Archive for June 2022

I will not post much for a while in order to focus on another sphere in my life, but I want to leave this with you. Maybe my using “well-fed” recently was misleading. I was speaking of good church folks who are satisfied with the diet offered by the organized church as many know it.…

This is exciting! We saw the oncologist yesterday for the results of the recent PET scan. The bleeding ulcer is healed. HEALED! The tumor is gone. GONE! And the results of yesterday’s bloodwork are excellent with a hemoglobin of over 12. NORMAL! We praise God for that. ALL of that. It is a combination of…

Truth and Wisdom are of God. Truth announces what “is” according to God’s design and Wisdom instructs us in applying it in life. They are ever present, and impact us whether they are accepted or not, but following them is the only path to living well in both the natural and spiritual realms. Truth and…

Some join me in believing that God raised America up for His own special purposes, as He did Israel. And that He similarly prospered America and made us stand out among the nations to enable the Church to fulfill those purposes. Why, then, would Jeremiah’s warnings not similarly apply to America and to the Church?…

The Presence of the Word of God in us infuses us with passion for the plan of the Father and with the power to help Him fulfill the purpose for which the Word came. His name is Jesus. Prince of Peace. Savior. Mighty God. Soon Coming King The eyes of all nations will turn to…

Gas prices, gun-control, a SCOTUS announcement on abortion, or Ukraine – none are the issue of the day for those who claim to follow Christ. There is but one issue. Lawlessness is ugly. It is as hideous as the snake whose venom is displayed in the oft-distressing pseudo-issues above, slithers toward you with its menacing…

Jesus said, “The Time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent, and believe in the Gospel.” * By that He meant that He had, after 4000 years of God’s preparation, come to establish His rule in Satan’s realm on the earth. His obedience to the Father would make it possible, and…

Jesus was drawn to and loved broken people but He despised hypocrisy. He never holds us to a standard of human perfection but He does require us to actively pursue righteousness. * DO WE embrace Paul’s “I press on” disposition ** as a condition for Christ-followers? https://biblia.com/bible/esv/philippians/3/12-16 DO WE dare to invite God to search…

We Christians resist self-examination. We are proud individualists who are typically satisfied if we’re doing as well as most at meeting our local church expectations, and especially so if we’re doing better than some. And even more so if we can hide our vices while those of others are more obvious. But Paul writes, “We…

Paul wrote: “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?” (niv) Oh wow! THAT, folks, was written to the Church at Corinth. The saints! Aren’t his “whether you are,” and his “unless,” harsh and insulting?…