The peak of Mount Sinai, surrounded by other brown mountain peaks, and seen in a shaft of sunlight that has broken through dark clouds
Sunlight on Mount Sinai

God of the covenant Name

Knowing our Lord by name has nothing to do with calling him by a certain word. It has everything to do with knowing in our inmost being the One to whom that word points.

Stark black-and-white image from below: A slatted walkway spans the gap between two cliffs

One who stands in the gap

It’s a story from the distant past, with profound implications today. A story of glory on the mountain – mutiny in the valley. Reading it, we can see how the Lord responded when a people who had just committed themselves to be his people reveled in breaking their vows. As we open ourselves to the Word and the Spirit, may we see much more.

Three gray wolves, standing together on a rock ledge, threatening, howling

Cliques in the church

Cliques are by nature, exclusive. Wherever they occur in the church landscape, they fragment the church. They prevent the people of God from becoming one.

Smoke and mirrors: A looking glass - held up in front of a large, wispy plume of smoke in the distance - reveals only thick, impenetrable smoke, very near at hand.

Beth Moore and LifeWay: The ploy

When the "threat alarm" goes off in an abusive church system, the response is orchestrated and brutal. But it's church: Appearances must be kept up. People loyal to the system confuse while pretending to clarify, cover-up while pretending to address, attack while seeming to answer, put-down while pretending to help.

Closeup of a shiny, multicolored, beaded curtain. Behind it, a haze of green light - and who knows what else.

Behind the scenes at Living Proof Live

This is what happened when I served as onsite leader for a Beth Moore Living Proof Live event. It’s a peek into celebrity culture, the exploitation and manipulation of women and abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention.

During a stunning pink and purple sunset, over water, the sun appears to shine from the heart of a single umbrella-shaped acacia tree.

The place his glory dwells

In Moses’ day, the Lord went to great lengths to make a way to dwell in the midst of his people. Now, he’s made the way for his glory to dwell within us.