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Stevens County Times column by Pastor Tim White.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · June 1, 2026

One Nation Under God

On May 17, 2026, tens of thousands gathered on the National Mall to rededicate America as one nation under God. Pastor Tim traces our founding Christian roots and why that dedication benefits all Americans.

Genuine and Persistent Faith in God produces Hope

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · May 1, 2026

What is a Four-Letter Word for Faith?

Jeremy Camp married his sweetheart, knowing she had terminal cancer. She died 106 days after their wedding. His response — 'I Still Believe' — reveals the four-letter word at the heart of genuine faith.

Losing What You Can’t Keep to Gain What You Can’t Lose

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · April 1, 2026

Unconditional Surrender

The only wars America won ended in unconditional surrender. Pastor Tim draws a striking parallel: half-hearted surrender to God leaves sin in control. True freedom requires giving everything to Christ.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · March 1, 2026

Faithful in Babylon

Christians have always lived in cultures hostile to their faith. Through Daniel's example, Pastor Tim shows how to hold firm convictions with grace — and thrive spiritually even in a pagan environment.

Christian principles from colonial pulpits shaped America

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · January 31, 2026

Dance With the One Who Brought You

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. Pastor Tim warns that celebrating socialism and Islamism while ignoring their historic failures is a dangerous cultural amnesia America can't afford.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · January 1, 2026

A New Year, A New Heart

What fills your heart shapes your life. Using his son's heart transplant as a backdrop, Pastor Tim explores why lasting change must start from the inside out — and how God can renew even the most worn heart.

For so love you, that He gave everything

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · December 1, 2025

Why Would God Do That?

Our solar system is a speck in one galaxy among billions. Against that backdrop, Pastor Tim asks the Christmas question: why would God send His Son for us? The answer is both humbling and profoundly hopeful.

The data points show a shift occurring in America

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · November 1, 2025

There’s A Notable Shift Occurring

Bible sales up 41%. Christian streaming is up 50%. Mass baptisms on college campuses. Pastor Tim surveys the evidence that something spiritually significant is stirring — and issues a clear call: now is not the time to g…

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · October 1, 2025

Will America Experience a Turning Point?

A gunman tried to silence Charlie Kirk. Instead, his death reached 100 million people in 10 days and sparked a surge of Christian commitment. Pastor Tim sees a reminder: you cannot silence truth.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · September 2, 2025

More Laws Will Not Stop Mass Shootings

No law can change what's in the human heart. Pastor Tim argues that only genuine spiritual revival — as seen in the Welsh Revival of 1904 — has ever transformed communities from the inside out.

Praying prayers that only God can answer

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · September 1, 2025

Praying Dangerously

'You have not because you do not ask.' Pastor Tim challenges Christians to move beyond self-focused prayer toward dangerous prayers of surrender — and discover what God has prepared for those who truly seek His purposes.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · August 1, 2025

The Tragic Case of “The Idaho Four”

Four students murdered. Two and a half years of grief. Then a victim's aunt stood before the killer and said, 'I have forgiven you.' Pastor Tim unpacks why forgiveness is not weakness — it is the only road to freedom.

God uses the few and the unknown for great things

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · July 1, 2025

Whether by Many or Few

When Israel cowered in caves, Jonathan launched a one-man assault and routed the Philistines. Pastor Tim asks: Could you be the catalyst others are waiting for? God's power is not limited by the size of your team.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · June 1, 2025

Proud to be an American

D-Day, Flag Day, Father's Day, and the anniversary of the overturn of Roe all fall in June. Pastor Tim celebrates the foundations that made America worth honoring and calls Christians to defend them for the next generati…

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · May 1, 2025

Protecting Our Girls and Renewing Our Minds

The gender identity movement has moved from culture war debate to policy reality — and the consequences for children are serious and growing. This is a call for parents to stay informed, engaged, and unafraid to speak up…

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · April 1, 2025

The Empty Tomb – Fact or Fiction?

You don't need faith to believe Jesus rose from the dead. Secular historians, manuscript evidence, and the empty tomb itself make the resurrection one of the best-attested facts in all of ancient history.

The Bible shines the truth on all matters of life and faith.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · March 1, 2025

What Does the Bible Say About Satan?

Who is the devil, where does he operate, and what are his limits? Pastor Tim gives a thorough, biblical overview of Satan — and reminds believers that he is a real but definitively defeated enemy.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · February 1, 2025

The Truth Effect

Pastor Tim sees more than a 'Trump Effect' behind today's cultural shifts. When truth is finally allowed to reassert itself after years of enforced falsehood, the result is what he calls the 'Truth Effect.'

