WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON ?

February 28, 2026 By Leave a Comment

(Reverse approach—not listing the three things first, with the question, “What do they have in common ?”)

SIN
-1- Sin takes you more places than you intended to go.
-2- Sin keeps you places longer than you intended to stay.
-3- Sin costs you more than you intended to pay.

PHONE (ETC.)
-1- ‘Phone’ takes you more places than you intended to go, faster and faster and faster, before you realize it happens, without your intent or consent.
-2- ‘Phone’ keeps you longer than you intended to stay, and you waste more time, over and over and over, and you don’t notice until it is too late.
-3- ‘Phone’ costs you more than you intended to pay—in lost time, productivity, guilt, relationships, idleness – to – idolatry, control.

SHOPPING
I thought of this analogy while grocery shopping.
-1- The thousands of choices in American grocery stores (and others) is unnatural, unhealthy, and pushes you to consider more than you intended.
-2- The grocery trip always takes longer than you intended (true for me).
-3- More than you intended to pay ?
You tell the cashier, “I can’t believe I spent this much.”
Your bank account says, “I can’t believe you spent this much.”

Filed Under: Educational, Financial, Time

GOOD MUSLIMS

December 6, 2025 By Leave a Comment

When Obama lied, he was just being a good muslim.

Apply to all ‘good’ muslims speaking today.

Apply to all advocates who say islam is a ‘peaceful religion’.

Truth about muslims:
Peaceful, friendly, negotiating, neighborly—when islam is not in control.

Truth about muslims:
CANCEL peaceful, friendly, negotiating, neighborly—when islam takes control ANYWHERE.

Muslims have a book.

XXX — It tells them how to be a good muslim.

XXX — It tells them to lie.

XXX — It tells them to be peaceful—fake, phony, false, faux peace, to gain power.

XXX — It tells them to kill non-muslims when they can.

XXX — It tells them to crush Christians, Jews, Americans, Israelis, Capitalism, Democracy, Freedom, Women’s Rights, Family, when they take control ANYWHERE.

XXX — It tells them directly the plans of satan, from the pit of hell, from demonic allah.

XXX — It tells them how to enlist millions more to go to hell.

XXX — It is the playbook of satan, with all the strategies of “the father of lies”.

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THE DEVIL’S DEVICES

December 1, 2025 By Leave a Comment

I observe – – –
The most effective device the devil uses to keep us from putting our problems, our troubles, in perspective is this:

Continuously (over and over and over again) plunging us into the next ‘job’ that we M U S T do immediately—so we can’t/don’t deal with the big issue that troubles us ongoing.

Combined with this:

Relentlessly, repeatedly making us so weary that we HAVE TO sleep (crash) !
So very tired that we can’t even work, let alone figure out why we can’t get enough done.

We may have some friends who remind us of a Bible verse on a sincere, warm fuzzy poster that should fix us (at least for now)—so they can feel they’ve done their part and move on without our burden on them.
Where is the Christian friend that actually knows how to “bear each other’s burdens, AND BY DOING THAT FULFILLS THE LAW OF JESUS.” ?
And that is what makes a difference, more than the correct theological answer.

Question:
++ Who do we know that deals with the bottom line, the real hard question, the big WHY ?, the WHY ME ?, the WHY THIS AGAIN ?, the WHY OTHERS MOVE AHEAD, AND I’M WAYLAID, BLINDSIDED BY ONE MORE SURPRISE AFTER ANOTHER ?

Question:
++ Who do we know that sees this, but offers nothing, except to communicate or imply, “What’s wrong with you ?”

Question:
++ The bottom line question is, “Are there any real answers, anywhere ?”

YES, THERE ARE ANSWERS.
But–
— not in trying harder.
— not in more of what isn’t working
— not in advice from others
— not in my own new ideas
— not in better tools, techniques
— not in better doctors
— not in copying others
— not in blaming others
— not in blaming myself
— not in excuses
— not in some ‘power’ of thinking

The Bible says, “. . . lest satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.”

Satanic devices such as:
XX– “I can’t ‘get anything done’ on the list I felt so positive about before THIS happened !”

Satanic devices such as:
XX– “I can’t afford to stop and think about it—I can’t afford to waste the time, if it doesn’t fix the problem now, so I can move on.”

Satanic devices such as:
XX– “I can’t slow down, with the backlog hanging over me.”

Real answers – – – available ? or not ?

Hmmm !
Stop ?
STOP !
S T O P ! ! !

You say you can’t afford to stop ?
You say you can’t——except when “something happens”——and you do stop ?

OH !—Here’s another thought, to pile it on:

Is it the same as this:
XX- “I can’t afford to stop working on Sunday (all day Sunday, every Sunday) when I’m so behind already.”

Like this:
XX- “I can’t afford to tithe—when I’m struggling financially already.”

XX- “Truth is, I’m having a hard time finishing reading this article, but a friend asked me to read it.”

Somewhere the Bible says,
“There’s nothing new under the sun.”
Got that right ! (As though I can say)

The Bible (only the Bible) can give us the perspective we need.
God does not change.
6000 years of history—He’s the same.
The Bible doesn’t change.

