Archive for September 2021
#145 – Today, Part 2
So, is America’s current administration and its degenerate policies simply “politics as usual,” or is it being allowed by a greater power as part of something bigger? And how about Covid-19? And wars, earthquakes, drought, forest fires, floods and the atrocities of radical Islam? And the fact that Christians around the world are being persecuted…
Read More#144 – Today, Part 1
Many professing Christ-followers are so fixated on American politics, and national and world events, and so vested in building their personal and religious kingdoms, that they can’t see God at work in our world. In spite of her abandonment of God and His ways, “America” isn’t the most pressing issue for her Christians. Rather, it…
Read More#143 – The “Go” Of Renunciation
(See https://biblia.com/bible/niv2011/luke/9/57-62) By Oswald Chambers, MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST, Sept. 27, https://utmost.org/ ——————– …someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.” * Our Lord’s attitude toward this man was one of severe discouragement, “for He knew what was in man.” ** We would have said, “I can’t imagine why He lost…
Read More#142 – The Pathway to A Reprobate Mind, Part 3
Jesus said, “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”* But haven’t the gates of hell overcome our voice for righteousness in America? ARE we Jesus’ Church as much as we like to think we are? Where WAS our influence in that sequence of court cases and moral decline?…
Read More#141 – The Pathway to A Reprobate Mind, Part 2
Picking up from Sept. 21, feminism’s rejection of God’s authority set the stage for the Jan. 22, 1973, Roe v Wade SCOTUS decision on abortion, which moved us toward their June 26, 2015 redefinition of marriage as we increasingly abandoned God’s laws. That decision opened the floodgates for a rush of heretofore unthinkable moral depravity…
Read More#140 – The Pathway to A Reprobate Mind, Part 1
Not long ago, rational thought processes drew from long-held moral and societal principles and led to logical, common-sense conclusions that set the standard in our society. History provided a reservoir of sound precedents that were respected. Today is different. Things no longer need to make sense. They are validated if they reflect the emotionally and…
Read More#139 – The Great Boat Lift of 9/11
Read this story, or at least look at the photos and captions, and let the spirit of it sink into you. https://www.nj.com/news/2021/09/the-great-boat-lift-of-911.html As you do, ask yourself how different this was from the rescue mission that Jesus left with the Church. And ask if we are willing to rescue the lost and care for the…
Read More#138 – The Power of the Jab
I’ve seen a lot of controversy but nothing with the power to separate a nation, friends, churches and families like the jab does. Hell celebrates. It has taken us to new levels of throwing others into broad categories of supposedly irrational beliefs that assumedly lead to actions with dire consequences. Opposing high stakes viewpoints held…
Read More#137 – What If – – ?
Is it possible that events leading up to Jesus’ return are as different from what many expect, as His first arrival was different from what the Jews expected? Could our expectation of escaping pain, cause us to miss seeing God’s sovereign plan and redemptive action today? What if He is working toward something far grander…
Read More#136 – “Maybe We Should Just Wait and See”
I was flying a 1940’s Douglas DC-3 aircraft from Arizona to Pennsylvania when my co-pilot said that smoke was coming from the right engine. The worn-out engines were on the airplane as it sat in the desert for years before we bought it, so I was alert to possible troubles. My options were to take…
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