As conservative policies benefit people of both political parties, Christ's birth, life, death, and resurrection are the greatest news to a lost world.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · December 1, 2024

Good News for ALL People

Good News for ALL People Christ’s Win Can Benefit ALL – Even His Enemies Stevens County Times, Pastors’ Perspective December 2024 A Facebook friend (someone I thought was a friend until she blocked me) posted this right…

That which we worship – God, Money, Power, Pleasure, etc.- will shape everything else about our character, life’s direction, and the culture in our homes and community.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · November 1, 2024

The Tale of Two Colonies

Jamestown was built on greed. Plymouth was built on faith. Tocqueville saw in these two founding visions the seeds of America's enduring cultural divide. What a colony's spiritual foundation shapes — it shapes everything…

Politics needs to be held accountable to the Word of God by preachers

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · October 1, 2024

Bring Back the Election Sermons

For 250 years, American pulpits preached boldly on candidates and current events. John Adams credited those 'thundering pulpits' with sparking the Revolution. Pastor Tim calls pastors back to that tradition.

How can we remain at peace in a world gone crazy?

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · September 15, 2024

Navigating These Times Without Going Nutty

'I am mentally exhausted from all the stuff in the news.' Pastor Tim responds with practical, biblical strategies for staying grounded amid constant gaslighting and political chaos — starting with a reorientation of wors…

God's Word teaches us the truth that will direct us like a compass

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · September 1, 2024

Navigating Political Minefields as a Christian

Staying faithful to truth in a hyper-partisan world will cost you relationships. Pastor Tim offers biblical grounding for the inevitable tension — and a reminder that the approval that matters most doesn't come from peop…

Our hope and America's hope for a bright future is centered on faith in God

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · August 1, 2024

Have We Outgrown the Need for God?

Each generation is less religious than the last — but has that made us better? Pastor Tim draws on Washington's Farewell Address and MLK's vision of character to argue that abandoning God doesn't lead to maturity; it lea…

The colonial pulpits were ablaze with truth that shaped America's founding

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · July 4, 2024

The Pastors of the Revolution

Parts of the Declaration of Independence were lifted word-for-word from colonial pastors' sermons. Pastor Tim recovers this forgotten history and makes the case that the Church was never meant to stay silent in public li…

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · June 15, 2024

The Tale of Two Prides

How did 2-8% of the population come to claim three months of the cultural calendar while 68% of self-identified Christians went mostly silent? Pastor Tim asks the uncomfortable question — and points to a better foundatio…

Let the Bible speak clearly and then follow it

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · June 1, 2024

What Does the Bible Say About LGBTQ?

Pastor Tim addresses the LGBTQ debate with candor and compassion. His conclusion: the Bible is clear, the issue is spiritual at its root, and love for our neighbors demands we tell the truth — even when it's costly.

In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · May 1, 2024

The Remedy for Today’s Culture of Deceit

A student didn't know why she was protesting. A boy was suspended for stating a biological fact. Orwell called it: 'In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.' Isaiah 59 points the way back.

Are women to remain off the ministry stage completely?

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · April 1, 2024

What About Women & Ministry?

Can women preach? Pastor Tim engages the debate with careful exegesis of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 and 40+ years of ministry experience. His conclusion: the question deserves more nuance than a simple yes or no.

When the unexpected dominates the expected

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · March 1, 2024

We Didn’t Sign Up for This

Pastor Tim didn't expect to spend his ministry battling gender ideology and cultural corruption. But like Esther, he's come to see that God doesn't call us to the life we planned — He calls us to the moment we're actuall…

The history of American revivals and awakenings records how things went from bad to better.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · January 2, 2024

Going From Bad to Better in 2024

Every major American revival was preceded by a society going from bad to worse. Pastor Tim surveys that history — from the Great Awakening to the Jesus Movement — and makes the case that the current trajectory is not the…

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · December 1, 2023

When Barrenness Prepared the Way to Life

A Christmas meditation on Elizabeth and Zechariah, the elderly, barren couple whose faithfulness quietly prepared the way for John the Baptist and, through him, for Christ. Pastor Tim invites us to trust God in the "barr…

Time to wake up to reality and bring Jesus' truth to our world.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · November 1, 2023

From Slumbering to Standing

Written in the wake of the October 7 Hamas massacre in Israel, Pastor Tim provides biblical and historical context for the conflict, and calls American Christians to wake from complacency and speak up for the truth about…

The one who can make you afraid is then able to control you

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · October 1, 2023

What Makes You Afraid?

