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I am a 59 year old devout conservative Christian. I worked 31 years as a tax professional and recently retired. I became a Christian at age six and have been studying the Bible my entire life. I am editor of this blog and started it to present a defense of the traditional conservative Biblical worldview.

• Jeremy Taylor

  By Larry Foster on October 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) was a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the rule of Oliver Cromwell.  He is frequently cited as one of the greatest prose writers in the English language.  He was… Read More ›

• Inside The Third Reich

  By Larry Foster on October 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  When I was in the seventh grade, around 1972, my English teacher handed out a book club flyer to encourage us to do some extra reading outside the normal reading assignments.  I was already an enthusiastic reader of books, mainly… Read More ›

• A Torch Kept Lit

  By Larry Foster on October 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This is an excellent book I recently read of eulogies written by the late William F. Buckley.  Buckley was the founder of “National Review”, a conservative journal and host of “Firing Line” from 1966-1999 on PBS.  He also wrote many… Read More ›

• Observations on Evolution

  By Larry Foster on October 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  “By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.”  Hebrews 11:3. In the essay “Is Theology Poetry” C. S. Lewis discusses… Read More ›

• Eliminate the Research Tax Credit

  By Larry Foster on October 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  The latest tax reform lowered the corporate tax rates and at the same time eliminated many corporate business tax credits.  This is an excellent idea, in general, as it would give corporations additional money to invest in their companies as… Read More ›

• Take Down All Racists Symbols on Public Grounds

  By Larry Foster on October 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  If our country is going to take down all Confederate symbols from public grounds due to its past association with slavery and racism we should not stop there but take down all racist symbols on public grounds.  This would include the… Read More ›

• The Nashville Statement

  By Larry Foster on October 2, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Recently certain Evangelical Leaders from the “Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood” released a statement on sexuality.  Called the “Nashville Statement” it affirmed the biblical teaching on marriage and sexual immorality.  It included the following positions:   1.  God has… Read More ›

• Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

  By Larry Foster on October 2, 2018 • ( 0 )

  There have recently been many revelations, one after another, of sexual harassment claims, with many being acknowledged by the perpetrator.  The fact that these acts have been brought to light is a very positive development as it has encourage more and… Read More ›

• Reaping the Whirlwind

  By Larry Foster on September 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.” Joshua 11:20. God will at times harden… Read More ›

• The Commander of the Lord’s Army

  By Larry Foster on September 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand.  Joshua approached Him and asked, ‘Are You for us or for our enemies?’  ‘Neither,’ He relied…. Read More ›

• Mercy and Forgiveness

  By Larry Foster on September 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths.  No eye looked with pity… Read More ›

• The Fury of God

  By Larry Foster on August 12, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.  And they shall go forth and look upon the carcasses… Read More ›

• The Peace of God

  By Larry Foster on August 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Peace I leave with you; my peace I leave you.  I do not give to you as the world gives.  Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”  John 14:27.  This passage was Jesus comforting His… Read More ›

• Abide in Christ

  By Larry Foster on July 24, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Abide in me, and I in you.  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that… Read More ›

• Faith and Patience

  By Larry Foster on July 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” Hebrews 6:12. There are many promises given to Believers in the Word of God.  Not the least of which is that, in the… Read More ›

• God’s Kings

  By Larry Foster on June 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Let his mind be changed from a man’s, and let a beast’s mind be given to him; and let seven periods of time pass over him.  The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word… Read More ›

• My Beloved

  By Larry Foster on June 9, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24.  When a Christian man finds his bride he is charged to “hold fast” to her and… Read More ›

• The Night Watches

  By Larry Foster on May 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.” Psalm 16:7.  “My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, when I… Read More ›

• The Bright Glow of Christians

  By Larry Foster on April 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, be shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.” Psalm 37: 23-24.  “Blessed is the man who …… Read More ›

• Bless Our Revilers

  By Larry Foster on April 14, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that… Read More ›

• Pray With Confidence

  By Larry Foster on April 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the… Read More ›

• Be Subject To Your Masters

  By Larry Foster on March 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution … Live as people who are free not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God … Servants, be subject to your masters with… Read More ›

• Walk Worthy of Your Calling

  By Larry Foster on March 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I often become distressed these days when I watch the news.  Few people in Government or in the media seem concerned for the good of America but rather only want to promote their own agendas.  Combined with the moral decay… Read More ›

• The Practice of the Presence of God

  By Larry Foster on February 23, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  I recently finished reading “The Practice of the Presence of God” by Brother Lawrence.  It was a tremendous blessing.  Bother Lawrence was a very devout Christian who lived in the 17th Century and spent most of his life in a… Read More ›

• Fear and Trembling

  By Larry Foster on January 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both… Read More ›