There is a lot of screaming these days about inequality. What is really at the root of it all? We live in a time under an intense delusion of inequality. I’m not talking about the shallow front-page stuff that pits one race against another or one sexual preference against another. Most of these crusades are nothing more than this group or that group wanting special privileges and recognition under the guise of trying to convince others they are being discriminated... Read more
The Uncomfortable Truth About Our Collective Biases and the Call to Action “The wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11:2-3 This is what is going on in this country. People are taking shots at the very things that hold this country together. All these socialistic mini terrorist groups are like termites gnawing away... Read more
Touching God…knowing him intimately, communicating with him, knowing his presence. There is that part of us that longs for a connection to a greater, higher power. But it isn’t the method that is most important. The Michelangelo painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel of God creating man is certainly well-known, highly recognizable and iconic. The hand of Adam touching the hand of God is also, I think, very symbolic of the human need to touch God. Is it... Read more
What happens when rock stars talk about Jesus? A reflection on grace, witness, and how God may use even the loudest messengers. I recently watched a documentary about Kid Rock’s ‘Rock The Country’ tour. A concert aimed at and performed in small towns that normally don’t get the big-name concerts. As most know Kid Rock unashamedly performs for patriotic crowds boosting and promoting patriotism and Donald Trump as president. He is endorsed by Trump and is often seen in public... Read more
What is wrong with the world system today? Is it sustainable? This world system is like a patient on an emergency room table that is bleeding out and there are fifty or more people in the room arguing about how to save the patient. Some are doctors and some are not. Some are experts in their field and some are not. And some are…well…no one even knows how they got in the operating room to begin with. Most of them,... Read more
There is a lot of misunderstanding about what a cult is these days. When you think of cults, you probably think of Jim Jones or orange saffron robes or that ring of the doorbell. And those may be examples of cults, but the best definition of a cult I have ever heard is by a cult expert, Walter R. Martin, in his very fine book, Kingdom of the Cults. He gave three tenets for identifying a cult. He said if... Read more
Just about everyone has been through something painful in their lives. If you haven’t you probably will. I’m not saying that to bring you down and it certainly is not my wish for you. Fact is we are all born with an expiration date and we are born into a body subject to breaking down, aging, aches and pains. Jobs and careers come and go. Cars and houses and anything created by humans will eventually break down, fail or need... Read more
This week I welcome a guest blogger named Dani’El Garvin. He is a Miq’Maq Elder, missionary, conference speaker and good friend. He has written many books. He has some very enlightening thoughts on the significance of the two trees in the Garden of Eden. He goes into more detail on this subject in his book Paradise Restored. In the book of Genesis, the two trees are described as the “Tree of Life” and the “Tree of the knowledge of... Read more
Is our inner peace something we have to work up, wind up or pay up or is it a gift from God that we just have to lay back and receive? Go to John 14:1 and 27 with me. First, I want you to read it as it is recorded in the King James Version: King James Version John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:27 Peace I leave with... Read more
Is Speaking In Tongues For Today? I have seen very few subjects that seem to inflame and divide the Body of Christ (the church) as much as the subject of speaking in tongues. It is probably the single most common practice that divides the church down the middle. All denominations can be classified as either Pentecostal (or charismatic) or non-pentecostal (or non-charismatic). And usually, this translates to tongue-speaking or non-tongue-speaking. It is disturbing to me how quickly many are willing... Read more
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