Pastor Tim explores how fear is used to manipulate, from horror films to pandemic policy, and contrasts that with the biblical call to freedom. Using John 8:31-32, Proverbs 29:25, & Psalm 27, he encourages readers to rep…

Trusting God's promises even when it looks like He forgot them.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · September 2, 2023

Blessed Afflictions

Drawing on Psalm 119 and the story of Abraham, Pastor Tim makes the case that affliction is not God's absence but often His instrument, building a deeper, experiential trust that no classroom teaching alone can produce.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · September 1, 2023

What is Happening in America?

Pastor Tim examines the use of the label "Christian nationalist" to silence believers in the public square. From Maryland classrooms to Washington State law, he surveys a series of cultural flashpoints and calls the Chur…

Inaction is putting children at risk. WA State can take children from parents for gender transition.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · August 1, 2023

Separation of Church and State - Epilogue

Following up on July's column, Pastor Tim calls out large churches in the region as the reason Referendum 101, which would have allowed voters to challenge SB 5599, the law that hides runaway minors from parents, failed…

This country exists because of the influence of Christianity on our founders

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · July 4, 2023

What About the Separation of Church and State?

Pastor Tim traces the true historical meaning of Jefferson's "wall of separation" from Henry VIII's seizure of the Church of England to the Pilgrims' flight for religious freedom. He calls the Church to re-engage with cu…

Let's speak plainly about how homosexuality aligns with the rest of nature, if at all.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · June 1, 2023

Can We Talk?

In this column, Pastor Tim addresses homosexuality and gender identity plainly and pastorally rooted in nature, Scripture, and genuine concern for the person. He argues that identity is rooted not in sexual behavior but…

Children are to be raised by their parents according to their beliefs not the states.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · May 1, 2023

Whose Children Are They?

Pastor Tim challenges the growing trend of overriding parental authority in matters of children's gender, sexuality, and healthcare. Citing Scripture, WA State's SB 5599, & school policy 3211P, he calls Christians to spe…

The disciples spent 3 years with Jesus, but had no idea the amazing power by which He would save us all.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · April 1, 2023

I Didn’t See That Coming!

An Easter reflection: A fender-bender on the job becomes a window into faith. Pastor Tim shares that God remains present even when circumstances are painful or confusing, much like when the disciples near the cross did n…

God is moving in some areas, but is it revival or a local renewal of sorts?

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · March 1, 2023

Is There A Revival in Our Day?

Pastor Tim reflects on the recent prayer and repentance movement at Asbury University in February ‘23 that drew tens of thousands. Is this a revival? Could this indicate a positive spiritual shift among younger generatio…

The WEF is an anti-Christ type of organization built upon Marxism that must be exposed and opposed.

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · January 1, 2023

The Not-So “Great Reset”

Pastor Tim argues that the World Economic Forum’s stated goals for a global “Great Reset” are a political agenda and a spiritual battle against Christian faith and American freedom. From scripture, he calls believers to…

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · July 2, 2021

How Can We Remain Silent?

Pastor Ford had to make a choice. Today, Pastors face increased pressure to make choices regarding topics far more consequential than a community festival. Traditionally, many have shied away from current issues for fear…

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · June 2, 2021

Is Traditional Marriage Obsolete?

If a month could have a theme song, I imagine June’s would be “Here Comes the Bride.” It is a fact that more people get married in June than any other month of the year, followed by August, July, and May, in that order..…

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · May 2, 2021

Is God Real?

Is there a supernatural, all-powerful, all-knowing God? Is there evidence of His existence? And if He does exist, then what kind of God is He?

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · April 2, 2021

Did Jesus rise from the dead?

When it comes to Christian holidays, Easter is by far the most significant of them all. Why, you may ask? The core of the Christian faith centers around the belief in Jesus’ resurrection from the dead ...

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · March 2, 2021

Another name for “Christian”?

The title “Christian” has endured for centuries (being adopted by the Church in the second century). So, what does it mean to be a “Christian”? And then, who gets to decide what it means to be a Christian?

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · February 2, 2021

What is the role of a (The) Church in the politics of its nation?

Few topics have caused more division and disunity than this one posed by a reader from Nine Mile Falls. Thank you for the question. For the record...

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · January 2, 2021

What is the Origin of Evil

At the outset, we all need to remember that we are human and not God. Do we honestly believe that, as flawed human beings, we are qualified to stand in judgment of an almighty, all-knowing, all-powerful God...

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · July 2, 2020

Fate vs Faith Part 2

Last month I began Part 1 with this opening statement: “Well, you know, ‘everything’ happens for a reason.”– As I pointed out last month, this over-used statement is more of a belief in fate...

Pastor Tim White · Stevens County Times · June 2, 2020

Fate vs Faith Part 1

“Well, you know, ‘everything’ happens for a reason.” This statement is a typical concluding remark to stories about various trials and hardships. But is this a statement of faith in God, or faith in something called “fat…