Welcome to My Blog

Welcome to my new Blog site. My name is Randy Dean and I am pastor of Living Word Chapel in Forest, Wisconsin. I love to tell people that I pastor a church of 200 in a town of 15; We've reached our city for Jesus, now we're coming after yours! Seriously, it is a pleasure to serve God in this beautiful setting. We are an hour from the heart of the Twin Cities which gives us the best of all worlds...quiet country living and great dining, entertainment and shopping just up the road.

My reason for posting this new blog in the vast wasteland of blogging is to take advantage of every tool at my disposal to put out the Word of God in my heart. That Word finds its root and anchor in the good news of the Kingdom of God. Not a message of hopeless "end of the world" fantasy, not a message of "when you die you go to heaven", not a message of "any minute now, the church will disappear and let all hell brake out", not a message of "God wants to blow the earth to tiny bits".....But a message of "Thy Kingdom come! Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

When I speak at youth conferences or any other venue, my altar calls are not "tonight if you die, will you go to heaven or hell?" MY call is, "If you LIVE another day, are you living in heaven or hell?" I follow that up by saying that everyday, in every decision we make, we set our eternal destiny. If my choices are hellish and reckless, then by extension, when I die, hell is waiting for me. But if by the grace of God, in this life, I chose the Kingdom of God, where Jesus Christ is already Lord of lords and King of kings, then by extension, the Kingdom of God (and Heaven) are waiting for me when I die.

I also add to any call to salvation that I want all heads UP and all eyes OPEN. I ask, "Is there anyone here who has never publically declared for their life, that Jesus Christ is Lord? Are you willing to keep on living, die to yourself and believe in your heart that resurrection power is yours, for life NOW, come forward in the view of everyone here." That way, I believe, we give spiritual birth to warriors not cowards who come or confess in secret.

This is just a small slice of the call of God on my life. I have been in ministry for 33 years serving in Texas, Ohio and now western Wisconsin for the past 17 years. God has taken me to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tallin Estonia, Helsinke Finland, Krivoy Rog Ukraine, Valles Mexico, Saltillo Mexico and countless cities, burgs and "middles of nowhere" here in the states. This blog may or may not be an ongoing expression of God's gifting to me. We will see where it takes us. Stay tuned....if you are hungry for Truth that might slay sacred cows, check back at this site. If sacred cows are happy to pasture with you and lead you to their anemic pastures, this site will outrage you.

A great man of God, Ern Baxter, once said, "I do not seek to offend you, but if offended you must be, then I am your man." So say I.