The Conservative Christian Apologist

Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?  No, but until then we see it in ourselves. Peter spoke the truth by revelation of the Spirit that Yeshua was Messiah.  A few moments later he spoke the words of the enemy, suggesting to Yeshua a will apart from God's, even contrary… Continue reading Soul vs Spirit Expression →

We all have the desire to be happy.  The founders of this country knew this and acknowledged it in our founding documents saying, "... life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."  They sought to protect these God-given rights.  When we think about tomorrow it is this pursuit that engages our minds in various and indirect… Continue reading Your Hopes and Dreams →

When you seem confined, it may be that God has set you aside in order to love you and discipline you for His purposes.  This is true for prisoners, whom He loves so much that He has used the police and justice system to confine them in prison where they can be quiet, listen to… Continue reading Note to Self →

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 of our country I sometimes find myself becoming discouraged and even angry.   The Holy… Continue reading Walk Worthy of Your Calling →

"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.  We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.  And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will… Continue reading Prophetic Intercession →

I had a very good dream.  I was playing catch with my good friend.  We were both young, it was a fine sunny warm summer day, the grass was green and fresh. We were simply throwing a ball back and forth to each other.  This is great fun.  The simplicity of throwing and catching a… Continue reading Let’s Pitch →

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 monastery to totally devote himself to God.   This book is considered a Christian classic.… Continue reading The Practice of the Presence of God →

I heard a public personality describing how the media was interested in what people under thirty years old thought.  If you were older, your interests, perspectives, beliefs, and thoughts were irrelevant.  Many people talk about "millenials" and their generational characteristics, distinguishing them from past generations and current established norms.  The TV show, "Survivor" set up… Continue reading Generations and Truth →

We all ask God for help.  Even people who are not Christians but believe in a supreme being or something more than this physical world will cry out for help in time of need. We all have encountered difficulties in this life and we have suffered injustice.  We live in a fallen world full of… Continue reading I Will Never Leave You →

"Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.  Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.  My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.  Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your… Continue reading Find Rest Oh My Soul →

Worship is essential to the human being.  It is a central element in our purpose.  It is intertwined with our purpose and destiny to have relationship with Eternal Father God. He created us in His image as a three-part person to reign with Him in Yeshua Messiah through Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit).  This full mystery… Continue reading Worship God Alone →

"For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." (Col. 1: 13-14). God is leading His people today.  The entire Congregation of believers around the world. He is positioning and leading to the Kingdom… Continue reading God’s Strategy →

It is interesting to me that Yeshua never raised any money.  He never instructed his disciples to do so and although the Bible contains much instruction about dealing with money, it does not suggest that it is to be gathered up, even to accomplish a great purpose.  There was instruction by Paul to the churches… Continue reading Fund Raising →

The ground is covered in a quarter-inch of ice with three inches of snow on top of that and it has me thinking of planting a crop.  The professional farmers have equipment that drills a hole, sets the seed, covers it with the proper amount of soil and disturbs just enough to allow for the… Continue reading Sowing vs Planting →

All of us desire to be forgiven our sins, even the lost have a consciousness of sin.  Though we may have worked and tried to deny it, rationalize it, forget it, make up for it, or otherwise ignore it; at some point our conscience within convicts that evil behavior is wrong.  All people instinctively understand… Continue reading Your Sins Are Forgiven →

"I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God.  For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels." (Isaiah 61:10). I do delight greatly in… Continue reading The Believers Attire →

I was looking forward to going to church this Sunday. Church is good.  We got there on time, but the guest preacher ran over, so we waited as the prior service ended. The people came out, most with blank or sad faces on.  I thought they should have told this guy that running over might… Continue reading At Church Today →

Who restrains evil, evil men and spiritual forces of evil?  God restrains them all.  Why and how? Because He is concerned that they may harm His chosen people by their wickedness.  Yet, He also uses the wicked as instruments of His providence, consider Esther and Haman. Moreover, in His forbearing love, He sets limits on… Continue reading God’s Sovereign Mercy →

"And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son?  It says, 'My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his… Continue reading Father God’s Discipline →

"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 to will and to work for his good pleasure." Phil 2: 12-13. We know salvation is… Continue reading Fear and Trembling →

"I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.  Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was… Continue reading Harvest of Souls →

Brother Lawrence observed in worshipping God, "He requires no great matters of us: a little remembrance of Him from time to time; a little adoration; sometimes to pray for His grace, sometimes to offer Him your sufferings, and sometimes to return Him thanks for the favors He has given you, and still gives you, in… Continue reading Sufferings →

"God, says He, has infinite treasure to bestow, and we take up with a little sensible devotion, which passes in a moment.  Blind as we are, we hinder God and stop the current of His graces.  But when He finds a soul penetrated with a lively faith, He pours into it graces and favors plentifully;… Continue reading Relationship with the Eternal →

God's people are attacked, oppressed, threatened, accused, slandered, mistreated and harassed by the enemy of our souls.  We are well acquainted with our weaknesses.  We seek and desire innocence, peace, truth, quiet gentleness, humility and unselfishness.  We are not practiced in the ways of the world - craftiness, manipulation and deception.  However, we are in… Continue reading What Shall We Do? →

It is very easy for us to question and doubt another's faith in God.  In the past ordinary people shared their testimony of God's goodness and mercy in the congregation of believers.  I believe it is doubt that ended the practice; doubt that God had done such thing and doubt that prevented God from doing… Continue reading Great Faith Rewarded →