Author: Seth Barnes

Barnes Christmas 2020 Update + Good News!

Written by Seth Barnes on December 23, 2020. Posted in My Life. 18 Comments on Barnes Christmas 2020 Update + Good News!

Hi. It’s the Christmas season. And what a weird season it is in 2020! All the holiday stuff that many of us do has been edited and curtailed. Many of us typically celebrate...

Celebrating 40 Years of Life Together

Written by Seth Barnes on December 9, 2020. Posted in My Life. 26 Comments on Celebrating 40 Years of Life Together

40 years ago, Karen and I got married on a blustery day in Chicago. She was 21 years-old and had never been out of America. We flew to Indonesia, that largest of Muslim nations,...

Prayers for the group: Week #11

Written by Seth Barnes on December 5, 2020. Posted in Our Blog Community. 11 Comments on Prayers for the group: Week #11

How are you doing? I don’t know if there is a single marital relationship I’m familiar with that isn’t experiencing pressure and some level of struggle. The virus...

Time To Write Your Obituary

Written by Seth Barnes on December 3, 2020. Posted in Better Living. 2 Comments on Time To Write Your Obituary

Too many of us are stuck in a rut. Yes, covid is real and life is hard, but the fact is, we could be a lot more proactive about how we’re living. Lifehack asks you these questions...

Why study about Jesus? (Orthodoxy vs Orthopraxy)

Written by Seth Barnes on December 1, 2020. Posted in Lordship. 8 Comments on Why study about Jesus? (Orthodoxy vs Orthopraxy)

Why study Jesus? Because we don’t just believe in him, but we as his “followers” have chosen to follow him. So we need to understand how he asks us as his followers...

Take Time For a Thanksgiving Gut-check

Written by Seth Barnes on November 25, 2020. Posted in Redemption. 3 Comments on Take Time For a Thanksgiving Gut-check

Before he ascended to his nation’s throne, David was in an inbetween time, as are we. He had not taken hold of his destiny, but his tribe had come together to bring it. As...

How Does God’s Rhema Word Sustain Us?

Written by Seth Barnes on November 16, 2020. Posted in Lordship. 5 Comments on How Does God’s Rhema Word Sustain Us?

Jesus was in a miserable place. The desert sun scorched his flesh. He had no food to eat. And then, who should he meet there in that vulnerable spot but his mortal enemy. The...

Don’t Grow Weary In Doing Good!

Written by Seth Barnes on November 5, 2020. Posted in Redemption. 19 Comments on Don’t Grow Weary In Doing Good!

So many of you are not just tired, you are weary! 30 years ago I learned a lesson of what to do when you feel that way. I shared it a few years back on this blog. Here it is again. Thirty...

Where is God in Tragedy?

Written by Seth Barnes on October 16, 2020. Posted in Comfort and Pain. 15 Comments on Where is God in Tragedy?

Wednesday night, Isaiah and Meghan Carter had been driving a long time across country to get home. The two lanes of Clark’s Bridge Road were dark, but familiar. Ten more minutes...

Devastated by 2 Hurricanes – Where’s the Church?

Written by Seth Barnes on October 12, 2020. Posted in Refugees & Crisis. 1 Comment on Devastated by 2 Hurricanes – Where’s the Church?

Where is our response to the two hurricanes that have devastated southwest Louisiana? Despite winds that were more powerful there than those of Katrina, our attention has...

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If You Want To Go Deeper, Here’s How

Written by Seth Barnes on September 25, 2020. Posted in Blog Community. 34 Comments on If You Want To Go Deeper, Here’s How

This past Monday I announced (in this blog post) to our blog community that I felt the Lord asking me to go deeper rather than broader. I said, “I will focus on a private/confidential...

Deeper, Not Wider

Written by Seth Barnes on September 21, 2020. Posted in Blog Community. 67 Comments on Deeper, Not Wider

Election season is about getting the masses behind you. It’s a time to gather coalitions and get out the vote. It’s also a season to lose your own voice in the noise...

