Newsletters

Have you missed out on our Life Lines Newsletters? Don’t worry, you can find all of them here. These newsletters will give you a broad idea of what New Paradigm Ministries is all about, a history of how it has developed, activities we have been involved in, and helpful articles to help our ministry family gain and maintain freedom. Please feel free to read as many Life Lines as are available below.

Newsletters

Getting To Know God – Part 1

In counseling with many, many people, and speaking to audiences across the United States and around the world, I find that there is a fundamental flaw in our thinking that underlies the personal, spiritual, physical, and social problems we suffer...

Caterpillars Can’t Fly

Imagine with me that you are a creepy, crawly caterpillar. You crawl around from leaf to leaf, eating them all up as you go along. You are happy with your creepy, crawly life until a butterfly comes along and tells you that you need to learn to fly...

Camp Meeting Is Almost Here!

Hello Friends, We are sorry for going silent for so long. We have been very busy getting ready for camp meeting and haven’t had time to focus on other aspects of the ministry, including newsletters. We apologize for this. I am currently trying to put...

Suffering and the Great Controversy – Part 3

Suffering and the Great Controversy – Part 3 In our last two newsletters, we looked at God, how He created His intelligent creatures to function, the mysterious fall/rebellion of Lucifer, and how God responded to the crisis. Now we pick up the...

Suffering and the Great Controversy – Part 2

Every government has laws by which it operates. The order of the kingdom and the safety of its citizens are dependent upon those laws. And God’s kingdom has a law as well—a just and unselfish law which is a reflection of God’s character. The law of...

Suffering and the Great Controversy – Part 1

To understand the context in which suffering exists, we must understand something far greater than our own experience in this fallen world. We must understand the great controversy between God and Satan. ...

The Cause of Suffering

Nobody likes to suffer. We all want comfort. That is because we were created for comfort, not suffering. When God created the world, there was no suffering. “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31. And...

Bad Accident, Perfect Timing

Have you ever had one of those days where nothing seems to be going right? That was our trip home from Phoenix, Arizona. The family had a wonderful time at the GYC (Generation of Youth for Christ) meetings held at the Phoenix Convention Center...

Overcoming Addictions

The underlying factor behind addiction is a lack of love. The key to addiction recovery, therefore, is being full of love. Each of us needs a love that is full, constant, personal, and unselfish, and no one who needs something can be the source of...

More About Addictions

Our last newsletter ended with this question: “What does an addict need to overcome addiction and be truly free?” The short answer to that question is that we need God to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, while we surrender to, depend upon...

Understanding Addictions

I have struggled with addictions for much of my life. And I know that no one is addicted to something because they want to be addicted to it. They are addicted because they can’t stop it. They are in prison, and they can’t get out of that prison...

Health by Faith

There are many confusing ideas about health and healing in the world. There are several major worldviews when it comes to understanding health and disease. A major worldview, which comes out of Babylon, is the idea that the human is a microcosm of...

Temptation – The What, Why and How

We evaluate all information that is available to us. First, the information is evaluated by the conscience to determine if the information is truth or error, good or evil, right or wrong. Then the information is brought to the heart (a part of the...

Why Relationships Do/Don’t Change

What is it that lies at the foundation of relationships? Why is it that relationships change over time? And can you ever be secure in a relationship? Let us explore these important questions together right now. There are at least two things that lie...

Life Lessons from Luke

Luke 3:10 So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?”John’s message had its effect in a number of those who came to hear him speak. They were convicted that they were not right with God, for the fruit of their lives was contrary to...

Infinity – Part 2

Perhaps you haven’t seen this kind of God (a God of infinite, unchanging, unselfish love) in the Bible. Perhaps you have always read the Bible with selfish lenses, interpreting God’s motives as selfish. After all, God does say, “For mine own sake...

Infinity – Part 1

Today, I would like to spend some time contemplating the topic of infinity together. There is a purpose to this, so keep with me. It is beautiful! Infinity is somewhat odd. It messes up our usual understanding of mathematics. For example, infinity...

Thriving Through the Loss of a Loved One

A very close family member of ours has just received a terminal cancer diagnosis and has opted for hospice care at home. And we are at their home right now to help in whatever ways that we can. The aggressiveness of this type of cancer usually...

Confirmation

It was not without misgivings that our family embarked upon the objective of starting New Paradigm Ministries. Was this the right thing to do? Was God really behind this? Or was it just our own will? These were questions that we struggled with. But...

Why Leave a Successful Ministry to Start Something New?

Success is only found inside of God’s will, and I want to be in the middle of God’s will. I don’t want to run ahead, lag behind, or wander to the left or the right of His will. Acts 9:6 has been a frequent question of mine, “Lord, what would you have...

The Birth of a Ministry

I went into medicine to help people. I wanted them to get better. And I had the idea that medicine was the way to help people get better. But after completing my medical school training, my specialty training in Emergency Medicine, and working in...