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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Friday, January 16, 2015

The Bible says that Jesus didn’t do any miracles in Nazareth “because of their lack of faith”. It’s when “faith” and application come together, that we “experience” and develop “belief”. So, believing God is who He says He is… is really our faith and our experiences melding together to bring us to the point of “believing” God.
The Bible “declares” that “In the beginning, God” and sets the stage, and sets the tone for everything that follows… “Those who come to God must first believe”..
I like how the Psalmist expresses it in Psalm 90:2 in what he calls the “prayer of Moses”…"Before the mountains were born, or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God." God has always existed and He always will exist.
    Just in the Book of Matthew we find several references to our faith given by Jesus; in 9:22 he says “Your faith has healed you”; in 9:29 he says “according to your faith it will be done unto you”; In 17:21 he tells the people “even if they had a little faith, as a mustard seed, they could move mountains”…And again in 13:58 it says that he “did not do many miracles in Nazareth, because of their lack of faith”. Some people don’t have enough faith to move a mustard seed!

    Now, I think we can agree that the words “faith” and “belief” are interchangeable in meaning; So, let me give you the opposite of what I just quoted from scripture, which is also true;  #1. God is pleased when we “believe” Him. #2. If we don’t believe, we are not saved. #3. If we don’t believe God, we cannot even approach His throne.  #4. It is a lack of believing God that brings “disunity”.  #5. Our unbelief obstructs healing. #6. Because of unbelief, nothing is done that could be done. #7. Because of unbelief, we can’t even move a mustard seed… And if we believed God, He would do many miracles in our midst!  In light of all that, do you think it’s important that we believe God is who he says he is?
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