Posts Tagged ‘signs of the times’
25-31, We’ve GOT to Talk
Communication is crucial to any group of people who hope to work together for the common good. The success of families, businesses, churches, sports teams, and technology development groups, for example, depends a lot on open communication including the willingness of all parties to both speak and listen. We are so different in our interests,…
Read More25-27, Where is the FOG?
Do we in the Church in America fear/reverence God in a way that compels us to take Him seriously and to consider His current activities? It looks to me like we’re pretty casual about what’s going on in our chaotic world. We talk about it politically some but rarely from a spiritual standpoint, and we…
Read More25-26, Weekend Reading
Jesus set the tone for what His authentic followers should expect in life. First, He made it clear that we must choose between Him and the world. We will love, set the eye of our heart upon, and pursue one or the other as the source of our identity and fulfillment. That was “black and…
Read More25-25, When Nothing Else Matters
We the Church must be prepared for spiritual darkness and troubles that we can’t presently imagine, and we’re not. I’m not saying we won’t feel pain, I’m only saying that deep down inside we will have an inexplicable peace that comes from the rule of God in our soul. The peace that the man Jesus…
Read More25-24, Stupider than Stupid
The actual stupidest thing I can imagine is to indulge in the pleasures of this world, expecting to still go to heaven in the Rapture (Plan A) because we checked enough boxes, but thinking that if we miss it we’ll decide to choose Christ in the Tribulation (Plan B). Aaaah – not smart! To start…
Read More25-9, Extraordinary Faith for – –
January 21, 2025 is a big day in several ways. For one, it is the first day for our new president to begin working on his agenda before the break of dawn. This date is also the 500th anniversary of the Anabaptist Reformation, called the “Radical Reformation” for a reason – but that was then…
Read More25-7, The Musk Factor
When the most powerful man in the world invites the richest man in the world whose Starlink program will soon offer communication to every corner of the earth, and who is a front-runner in AI development including his Neuralink brain chip, and a leader in other technology like outer space exploration, it’s easy to see…
Read More25-3, With Closed Eyes
Church, the Father’s hand is all over the national and global, natural, social and political events and technological advancements of our Day, but many Christians are clueless because their spiritual eyes are closed. Do you remember that just before Jesus gave the promise of the Holy Spirit and then ascended into heaven, the disciples asked…
Read More24-3, Blocking Out those Alarms
Several weeks ago I was awakened around two a.m. by an ear-piercing sound that I assumed was a smoke alarm. I keep the house cool, and there I was in my boxers, all cozy under the blanket with little interest in getting up and going out to the garage for a ladder and then down…
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