There is a huge lie the deceiver is telling us, and that is that God doesn't care. You are probably feeling this at the moment, wondering if He is really there. This is the ancient serpents greatest and most used move. The serpent insinuates that if God cared he wouldn't hold anything back from humanity (ie: the knowledge of Good and evil= the knowledge of how to run our own lives) Although the serpent is defeated in full, he is crafty in his death blows, and he will whisper

Gal 3:8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." Acts 10:34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. 36 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all

Eph 5:16 ESV - 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. There is no question why Christians are on this earth! You were built to subdue evil and represent the good. That is what being made in the Image means. Make no mistake, your task is to be on mission for God's Kingdom...taking spiritual ground...nothing else. That mission starts today. It didn't end yesterday, and its not wating on tomorrow...its now. If your looking for a way to do your part, to ca

During a conversation at church I realized how sick I am of men hiding behind the term, "God's still in charge." Yes, that is the only hope we have, against the sin matrix of this world, and against our own sin. Yes, it's absolutely true! It's also true that God's will, will be done at any point in history Dan 2:21. But the sediment, that is so prevalent in American Christiondom nowadays, is being used as a way to shift our God Given responsibility of being salt, to a mere

Jesus came to seek and save the Lost! Weve all have heard it and it feels good to know, but when we rely on our perspective; see it from our ego, the idea of "saved" becomes twisted and inactive. A singular event, existing in space and time rather than a supernatural reclamation that transcends time. Being saved has less to do with your personal salvation and more to do with God's glory! And, that is where the good news lays! God defines salvation it through his mouthpiece J

There is a Spiritual war waging in the invisible, yet it is extremely real.  The war in Ukraine presses on even when the two nations involved have interest in peace talks. Isreal gets hammered with rockets, forcing a retaliation that cost thousands of human lives. Closer to home, lies propagated through the pandemic still have a lingering effect on millions...killing trust in systems and fellow countrymen. Crisis after crisis the enemy marches forward with his battle plan. Th

Trees don't get to pick where they are planted. They don't even think about it. They just strive to their full potential. Why do humans, far superior to trees, turn their back on their God given potential?

Secular motivational speakers who peddel their Alpha mentality are leading you down the path of adolescent boys that have no clue as to where they are going. You'll never be the "Alpha Male," so quit! You can be the conduit by which the rest of the world sees the Alpha, but you dont have the ingredients to carry that title. Its been proved in the garden and everyday since. Anyone who lays claim to the title of Alpha is still boyishly feasting on the fruit of the garden. In

I had to laugh. In a conversation I was having with a friend of mine about raising pack goats we talked about nutrition, training, and the infrastructure it takes to keep the goats in top shape and corralled. I ran through the extensive list of my failures when in came to keeping a, flower hungry goat, from ransacking my wife's flowers. It's amazing how one can stay motivated to fix a problem when their are manicured flowers and a wife involved. Goats are super smart and extr

If it's to cold we turn up the thermostat. If it's to dark, we flip a switch and and there is light. If we are hungry we go to the fridge, grab some food that took no energy on our part to obtain, and then cook it on an artificial heat source that requires nothing more than a turn of a knob. Humans have come along way since the discovery of fire. All of today's modern conveniences are a blip in the time line of human history. For thousands of years humans have had to deal wi

A month out! I love this time of year! The anticipation of elk bow season builds to a sweet crescendo that is opening day. We pour over maps, shoot more frequently, and hone our calls. Rubbermaid totes are opened and tents get their seams sealed. We become gear geeks, weighing everything, counting calories, and run the numbers preparing for the hunt. Its definitely an amazing time of year but, for me, its convicting as well. As my focus tunnels to this seasons hunts I have to

1Ti 6:12 ESV -Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful. C. S. Lewis I'll never forget sitting in the principles office bloody, and swollen from the scrap I got in. No one should be able to impose evil on another, no one. I was in trouble, the school had a no fighting policy and I because I threw

Romans 1:19 states, "because what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them." From a hunters perspective, this verse could refer to the fact that the natural world reveals much about the Creator and that we can learn about God through His creation. It reminds us that we should take time to observe and appreciate the beauty of the world around us, and in doing so, we can gain insight into the character of God.

We bumped elk as we made our way down the ridge, but the big bull screamed his head off as he moved the herd with total chaos. “It’s over,” Kevin said, “they are gone.” “Nope…all a part of the delusion…stay fifty yards in front of me and move forward every time I give you three quick cow calls.” I hissed. Kevin nodded in agreement, and then moved forward. The game of cat and mouse continued for another three miles. I shook the trees I knew the brute could see, screamed like a

I'll bet you have sat through a sermon that referred to this passage: Mic 4: 3 He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore; Oh the day!!! This passage becomes even more rich when its contrasted with a earlier prophecy passage that you have probably never heard

People think I’m crazy when I start telling them my hunting plans—most nonhunters don’t need to hear my plans to think I’m crazy. Today’s culture has been deceived to think that the artificial, concrete, and climate controlled environment is the quintessence of living life as a human. Only in 2021 can the men of our western culture be manipulated to compare hair products and place their self-worth on an Instagram feed or care about what their possessions say about their mascu

With the polarization of America, (heck the world,) that has been going on I have been seeing, more and more, the sentiment that social media has caused it. I would totally disagree. I realize that the tech giants sensor the narrative, and that the polarization of ideas sells, but I really believe all that social media has done is expose the brokenness of the human heart. Humans have tried to live with the false sense of security that humanity is basically good, and if we try

I recently finished the book Jedediah Smith by Barton H. Barbour. It was a great read for those of you who are interested in Western History. Jedediah, for those of you don't know, was a Christian Mountain Man who had a hand opening up the west through trapping beaver. He would have been a Famous, Pacific Northwest personality like Lewis and Clark if it weren't for him being killed before he got his memoirs edited and published. Although his memoirs were never published God s

I am always amazed when I talk to an elk hunter who won’t hunt an area, that they know is full of elk, because of its in-accessibility or the work involved to access it. “Better take your fork, knife, and a bunch of time to eat, if you are going to kill an elk down there.” Something along those lines are what I always hear. Maybe its genetic, or part of my military mindset, but that type of thinking has never sat well with me. The thought that always screams through my mind

We have never seen times like this, but that doesn't mean we weren't told they would happen. Check out this short video: As bad as it is, we shouldn't be surprised. There is a Ancient Document that has forecast these days. In the second letter to the Thessalonians a Christian named Paul wrote. 5  Don’t you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6  And now you know what is holding him back,so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7  For the se