Revival
My View of the World 2026
In the first blog of each new year, I like to share a personal perspective on what is happening in the world. I do this as one who reads, watches, prays, and senses a call to share what I “see.”
I want all of us to be modern-day sons of Issachar who “understand the times with a knowledge of what God’s people should do” (1 Chronicles 12:32).
Informed perspective gives us both the wisdom to act and peace to live by.
Here is my view of the world 2026. I welcome your comments.
An Open Letter to Pastors About Charlie Kirk’s Death
Three weeks after the Charlie Kirk assassination, a spirit of violence seems rampant in America. Yes, hatred and violence have been with us since the murder of Abel in the Garden of Eden.
But throughout U.S. history, the flourishing of violence was generally kept in the closet by the predominant Judeo-Christian worldview. Ninety percent of us believed that murdering innocent people was wrong.
Not anymore. And the Church must shine God’s light into the darkness.
Forgiveness: The Greatest Mark of Knowing Jesus?
I took five hours Sunday, September 21, to watch live Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Service before 90,000 people in Glendale, Arizona. It was a moving experience–worth every minute.
It may be the greatest funeral ever witnessed in America because of technology which allowed us to “live” every moment of its grandeur.
The passing of other significant Americans (like Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) were viewed by larger larger processionals, but you didn’t hear all the words that video can capture and relay worldwide.
One theme stood out to me above the rest.
Forgiveness. Read More