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If They Say, "Come With Us"SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Jim, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your thoughts on this subject. It would take a book to share it all with you, and...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"Dear Christsfreeservant, Thank you for sharing your spiritual insight. Your topic is very timely, personally speaking, as I have struggled with...
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Learn to EndureYou are loved by God and nothing will change that. There will be more in the future. Jesus knows all of it, yet loves you with an eternal heart...
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Was busy moving and preparing for a long trip, so I missed last week. With Trump, there is always something that is negative.
For all that Trump and Republicans complained about Biden's age, it is odd they are ignoring the signs of dementia in Trump. We are told he only sleeps 4 hours...
“Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.” (Galatians 6:9-10 NASB1995)
When I read the Scriptures, frequently I will...
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we...
The Sovereignty of God Over Satan and Suffering
Part I: Satan’s Ranging: Prowling Under God’s Control
The passage in Job ( Job 1:6-7 ) confirms that Satan is an active, created being who moves in God’s creation. The New Testament confirms that this activity did not end after Job’s time. This...
Prayer as I Age
Moses urges us to pray with the same ardor of Jesus, to intercede for the world, and to remember that despite all its frailties,
it still belongs to God. Everyone belongs to God. The worst sinners, the most wicked people, the most corrupt leaders,
are children of God...
“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please… If we live by the Spirit, let us...
Not just a breath of fresh air–it’s breathtaking that Luke would describe Paul as saying,
“For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I
serve” (Acts 27:23 NKJV). I am not referring to mention of the angel, as astounding as
that must have been for Paul.
“The...
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm.” Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say...
Within the Messianic mosaic that is Isaiah 9:2-7 (about the birth of Messiah Jesus),
Isaiah 9:7 has always seemed like a quiet verse to me, until I read it again, this morning:
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. (NKJV-bold mine)
An acquaintance of mine once commented that he had...
What does the tradition of Christmas teach children? Even with the knowledge of the birth of Jesus and who He was, has it remained a good thing or like everything else, has a subtle twist occurred that benefits the Adversary? Even without idolizing all the dazzle and hoopla, what does the...
Woke up, the clock read 3 a.m. The thought immediately came: “Well, since you're awake, go read and study.” The apartment is always perfectly peaceful at these small hours. Fuji was a shadow cut against the stars. Below, the park was silent. And there I was: lamp on, Bible open, grappling with...
“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not...
For Missionaries in Jewish circles:The Old Testament and the notion of who is a Jew
The purpose of this post is to show that the key pillar of rabbinic Judaism—Jewish status through the mother (matrilineal descent)—is not rooted in the biblical text. If the foundational premise is false...
Peaces of Heaven:
Pardon, Cleansing, Friendly God—
Our new heart’s birthright.
Friend,* He ever was,
For us, but our pride forbade
Him touching to heal.
God, He ever Is,
Deigning to be one of us.
Now? Christmas cure still!
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* John 15:15
“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give...
The true God, as proclaimed by the Prophet Jeremiah has to be both
"living" and "everlasting", per Jeremiah 10:10a...*
But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
These descriptives found there full manifestation on Earth at the birth of Messiah Jesus
(both...
Given the recent controversy over the killings of alleged "narco terrorists," there is perhaps a far better way to reduce drug smuggling. In this post I will combine two ideas together from the past to form a better, humane way of reducing drug smuggling by boats.
The first idea is to restrict...
(below, I refer to earnest prayers from the hearts of honest saints)
God’s answer is “Yes”, yes to His will,
Even if we send Him erroneous news.
He knows our hearts, of the pilgrim sort
And thankfully edits our journalistic quotes,
For try as we may, the objective eludes,
Seeing as through a...
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and...
Others there agreed, and ideas for what might be used in any further story being developed were traded around. Soon after the gathered people of this small settlement departed to each go to their own of the simple homes that were recently built, and had lasted through the great storm that had...