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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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Daily book quote;

The key work of the Holy Spirit is:
1. To TEACH us and REMIND us.
2. To CONVICT us in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment.
3. To TESTIFY with our spirit, that we are children of God.
4. To manifest the FRUIT of the Spirit in our lives.
5. To give us SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT
6. To FILL us, or take CONTROL of our lives… which the Bible calls the sanctification process.
7. All of this is to help us know that He is greater than Satan or the world.

“And, this is how we KNOW that He lives in us; we know by the Spirit he gave us.” Once we understand these functions or the work or the purposes of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we then can look at ourselves and see if any of these things are there or not there in our lives.
    It would be sad to find ourselves in the position of 1Corinthians 2:14 where the things of the Spirit are foolishness and we cannot understand the things that are spiritually discerned and, the only thing that applies our life is the fact that the Holy Spirit is constantly convicting of the guilt of sin! If that is true for you, I have some bad news, and some wonderful news for you this morning; The bad news is that the reason you may struggle spiritually is because the Holy Spirit has been stifled in your life, and the good news is that relief and joy and understanding and assurance, is only a prayer away!

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