"Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions… Continue reading Find Joy in the Toil of Life
You Don’t Feel Love
I don't feel like I feel love like love ought to feel. It bothers me and nags at me, but mostly it makes me sad. I think about it and why I feel the way I do. What is it that makes me different from everyone else, but then I stop thinking about the way… Continue reading You Don’t Feel Love
Heart of Peace
"Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish." (Psalm 25:17) A troubled heart is not from the Lord, but from the world and our fallen human nature. We should guard our hearts because everything we do proceeds from it. (Proverbs 4:23) The enemy would fill your heart with regret, if he can… Continue reading Heart of Peace
What’s Wrong With Me?
Thanks to social media and the internet we are able to peer into the lives of our fellow citizens like never before. We now see each others successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses, pleasures and sadness. Nothing is hidden as we bear all in efforts to find like-minded friends and acceptance in a world of unacceptance. Instead… Continue reading What’s Wrong With Me?
What Can 74 Million Do?
These are the acknowledged voters for President Trump, I believe a vast majority of them believe there was significant voter fraud in the battleground states, easily enough to greatly exceed the tiny margins which Joe Biden secured in these states. These 74 million have heard brief summaries of some of the evidence suggesting fraud, including… Continue reading What Can 74 Million Do?
Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
It often seems that justice is denied, in crime, murder, tyranny, oppression in all corners of this fallen world. In America we boast of a hope where there is "Liberty and Justice for all". Evil was set loose among men and it feeds upon hate, greed, envy, pride, licentiousness, perversion and lust. However, light has… Continue reading Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
Steve Jobs
"Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson is one of the best biographies of the founder of the Apple Corporation. Jobs hand picked the author to write his biography and he was given unprecedented access to Jobs and those around him which makes the biography compelling. Jobs begin his career in technology by calling Bill Hewlett of… Continue reading Steve Jobs
A Term For God’s Work
I want to describe the work of God's Holy Spirit upon His people who follow Him devoutly over a lifetime. There seem to be no words that accurately describe this state as those available are inadequate, for example, devotee, expert, aficionado, disciple, partisan, evangelist, professor, and elder fail to describe more than one aspect or… Continue reading A Term For God’s Work
Your Marked Seal
Every product has a trademark, brand, or seal certifying the nature of its contents. So too are people, first by God with respect to His Children. "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a… Continue reading Your Marked Seal
The Biblical Canon
It is interesting to learn how the books of the Bible, The Cannon, were determined. Sometime between AD 156 and 172 a man named Montanus appeared in Asia Minor. He and his two prophetesses, Prisca and Maximilla, went about prophesying in the name of the Spirit, and foretelling the speedy second coming of Christ. These… Continue reading The Biblical Canon
Your Prayer Ministry
Any Believer can serve God and his fellow man through prayer ministry. This ministry is fully in the service of God and provided for in scripture. Moreover, the anointing of the Holy Spirit is provided to those with faith. All things pertaining to God require faith. There is no requirement that others participate together, but… Continue reading Your Prayer Ministry
A Hidden Life, The Movie
A Hidden Life, The Movie “…for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.” - George Eliot This… Continue reading A Hidden Life, The Movie
Stand Firm Against the Wicked
"Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear… Continue reading Stand Firm Against the Wicked
The Spirit Led Congregation
I believe a change is coming to the body of Messiah. It’s a move toward God away from man; Spirit initiated rather than temporal. This enhanced Spiritual relationship will come with change from a physical focused and designed production to an organic submissive receptive approach. Holy Spirit control and influence in the congregation must be… Continue reading The Spirit Led Congregation
Death to Self
There are many means of death. Most of us experience a slow process that takes seventy or so years, where we gradually lose our skills, facilities, abilities, and eventually life functions. Others are cutoff in mid-stride from numerous afflictions, accidents or even crime. What does your life consist of? Perhaps it is your pursuit of… Continue reading Death to Self
Confusion Outbreak
America is at a crossroads and this is producing confusion and division in its citizens. These motives are influenced by conflicting emotions, reasons, rationalization, beliefs and purposes. In each person these various influences compete to make sense of every changing input against a background of tradition, education, faith, perspective and experience. This is the nature… Continue reading Confusion Outbreak
The Hellenistic Christian Jews of Acts
After Jesus's death and resurrection, the first company of believers included Mary, Jesus' Mother, and other kinsman, along with the apostles. Since the whole company was Jewish they remained loyal for a time to the Jewish law and continued to worship in the synagogue and temple. Despite this they began facing some persecution over their… Continue reading The Hellenistic Christian Jews of Acts
Societal Warfare
I see a society coming apart, the dissolution of the family, the fabric of society. A very small group of like minded powerful people are using a small minority of brain washed people to attack and, if possible, destroy America. The blind deceived followers are full of rebellion, hate, and delusion. To illustrate, imagine a… Continue reading Societal Warfare
Oppressive Times
In America, for 75 Million people there is a degree of confusion, frustration, uncertainty, dissatisfaction, apprehension and foreboding. The Republican majority retreated upon the election of the outsider Donald Trump as President. Forty-eight house members retired giving the House of Representatives to Democrats. Through investigations, impeachments, and unending attacks, accusations, and lies the Media and Republican… Continue reading Oppressive Times
A Christian’s Governing Authority
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment." Romans 13:1-2. Christians are called to be law-abiding citizens and to obey the governments that… Continue reading A Christian’s Governing Authority
Alone With Yeshua
The Lord is our shepherd, David knew this as a shepherd himself. He had times in quietness, solitude, where he had communion with God in praise and worship. It was these unrecorded private times that laid a foundation for hearing and awareness when the presence of God was near, working, building greater relationship. David shared… Continue reading Alone With Yeshua
Israel’s Fear
During the days of Yeshua, the Jewish leaders were under a Roman occupation; they were afraid that their way of life and nation would be destroyed as the Romans sought to assimilate them into their empire. Scripture records a comment from the ruling Jewish council, "If we let him go on like this, everyone will… Continue reading Israel’s Fear
Reading the Man
Reading the Man by Elizabeth Brown Pryor is a quasi-biography of Robert E. Lee. It follows his life in a loosely chronological order largely through the letters he wrote. Each chapter opens with one or more of his letters or a letter of someone related to him and is followed by a biographical narrative by… Continue reading Reading the Man
Activity in Ten Dimensions
Scientists postulate ten conceivable dimensions: 1) width, 2) length, 3) depth, 4) time, 5) another world somewhat different from our own, 6) a matrix of other worlds each different in relationship to that of our own, 7) a matrix of worlds incomparably different from our own from the beginning, 8) a matrix of different worlds… Continue reading Activity in Ten Dimensions
Natural Rights and Secession
In these times of political turmoil between two very different peoples (loosely defined as liberal and conservative or christian and nonchristian) who have completely different mores and standards of morality, secession talk is on the rise around the country. Examples include; Californians angry about the Trump administration's policies recently suggesting that their state would be… Continue reading Natural Rights and Secession
