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I will never forget the first time I publicly testified of my deliverance. What I thought would happen – that I would lose my job and ministry – was the furthest thing from reality. My telling took the wind out of the Enemy’s ability to humiliate me by threatening to expose me. How could he expose what I had already exposed? My testifying laid bare my soul and gave others the hope that they, too, might be able to find healing. My declaration More

Jesus took my sin and paid my debt, dying on the cross. He was buried…but He did not stay there! By His holy resurrection power He conquered not only sin but death and the grave as well! It is when we realize the power of His resurrection has been granted to every new creation that we are able to overcome the graves our sin had bound us in. For far too long I was buried in the grave of fear…too long in the grave of a wrong perception of my sexual More

By virtue of my testimony – deliverance from and victory over homosexuality – it is quite difficult to keep my story quiet. And, mind you, I do not desire to do so…but there was a day when, out of fear of rejection, I was quite leery of anyone finding out about my past. While there are those who seem to hate me with a vile hatred, I realize that there are even more who find encouragement in hearing my story. What used to bring me a measure of More

One of the first ways we get to know someone else is by learning their name. As we progress in our relationship with that person their name comes to reflect their character. In other words, when we hear that name certain things come to mind. “John is an honest man. He is a man of integrity, hard-working and devoted to his family.” When I hear the name of the Lord I think of His character. In the name of Jesus I hear ‘Redeemer, Savior, and Victor.’ More

My sin left me owing a debt I could not pay. No matter how many religious hoops I jumped through I could never be righteous enough to gain access to God. It took a perfect Sacrifice to pay my debt. Jesus gave His life for me and paid my debt with the first drop of blood. He suffered the death my sin made inevitable in order to gain my access to eternal life with the Father -but none of that matters if I never appropriate that truth. To realize the More

When I wrote the song ‘Your Majesty’ I remember feeling awe at the awareness of His presence in my life. The proper response to that presence comes when I welcome the King to have His place in my life and am really making Him known to those around me. When the King enters the room His subjects bow in honor. By giving Christ the prominent place in my existence I am literally bowing my life before Him – and the result is that others see Him. A More

The older I grow physically and the more I mature spiritually, the more foolish my old way of thinking seems to me at this stage of the game! The shame that came as a result of my sin kept me from getting honest for far too long. The eradication of that shame has sent me soaring above all my past failures, present temptations, and stormy circumstances to a place of utter security in my identity in Christ. Coming to the place of faith where I am convinced More

As a boy, there were times when I lost my temper and my mother would tell me ‘that’s the Bristol coming out in you’, the ‘Bristol’ being the fiery temperament of the red-haired Bristol clan of my family. In other words, she was saying ‘that’s just the way you are.’ While I understand that family traits can be passed down from one generation to the next, I came to the place after the Lord delivered me where I decided that the angry More

If I am seeking first the Kingdom of God it stands to reason that I must seek the KING! That means that if I seek the King I will find the Kingdom. When I seek the King I give Him a place in every aspect of my life. After all, He is the King and I am His subject. If I am able to see the reality that everywhere I go His presence is there, then I begin to live my life from a higher perspective than my human eyes would naturally see from. When I am viewing More