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A “Barbarian” in Paul’s time was not a man without morals. He was not necessarily crude, vicious or uncivilized. A “Barbarian” was simply someone who didn’t speak your language or grow up in your culture. 

Many of these young soldiers…

“Writhe and labor to give birth, Daughter of Zion. Like a woman in childbirth. For now you will go out of the city, dwell in the field, and go to Babylon. There you will be rescued; There the Lord will…

It’s been almost a year since I started the “Tales of Agape” blog here on agapeforce.com. And although life was getting in the way at the beginning of 2020 I was still spending time working on the logistics of what…

Here's another story from the Agape Force's time in Reedley, but it's a personal one from Greg Lanson, who was really helpful when I was doing research for the project in 1995. Though Greg has passed on we…

Here is an article from New Wine Magazine, first published in November of 1971 and it doesn't need much commentary.  The Reedley Revival went on for about 16 weeks during the Spring and Summer of 1971

New Wine Magazine…

First, thank you for your prayers for me as I took a short break from my writing focus to address some urgent ministry administrative issues (read AAAAACK…Book Keeping!) 

Monday, after all my deadlines were met (by the virtual…

I was intending to move on to another story about a city wide revival that Agape Force was involved in, but I would be remiss if I didn’t lay some kind of groundwork first. What drove us? What was…

I’ve been sitting here for well over an hour trying to make a final decision on which of the many stories I have here at my fingertips to post next. I’ve actually been praying about it. Where to go next…

It was 1990, driving back from Modesto to San Diego, California that the idea first started to wiggle around in our brains. We were on our way back from a reunion of a whole bunch of our old…

It’s hard to know where to begin posting the things that I’ve already written so instead, I decided to dive in with something Winkie wrote for the project. Back in 1995, when I had quite a few stories already…

A few nights ago Jim & I finished reading "Last Witnesses" aloud. These days we do a lot of reading to each other, mostly when we are driving, the one who is riding shotgun reading to the…

Was it worth it? That was the question. 

Other people asked that question too, and although the answer, "Yes," echoed in my soul I didn't have a good handle on the reasons for the echo. I found…