"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
A View of Death
I experienced a dream of dying which was filled with emotion and questioning. Each of us will face, whether consciously or not, a point where we breath our last breath. Breathing is an involuntary action, but when air is denied we become desperate to have the life giving element. Frantic though we may be, there… Continue reading A View of Death
Conversations on the Trail
My Son, his two daughters and I, went on a backpacking hike over the weekend. My ten year old granddaughter and I were discussing our salvation experiences and I mentioned that after I was baptized as a child, I was not taught about the Holy Spirit in our church. My granddaughter interrupted asking, "How is… Continue reading Conversations on the Trail
The First Nazi Holocaust
Many people do not know that the first victims of the Nazi Holocaust were not the Jews (which started primarily in 1942) but the mentally and physically handicapped. It started with the decision to kill physically deformed newborns and small children in 1939. A group of "experts" were formed, operating under the name of "Reich… Continue reading The First Nazi Holocaust
The Deep State Rises
A large group of people move into the capital building as Congress, Representatives of the people, take the last steps to certify a fraudulent election. The media barons censor President Trump, who called for peaceful actions by the 200,000 citizens protesting the government's failure to hear the evidence and merits of fraudulent votes. There were… Continue reading The Deep State Rises
The Perfect Judgment of God
“For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your offspring and your name remain. From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the Lord. 'And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies… Continue reading The Perfect Judgment of God
Reason Supporting Faith
I have observed often that mental reasoning and a reliance thereon can thwart our response in faith. The entire Humanist religion is founded in reason over faith. Even flimsy ideas like evolution must be continually propped up with twisted reason as new scientific evidence and observations add to the collective error of this theory opposed… Continue reading Reason Supporting Faith
The Only Refuge
"Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea...." Yeshua was not afraid of death and was willing to be tortured and abused for you, I and the entire congregation of Believers. Shall we lose hope in God's victory over evil, the enemy, even… Continue reading The Only Refuge
The Firm Unknown
Think of it this way, the sea is vast and filled with unseen currents that move like mighty rivers across the oceans depths. The winds swirl and move about raising the waves and driving across the surface, then subside in stillness and quiet. We can not determine where the wind is from or where it… Continue reading The Firm Unknown
A Perspective on Politics
President Trump is a lightning rod for highly charged political and emotional banter, but his administration set records in every category of prosperity. My perspective is one for the holidays as Mr. Trump and Jesus were in similar situations in certain respects. I'm not comparing them personally or their missions, just the circumstances in which… Continue reading A Perspective on Politics
Harriet, the Movie (2019)
When we got this movie I thought it was a western with a woman heroine, like most of the movies today, that seek to replace the notion of male leadership with a maternal hegemony. When I saw that it was about Harriet Tubman, I wasn't sure whether I could endure another suggestion that it is… Continue reading Harriet, the Movie (2019)
O Holy Night
One of the most cherished Christmas songs we sing each year is "O Holy Night". It has an interesting history. In 1847, in a French village, the local priest asked the local wine commissioner, Placide Cappeau, a not-very-religious man, to write a poem for Christmas mass. It has been lost to history why the priest… Continue reading O Holy Night
One Promise to Hold
The Almighty God of all is loving, so much so that we are told He is love. In His unfathomable love He chooses to impart blessings and make promises to assure us of the good things He has in store for us. As Moses was addressing the nation of Israel he said, "Praise be to… Continue reading One Promise to Hold
