Slavery is not mentioned in the Constitution and differences over it resulted in a Civil war that almost destroyed the nation. Once again a divisive issue, abortion has been turned over to state jurisdiction. How will it be resolved? Consider the facts, in no particular order: Slavery: Economic motive: Source of much revenue to slave… Continue reading Slavery and Abortion
Category: Theology
Kemi Badenoch and Immigration
Kemi Badenoch is a British politician who is currently gaining much notoriety/support in England. She has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government since 2024 and was Secretary of State for Business and Trade from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she has served as a Member… Continue reading Kemi Badenoch and Immigration
Love by Holy Spirit
“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!” (Acts 7:51) The greatest commandment is to “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:5) Love has distinct characteristics. “If… Continue reading Love by Holy Spirit
Blessing of Long Life
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.” (Ephesians 6:1-3) I have contemplated this for years, wondering at the blessing of long… Continue reading Blessing of Long Life
Dead to Sin
"Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God… Continue reading Dead to Sin
Resignation
This is giving up or retiring a position or acceptance of some thing undesirable, but inevitable. These two meanings fit together like a zipper. Consider Yeshua who knew He faced unjust death and betrayal by a friend. Is there anything in scripture that guards us from anything Yeshua experienced? When scripture says we are in… Continue reading Resignation
Believing in Yeshua
Thomas demanded to see before he would believe. Yeshua said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29) There are many things to believe regarding Yeshua, God and the Holy Spirit. I distinguish the three persons of the One True… Continue reading Believing in Yeshua
A Clarion Call
“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support. He brought me out into a… Continue reading A Clarion Call
Psalm 139
The first 18 verses of Psalm 139 is one of my favorite passages of Scripture. It reveals just how intimately God knows and cares for each of His creation. Even in the womb God knew and formed us. God even knows the words we are going to speak before we speak them. God is everywhere… Continue reading Psalm 139
Solutions From Heaven
“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:13) The things we need are in the hands of a loving God who has provided for us up until this… Continue reading Solutions From Heaven
Believer’s Today
“I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even… Continue reading Believer’s Today
The High Call
There is within mankind a call to glory, heaven, utopia, nirvana, paradise, infinite perfection. I mention these names given by religions together with the true heaven because the call is in all of us. It is evidence of the Spiritual realm which transcends our temporal life on earth, except utopia, which secular humanists imagine they… Continue reading The High Call
God Answered
The one true God answered my prayer. He has revealed His goodness and loving kindness a thousand ways, ten thousand times. I know it has been limited by my dull senses and excess regard to self, but He reaches down through Holy Spirit affirming His presence Spirit to Spirit. (1 Cor. 2:11) The first century… Continue reading God Answered
Secret Power
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 6:1) This is a critical aspect of Yeshua’s ministry and opposite from the world’s practice. Have you seen coworkers who worked late to be seen… Continue reading Secret Power
Where Help Comes From
“For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith…for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.” (Hebrews 4:2,10) Our… Continue reading Where Help Comes From
Remember Now
“Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them”— before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain; when the keepers of the… Continue reading Remember Now
Transgender and Pinocchio
Until recently to identify a thing apart from its biological, factual, scientific and historical reality was mental derangement, illness, or incapacity. Suddenly, to identify ones race, gender, or other characteristic as other than reality was accepted as truth over and above reality. At the same time surgical and pharmaceutical methods began to be used as… Continue reading Transgender and Pinocchio
New Compassions
: “But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand.” (Psalms 10:14a) God is falsely accused of many things, but not caring for the afflicted, oppressed, grief-stricken and helpless is perhaps the most malicious. To deny God’s compassion and mercy is to spit in the… Continue reading New Compassions
Affiliation With God
“No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them.” (Numbers 23:21) People talk and talk about the status of the economy, social harmony, financial stability, civil maintenance, healthcare and liberty and things are not good in America. Why?… Continue reading Affiliation With God
Mercy’s Majesty
The small things we never planned, couldn’t or wouldn’t pursue amidst our ceaseless desires, God gives as a glimpse of His unconditional love awaiting us in His presence. Just as God has never ceased loving Israel, He stands ready to receive us, set us free from every failure, weakness, blemish, imperfection, and shame that weighs… Continue reading Mercy’s Majesty
Finding Yeshua
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30) Believers want… Continue reading Finding Yeshua
Sinful Desires and Repentance
"Whoever abides in Him does not sin.... Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God." I John 3:6,9 "Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but… Continue reading Sinful Desires and Repentance
Spiritual Blindness
“He said, “Go and tell this people: “ ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” (Isaiah… Continue reading Spiritual Blindness
Mistrust Warranted
You wouldn’t trust the devil if you were thinking right and you shouldn’t trust your own independent thinking all the time either. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;” (Proverbs 3:5) One may question, how are we to live, God gave us an intellect to use? We… Continue reading Mistrust Warranted
Give Praise
The Lord, Yeshua, Messiah is the pinnacle of perfection, fully human as He is fully God. It is only fitting and right that we give Him the praise due his name. Set aside everything and seek His face. Praise His mercy shown you, praise Him above the highest heavens. Give praise recounting His goodness to… Continue reading Give Praise