Doing Battle With a Spirit of Fear

Written by Seth Barnes on September 15, 2020. Posted in Fighting your enemy. 4 Comments on Doing Battle With a Spirit of Fear

We think we’re afraid of Covid-19. We think, “Once we get a vaccine, it will be safe.” But will it? Apparently the vaccine is just months away. When we have the...

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Three things Jesus does that we don’t do

Written by Seth Barnes on September 9, 2020. Posted in How to Disciple. 1 Comment on Three things Jesus does that we don’t do

G.K. Chesterton said, “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” But what does that mean? Frankly, the...

I’m Learning How to Act Courageously

Written by Seth Barnes on September 4, 2020. Posted in Courage. 7 Comments on I’m Learning How to Act Courageously

Our nation is in the grips of an epidemic. And I’m not talking about Covid; I’m talking about fear. Yes, Covid is real and we should be prudent. But when we have a vaccine,...

Jack Larson RIP – A Life Connecting People to God on Mission

Written by Seth Barnes on September 1, 2020. Posted in Portraits of Disciplers. 14 Comments on Jack Larson RIP – A Life Connecting People to God on Mission

I lost a close friend yesterday. Jack Larson connected more people to God’s heart for the poor than just about anyone I know. I was one of many whom he deeply impacted. It...

Ivermectin as a Cure for Covid-19? Current Research is Encouraging

Written by Seth Barnes on August 29, 2020. Posted in Wounded healers. 7 Comments on Ivermectin as a Cure for Covid-19? Current Research is Encouraging

A few days ago I told the story of how Ivermectin seemed to have made a huge difference in fighting Covid-19 in Iquitos, Peru. 70% of the population was infected and most were healed. A...

Iquitos Peru Defeats Covid with Ivermectin

Written by Seth Barnes on August 26, 2020. Posted in Wounded healers. 17 Comments on Iquitos Peru Defeats Covid with Ivermectin

Carrying a Covid-19 patient in a village near Iquitos, Peru 21 years ago, I traveled to Iquitos, Peru. Ever since I’ve had an interest in the people there. I have no medical...

If You Knew of a Cure for Covid, Would You Share It?

Written by Seth Barnes on August 25, 2020. Posted in Better Living. 37 Comments on If You Knew of a Cure for Covid, Would You Share It?

If somebody told you about a cure for Covid, what would you do with it? Assuming you’re like me, not a doctor – someone with no authority on the issue. Would you sit...

5 Secrets to Leading Your Family Through Hard Times

Written by Seth Barnes on August 12, 2020. Posted in Parenting. 5 Comments on 5 Secrets to Leading Your Family Through Hard Times

Will college football cancel its season? Some conferences already have. If it does, I guess that’s the last straw – what will we men do now? Can you imagine a fall without...

Shirley Wratten Leads My Family to Christ

Written by Seth Barnes on August 10, 2020. Posted in My Life. 7 Comments on Shirley Wratten Leads My Family to Christ

In 1968, my family was in a hard place. My dad was an army doctor sent for a year to the Viet Nam war. I was nine. It was a sad day in our family when he left. We didn’t know...

Activate Your Faith Tomorrow (Aug. 8)

Written by Seth Barnes on August 7, 2020. Posted in Justice issues. 4 Comments on Activate Your Faith Tomorrow (Aug. 8)

What a hard season of sickness and division we are going through! The nation was going through a similar season in 1967. A prophet rose up in the land calling people to repentance....

Finding Justice, Grace, and a Civil Blog Community

Written by Seth Barnes on August 5, 2020. Posted in Blog Community. 9 Comments on Finding Justice, Grace, and a Civil Blog Community

I’ve been following the revival meetings that started in Huntington Beach last month. We who have tried to make Jesus Lord want to see others embrace him. Presumably most of...

Blessing Your Father, Blessing Your Grandson

Written by Seth Barnes on August 3, 2020. Posted in Community and Covenant. 5 Comments on Blessing Your Father, Blessing Your Grandson

We are in a season where people are walking isolated and uncovered. Separated from their community and friends – lonely, in a vulnerable place. Broken parts of their identity...