of God’s Word. My books are what I call a “Quest for Discipleship”. As I said, I am a published author and I have nineteen books which include my latest called "Tell Me, Show Me, Fill Me, Change Me"; "In It For Life"; “By His Hand”; “Show and Tell”; “The Promised Gift”; “Jars of Clay”; “The Kingdom of God”; “From the Pastor’s Desk”; “More From the Pastor’s Desk”; "T.E.A.M."; "Let Earth Receive Her King"; "Therefore" "Principles from Proverbs"; "God's Top ten"; "Prayer Changes Things", "5 R's of Revelation" and two "Renewed Faith" 90 day devotionals all by Life Ministries Publishing.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014


Kings and Chronicles -

    “There are a couple of things that these books bring out concerning the Kingdom of God. The first one, of course is the ongoing history of Israel. That is the history of Solomon’s reign; the history of the split of the nation, and why it happened; the history of Israel’s line of kings in both the Northern and Southern kingdoms. Overall, we get a lot of historical facts from these books.
    A second thing we get out of them is the obedience and/or disobedience to the Sinai covenant that the nation made with God, and how decisive this was for the kingdom’s destiny. (I think this may be a clue as to what the 1000 year reign is all about, and why Satan is loosed in the end “to deceive the nations.” (Revelation 20:8) Just a thought.
    Another prominent feature is the emphasis on prophecy and fulfillment. On at least eleven occasions a prophecy is recorded, and then later in the book is said to be fulfilled.  God sent a long line of prophets to call kings and people back to loyalty basically in the northern kingdom, but for the most part their warnings fell on deaf ears. Particular attention is given however to the ministries of Elijah and Elisha.
    But, for the most part, the reason for these books goes beyond historical to the true understanding of (why) these things happened in Israel’s history. Having the availability of the Word, we can see and know that God was again, working below the surface - in control - while things at the time seemed to be out of control.”

 
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