This funny thing happened…I have been searching for a passage of Scripture. I had a sense of it; the gist of it. I knew it referenced people from all walks of life from the ancient past and offered some perspective on their lives. I really thought it was in the Psalms. Couldn’t find it anywhere. … Continue reading
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For SGT Men’s Conference, Jan. 25, 2020
Potential for a Global Monetary System
This article from CoinDesk is worth checking out if you are a trader, into cryptocurrency, or just have interest in the subject of blockchain and its potential. Continue reading
What is the 21 Day Fast All About?
There are a few different ways of looking at the subject of fasting.* But biblical fasting is done, first and foremost, for spiritual sensitivity. What is fasting? The simplest definition of fasting, and the one we think of first, is the intentional abstinence from food. There are many examples of this in Scripture. In Matthew … Continue reading
What is in Queen Elizabeth’s Purse?
Could the Queen of England not find some place to set her purse down while she makes pudding? Can we not get some help here? What’s she got in there anyway? As it turns out, there is a reason the Queen carries her purse at (almost) all times! Continue reading
The Character of Your Critics
If those who are criticizing your performance were actually great at theirs–I mean truly great–they would never dream of criticizing you. If, as it turns out, your critics truly have been proven to be superior in their performance, then what they are lacking is character. Let character trump performance. Continue reading
Cheap Journalism
Here’s an approach to news headlines that is far too common. It says: Trump Seems to Call for His Own Impeachment in Bizarre Tweet No he doesn’t. Here’s the tweet Duh! It’s called sarcasm! Continue reading
Isn’t This Called Cultural Appropriation?
Tone of Voice
Nietzsche Nietzsche wrote, “We often contradict an opinion for no other reason than we do not like the tone in which it is expressed.” Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, Trans. Hollingdale,(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), #303. and, So also: an opinion gives happiness, therefore it is the true one, its effect … Continue reading
Always A Path
Only one sin is put forward by Jesus as being unforgivable. Matthew 12:22-32, ESV 22 Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” 24 But when … Continue reading
Wow! New York City Decides That There Is No Such Thing As An Illegal Alien!
You can now be fined up to $250,000 if you call someone an ‘illegal alien’ in New York City Now, in theory, this fine is only imposed if someone uses the term to humiliate someone: Enter the subjectivity involved in deciding what might humiliate a person. (Hey, I don’t like it when someone says I have … Continue reading
Why I Don’t Believe in Generational Curses
Be careful that, while trying to free someone from bondage you don’t add to it instead! Continue reading
Dress Rehearsal for Isolation of Christians in the Endtimes
The links in this post give the details of an evil mentality that is growing so very quietly, subtly in western culture. In a nutshell, Debra Messing expressed that those who support Donald Trump should be exposed, outed, listed and marked. In essence, Messing is calling for the ostracizing of a certain people because of … Continue reading
Americans Becoming Dumber and Dumber!
I tell you, if we could monitor people’s thoughts we would indeed incarcerate people for the one’s that make us “feel insecure”! The man in the picture was charged $100 for “imitating the firing and recoiling of a gun.” Continue reading
So, This Guy Goes to the Doctor . . .
Response to a Comment
Recently, someone named Clark responded to an article I wrote almost four years ago concerning the various ways people who affirm homosexuality have and are attempting to get past the Scriptural admonition against it. Below is my response to Clark. You can read Clark’s thoughts by following this link. ——————————————————- Hi Clark, Yes, it is … Continue reading
By All Means, Don’t Offend Anyone!
So, Dr. Goodfeels had a patient named Tom. Tom, went in for a routine check-up, but something very serious had shown up on an X-ray. Tom was sort of high strung anyway, and the doctor knew that this was going to completely unnerve him and his family. Just two years earlier his father had died of … Continue reading
Warning!
Will Somebody Please Move That Lighthouse!
I don’t know when I first heard the story of The Lighthouse. Here it is in case you have never heard it or need a reminder: I once heard a story about a captain of a ship who looked into the dark night and saw faint lights in the distance. Without hesitation, the captain told … Continue reading
How to Detect Fake News
But when Christians post eighteen-year-old fake stories as though they were published yesterday, we look foolish. To a culture that thinks it thinks, we look like people who don’t. Continue reading
