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‘Ultimately, it is the individual homosexual who suffers in his or her relationship to God when the church shirks its duty to call a sin...

‘…it seems clear that consistent exposure to a smorgasbord of variant sexual behaviors and the intense questioning of a heterosexual norm...

‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom. She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and...

‘Although the spouses should be “subject to one another in the fear of Christ” (this point is already highlighted in the first verse of...

'"And God saw everything He had made, and indeed it was very good" (Gen. 1:31). Man appears in the visible world as the highest...

‘This listening prayer is the best possible training in the practice of the Presence of God. In looking to Him, we are drawn up and out...

‘The fallen condition is a crisis in separation, and within the trauma of broken relationships resides what is described today as the...

‘We are becoming persons. You are not who you will be. I am not, by the grace of God, who I will be.’ Leanne Payne Pity the man who stops...

‘You are a refuge to the poor, a refuge to the needy in their distress…shade for the heat.’ (Is. 25:4) Just returned from a brief...

By Abbey Foard Mary. Theotokos. Mother of God. Mother of the Church. The new Eve. Blessed. Who is this woman? And what does she have to...

Orientation refers to where one is going in relation to others, which include his or her thoughts and beliefs that guide that direction....

By Abbey Foard Anniversary celebrations run the risk of becoming sappy and nostalgic in ways that diverge from reality. Don’t get me...

Much could be said about our 3 day anniversary feast: thoughtful reflection upon each decade of DSM, longstanding co-ministers who...

Why do we worship Jesus, anointing Him with our love songs? Gratitude: He did for us what only He could do—He forgave our sins. Only God...

Desert Stream Ministries started forty years ago when Andy shared his testimony one hot August Sunday at the Westside Vineyard in Los...

We approach our fortieth anniversary bash this week; I am grateful, full of peace and praise for Jesus. In charting the breakthroughs and...

‘I will not forget you! I have engraved you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me’ (Is. 49: 15b, 16). In our...

By Marco Casanova, Asst. Director of DSM/LW Jesus, through His Church, rescues the joy of my salvation. The mission of Jesus, at its very...

Abbey Foard, Executive Director of DSM/LW Our nation (and our world) is swirling, as dizzying news cycles attest. No need to recount—we...

I write this on the Feast Day of Jesus’ Sacred Heart: His generous love for each human being revealed in His pierced heart pouring out...