Stop Chasing People. Be A Lighthouse.
In this blog, Pastor Darren Stott reframes evangelism through a powerful metaphor: Christians are not called to chase people like rescuers in boats, but to shine like lighthouses in a storm.
God is already at work in people’s lives. Our role is simply to enter the story God is already writing and help others recognize the hope found in Jesus.
Rather than forcing conversations or winning arguments, believers are invited to live visibly with the light of Christ—offering simple moments of courage, kindness, and prayer that illuminate the good news.
The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like Leaven?
What spreads quietly often lasts the longest.
That’s how the Kingdom works.
Most people think prayer...
Most people approach prayer believing it requires effort, intensity, or desperation to move a distant God. Those assumptions quietly shape—and limit—how we ask. The real issue isn’t prayer itself, but the unseen box of beliefs we pray from. The questions we ask reveal whether we see God as near or far, willing or reluctant. Before learning how to pray better, we must examine what we believe about God—because how we ask always reveals what we believe.
I Think I May Have Saved a Man’s Life at 35,000 Feet
Crazy moment on the airplane to Istanbul.
I was asleep when someone started frantically hitting my shoulder.
I pulled off my eye mask and saw the woman in the window seat holding her sleeping baby.
She looked panicked and said, “My husband isn’t breathing.”
I shook him. He was stiff. No response.
Why Portals University Exists (And Why It’s Different)
Portals University is a seven-month, formation-based supernatural training journey designed to bring clarity, discernment, and lasting momentum. Beginning January 26, 2026, the program combines weekly on-demand teaching released every Monday with monthly live mentoring calls on Zoom. Built for real life, Portals University focuses on identity, authority, and direction—not just information—offering deep biblical discernment, practical application, and sustainable growth at a fraction of the cost of comparable supernatural schools. This blog explains why Portals University exists, how the training works, and who it’s designed for.
How a Frozen Tree Stand, a Grizzly, and a God Idea Turned Into a TV Show
Some shows are birthed in sleek studios and marketing meetings.
The Counter was birthed in a freezing Canadian tree stand that smelled like death, with a grizzly bear circling below and no cell service in sight.
I was there.
Understanding Soul Spirit Hurts & Demonic Oppression
We are the most trauma-aware generation in history — and somehow the most spiritually tormented.
We have language for everything now. Trauma, triggers, attachment wounds, emotional dysregulation, nervous system dysrhythmia, trauma-bonding, shadow work. We’ve created an emotional dictionary that would impress Freud and bewilder Moses.
The Church is not well.