Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Pick A Side
The issue is now quite clear. It is between light and darkness and every one must choose his side. G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) Abortion. The loss of freedom. Lies and incompetence of our leaders. Not to mention all our own little trials and tribulations. There is...
Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?
But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. James 1:14-15 NIV Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired? You are about to...
The Promise
When we make a vow, we use the name of someone greater than ourselves, and the vow settles all arguments. To those who were to receive what He promised, God wanted to make it very clear that He would never change His purpose; so He added His vow to the promise. So God...
On Forgiveness
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9 ESV We continue our exploration of sin with a look at the...
On Sin
Sin is forsaking fellowship with God in order to pursue your own pleasures. Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. Create in me a clean heart, O...
Forgiveness
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
Spiritual Salmon
Live without blemish as children of God in a dark world full of people who are crooked and stubborn. Shine out among them like beacon lights, holding out to them the Word of Life. Philippians 2:15b-16a God, in His infinite wisdom and sovereignty, has left us on earth...
Faith Or Sight
When you seek the Lord and walk by faith, you will encounter the hostility of people who walk by sight. Ronald P. Wilkes (1947 - 2024)
Bollix
Word of the day: Bollix, n, what I make of my life apart from God.
Longsuffering By Any Other Name
The Fruit of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 In the King James Version the word is longsuffering. The New International Version translates it as forbearance. The New...
Heaven And Hell
Hell is truth seen too late. Heaven is falsehood detected in time.* *h/t to Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679) and Paul Johnson (1928 - 2023)
A Prayer For Our Time
The arc of Billy Graham’s life covered over 99 years (November 7, 1918 - February 21, 2018). At age 93, Dr. Graham prayed ardently for us: “Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.We know Your Word...
For Such A Time As This
The Context: Many of us don't think about it often or at all, but we are living in a post-Christian world. As little as a hundred years ago, a Judeo-Christian Worldview was the predominant marker in (Western) personal and public life. It has been replaced by various...
Repentance, Renewal, Restoration
If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 ASV National repentance and restoration...
Forever
Therefore the people of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, observing the Sabbath throughout their generations, as a covenant forever. It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested...
Bumper Sticker Of The Month
Unborn lives matter.
The Practice Of The Presence Of God
Pray at all times, on every occasion, and in every season. Pray in the Spirit, with all manner of prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding on behalf of all God’s consecrated people. Ephesians 6:18, Adapted...
The Connection Between The Word of God and The Spirit of God
There are some things that always go together: a person and her shadow, two sides of a coin, the blades of scissors - and the Spirit of God and the Word of God. It is the Word of God that establishes God’s will in the earth, and it is the Spirit of God that enables,...
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