One Tool, Many Uses
This commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother (1 John 4:21, esv). When you’re having a problem in any relationship, you can grab a number of tools from your toolbox in an attempt to fix it. Perhaps one of the tools you’ve been in the habit of picking up […]
Light My Way
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules. I am severely afflicted; give me life, O Lord, according to your word (Psalm 119:105–107, ESV)! What is God’s will for my life? Am I even on the […]
In All Things, Love
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant (1 Corinthians 13:4, esv). The bulk of 1 Corinthians 13, the renowned love chapter, can be summarized in three statements: On the majors—action. On the minors—acceptance. In all things—love. Let’s start with the majors. There come times in close relationships […]
1 – My Repentance
I am repentant about my role in relational matters preceding these HBC actions, and I have not failed to express it. As a pastor who loved his congregation, the people of the church I pastored have been my focus. The majority of my written repentances (some dating back to more than a month before I was terminated) […]
To the People of Harvest Bible Chapel
“So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.” (Romans 14:19) To the people of Harvest Bible Chapel and interested friends: Harvest Bible Chapel was our lifetime calling, the only church our children ever knew, and the centerpiece to most of our greatest joys. From the time Kathy and I were 25 and […]
Legal Update – September 2022
On September 2, a Cook County Court judge agreed that evidence demonstrates Harvest Bible Chapel (HBC) Elders, HBC attorney Sally Wagenmaker (then President of the Christian Legal Society), SDK accountants, and HBC attorney Kevin Todd conspired together to defame me. As a result, they should forfeit attorney / client privilege for all related communications. Also noted in […]
3 – Seizure of Walk in the Word
Walk in the Word was seized by HBC to plunder its $6.6 million in assets. In lawless disregard for historic covenants and signed contracts, HBC leaders (Jeff Smith, Greg Bradshaw, Carl Barkow, Steve Stewart, Jeff Sharda, Sam Booras, then the Laird Elders since May 2019) seized Walk in the Word for its $6,600,000 ($4.1M of which they knew was in dispute). […]
2 – Unbiblical Firing
The method of my firing broke Scripture, bylaws and common sense. Broke Scripture: HBC Elders acted unbiblically by not requiring the letter writers to meet with me, not vetting the accusations for accuracy or vetting the back story for a colluded agenda, nor ever meeting with me themselves. Everyone concerned has suffered great loss as […]
Faith on Fire
Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place […]
Drought
“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. Let us know; let us […]