Author: Rick Deighton

Overview of Ministry

Overview of Ministry This coming summer marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of my first mission trip for our Overseas Outreach mission when I went to both Estonia and Latvia. I plan to share more about that later by sharing with you…

Celebrating the Love of God

Celebrating the Love of God Since our national holiday in February is Valentine’s Day, named after a pastor who died a martyr because he refused Caesar’s order to stop performing wedding ceremonies, let’s celebrate the love of God – and…

Who Will Answer?

Why Does God Allow Sickness, Sorrow, Suffering? (from an article by Charles McCoy) “… In God’s universe, we don’t get to deal the cards but we do have some say in how we play the hand we are dealt. Some…

Political Mantra

Political Mantra (Just Preach the Gospel – Don’t Get Involved in Politics!) In our October prayer letter, I exposed and challenged some of the moral mantras of the corrupted “new morality.” This month I choose to challenge and expose a…

The Myth of Moral Relativity

The Myth of Moral Relativity Have you ever heard one or more of these over-confident statements? “It may be true for you – but it’s not true for me!” “Everything is relative – there are no moral absolutes!” “You can’t…

Holy Desperation

Holy Desperation By Dave Butts, Co-founder of Harvest Prayer Ministries, Terre Haute, IN “In a recent radio interview regarding revival in America I was asked, after 20 years of traveling and teaching on prayer in the church, if I think…