D.O.T.E.

(Just to think about, until I tackle another area of serious inefficiency, waste, fraud, theft that robs humanity of the truth and the life and freedom we could have.)

DEPARTMENT
OF
THEOLOGICAL
EFFICIENCY

See also D.O.M.E.

VERBAL HIDING – – – JUST LIKE LATIN

“Trust me”—just as dangerous from theologians as from politicians.

Quoting/Trusting/Revering early church fathers set the stage for the church developing exclusive standing on “understanding God”, and hiding the Bible in Latin, so people depended on what church leaders said rather than reading/studying/understanding the Bible directly, for themselves.

One example:
This has persisted to this day through holding onto and revering trinity and all its gobbledygook ‘explanations’—or lack thereof because the impossibility thereof.

Why can’t anyone see the theological “emperors have no clothes” ?

EATING WRONG – – – EATING RIGHT

For Our Body
For Now

For Our Soul
For Forever

– – –

I could leave it at that, for your reflection.
Or I could add this, to direct your reflection:

Most everyone knows how eating wrong or eating right has consequences for our bodies—maybe not immediate, but long-term for sure.

Most people don’t stop to consider how the ‘long-term’ concerning our body is really, really the short-term for our soul.
No matter how we take care of our body, or don’t take care of it, it is all just for now.
The effect of what we consume for our soul is indeed forever, whether we stop to think about it and evaluate the health of our soul, or not.
Not taking in ‘bad stuff’, or taking in ‘good stuff’, may not secure the future well-being of our soul.
Only one thing guarantees the health, the very life of our soul forever—

Eating Right for our soul comes only from the Bible—taking in Jesus and His food for eternal life—

“Jesus paid it all; all to Him I owe.
Sin had left a crimson stain.
He washed it white as snow.”

Eat and Drink and get your name written in heaven, now.

EVERY PERSON KNOWS TWO THINGS

Everyone who ever lived—everyone alive now—everybody knows two things automatically—

One – – – We all know there is God, The One True God, no matter what we say, no matter what we claim, no matter what we invent to substitute for God.

Two – – – We all know there is more to us after this life.
We know there is LIFE after life – or – there is DEATH after death.
We know there is HEAVEN after this life – or – there is HELL after death.

We all know this, regardless of . . .

CONTENT ?

“I will be content . . . “

OR

“I am content.”

– – –

Take time to reflect.

Wait on God.

“Trust in the Lord, . . .”
. . . don’t lean on your . . .
— your anything
— your thinking
— your understanding
— your abilities
— your figuring it out
— your health
— your strength
— your goals
— your position
— your success
— your money
— your insurance
— your retirement
— your . . .

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”

If we do not stop to consciously, verbally, recognize our dependence on God, our trust in Him “in all our ways”, in every detail—then we are not trusting in the Lord with all our heart.

ALL – – – or – – – NOTHING

“Be still, and know that I AM God.”

SAFE ? or DANGEROUS ?

Jesus – – – Safe ? or Dangerous ?
Following Jesus – – – Safe ? or Dangerous ?
Your Life – – – Safe ? or Dangerous ?
– – –
Safe is Dangerous, for a Christian.

MORE OPPOSITION TO TRUMP THIS TIME – – – WHY ?

— Because this time he’s getting more done, quickly.

— Because this time the left knows he is jeopardizing their agenda to take down America—MAGA makes them mad.

— Because this time he repeatedly acknowledges God–
+ “I was saved by God to make America great again.
I believe that.”—–President Donald Trump to joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025
+ Palm Sunday 2025—his message on Truth Social (a must read, search PALM SUNDAY on this site)
+ Palm Sunday 2025—his Presidential Proclamation (a must read, search PALM SUNDAY on this site)
+ Faith Office in White House
+ Administration Task Force to stop persecution against Christians (initiated yesterday by attorney general Pam Bondi with a number of cabinet officials)

THREAT ? or HARMLESS ?

“Why are Teslas getting burned and Trump attacked ?
Why are churches not getting burned and pastors not attacked ?
Because churches and pastors are not the threat that they should be.”
—–Steve Deace, on afr

ZEAL – – – GUIDED OR MISGUIDED

Zeal—to believe in Jesus as my Savior

Zeal—to understand what I believe

Zeal—to understand more

Zeal—to have answers

Zeal—to want to explain everything

Zeal—to find people who have answers

Zeal—to listen to people who explain everything

Zeal—to trust what they know

Zeal—to trust what I know

Zeal—to depend more on what I understand

Zeal—to depend less on faith

Zeal—to depend less on the Bible

Zeal—to depend less on God

– – –

God—
Do you seek to understand Me ?
or
Do you desire to trust Me ?

SAFE ? – – – FROM WHAT ?

“Jesus will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Him.”
—–Elisabeth Elliot