Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Need Advice?
"But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace, was pleased to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being." Galatians 1:15-16 NIV We can learn from the...
Eternity In Hell Is A Long Time
And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our...
The Law Of Liberty
But if you look closely into the perfect law of liberty that sets people free, and keep on paying attention to it and do not simply listen and then forget it, but put it into practice - you will be blessed by God in what you do. James 1:25 Interpreting the Bible is...
Human Flourishing
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Colossians 3:17 NKJV Human beings are called to glorify and enjoy God in all our endeavors. Human flourishing comes to its ultimate expression in...
Free Association
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Excerpt, The Declaration Of Independence, July 4, 1776...
The Pegs
One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap Him with a question: “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses? And Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the...
Sabbath Humility
The Lord has told us what is good; walk in humble fellowship with God and live in steadfast righteousness and love toward others. Micah 6:8, Paraphrased When we enter the House of the Lord this Sabbath, let us do so in humility, keeping in mind the majesty of God....
Who Else Is Worthy?
Then I looked, and I heard around about the throne, and about the living creatures and the Elders, the voice of many angels numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and...
Can I Get An Amen?
In your heart regard Christ the Lord as holy; be ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you. Peter 3:15 CSB When you stand before the council (Acts 4) or the Gates of Hell, it will not be sufficient to simply...
Abide
"I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5 NKJV Abiding in Christ means living in unhindered fellowship with our Lord. Walking with Him, talking with Him, confessing our...
What? Me Worry?
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." Matthew 6:33-34 When troubles assail you, do...
A Choice
But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15b Here is the thing. Jesus lived and died. He said what He said. “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me...
Faith, Hope, And Love
And now abide faith, hope, and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJV
Our Good, Good Father
"I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will punish him as a father punishes his son. But I will not withdraw My support from him." 2 Samuel 7:14-15a GNT The role of a father is key in God's plan for His people. Here God is speaking to King...
Comparative Philosophy
Evolutionary psychology: Most instincts empower us more than they constrain us. Conservativism: Most traditions empower us more than they constrain us. Social justice activism: Any undergrad can out-smart 525 million years of vertebrate evolution and 10,000 years of...
Justice
Social Justice is a political scheme focused on power and entirely devoid of love, faithfulness, or the inherent value in personal responsibility. Biblical Justice is one-another love.
Truth Or Consequences
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. And those who do not have the wisdom to discern truth doubly so. Wisdom, therefore, is the first gift. Adapted, George Santayana (1863 - 1952), The Life Of Reason.
By Coincidence
Think it is a coincidence you are reading this? The word coincidence is used only once in the New Testament, and it was by Jesus Himself in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:31). Jesus said, “Now by coincidence (by chance) a certain priest was going down...
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