Can God’s instruction help is with
WHY ?
WHY ?
WHY ?

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart . . .”

  • – – Should I trust Him with everything ?
    OR
  • – – Should I take care of some things that He might not take care of ?
    (Like my schedule)
    (Like my energy)
    (Like my money)
    (Like my 7-day work week)

“. . . and do not lean on your own understanding . . .”

  • – – Should I ask Him how to do everything ?
    OR
  • – – Should I figure out some things myself, as in, He expects me to use my brain ?

“. . . In all your ways acknowledge Him . . .”

  • – – Should I tell God I recognize Him in every detail, over and over and over and over ?
    OR
  • – – Should I apologize or excuse myself for getting weary of praying so much ?

“. . . and He will direct your paths.”

  • – – Should I assume, should I count on God for literally running every single last detail of my life, every day ?
    OR
  • – – Should I notice other successful people around me who don’t take God and Prayer and Bible and Family Time and The Lord’s Day so seriously ?

And, my friends, that’s just one Bible verse—MORE WHERE THAT COMES FROM !

“Be still ! ! ! And know that I AM God.”
Be Still = STOP

1 – STOP
Every morning, first thing, with God.
(How much time does that take ?—a few minutes.)

2 – STOP
Many times every day, with God.
(How much time does that take ?—a few seconds.)

3 – STOP
Every day, with your family, with God.
(How much time does that take ?—a few minutes, to half hour.)

4 – STOP
Every week, for a whole day, alone and with your family, with God, to rest.
(How much time does that take ?—14% of your life—“six days work, one day rest, for our benefit”—“Did God really say?”—He said so.)

1-STOP (includes your Bible)

2-STOP (includes memory Bible verses)

3-STOP (includes interaction and Bible)

4-STOP (includes learning, studying, memorizing Bible verses, everyone saying/reading the Bible aloud)

When you do all this, you can’t help but pray and sing, and more (like help someone who needs help, like tell someone who needs Jesus how you know Him)

Can you do this secretly, without saying something at home, at work, at . . .?
N O !

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LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT GOD

November 30, 2025 By Leave a Comment

The Bible tells us about God.
The Bible tells us a whole bunch about God.
That means God is telling us about God.
God is telling us about Himself.
And it’s not just random, or sketchy.
We don’t have to fill in any parts that we imagine He left blank or unclear.

Who wrote the Bible ?
We didn’t.
So we have no obligation to upgrade or add anything that’s not there.
We have no right or room to make a presumption about God, and say something we came up with, that’s not there, that God missed.

What about practicing the novel idea, the super-simplified ‘method?’ of Bible Study, that reads God’s Word and only goes back and forth in it to make connections and gain more understanding ?

Is not the Bible loaded enough to give us food for thought and material for study ?

I think it is arrogant for any theologian/teacher to write extensive books to give his answer for every question.
In today’s complex proliferation of spiritual resources, the name behind the resource often carries more weight and time for the reader/listener than the Bible they are explaining.
I challenge someone to minimize what they have to say and maximize what the Bible says.

I realize such an approach to answers for Bible questions will not bring personal recognition or fame or money.

So, why are we in ministry—to sell books, to sell ourselves, to make our name well-known—all because we have so much insight, revelation ?
Paul was LOADED with revelations, and then, THEN, what . . . ?

“Lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh—a messenger of satan to buffet me—lest I should be exalted above measure. [note the repeat]
For this I pleaded with God three times to take it from me.
But God said, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in your weakness.’
Most gladly, therefore, I will glory in my weakness, that the power of God may rest upon me, because when I am weak, then I am strong.”

I thought it was all about Jesus.
“He must increase—I must decrease.”

Why do people flock to and listen to and read the well-educated, well-known preachers/teachers of the day, and those of the past ?
Is it all about learning to walk closer with Jesus (it can be), or just learning more ?

I will acknowledge benefit from individuals with extensive study to share with others, if that centers on two things–

  • Directing people to more passages in the Bible that relate to a subject or question.
  • Sharing personal testimony how Bible verses have impacted their life.

And never forget the purpose of the Bible , and it’s Source—Jesus—The Word:

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

God’s Word does that best in its purest form—natural, organic, with no additives—just like our physical food.

What a time, what a moment in history, to press for healthy spiritual nutrition directly from The Source, with no alterations or ‘improvements’ !

What a breakthrough in our spiritual well-being !

What a challenge !

Challenges in detox, getting free from dependence, addiction to spiritual diets that contain ten times more human additives than the Original Food !

Challenges that threaten the enormous economics of the spiritual additive industry—just like the powerful money motive in food additive production.

Dare I say, MASHA

Make
America
Spiritually
Healthy
Again

Filed Under: Educational, Faith Based, Financial, Health

INSURANCE VS ASSURANCE

November 23, 2025 By Leave a Comment

Insurance is a promise from man.
Insurance is a product for sale from man.
Insurance has its cost—cost if you buy it—fear if you don’t buy it.
Insurance has a catch—lots of catches—lots of loopholes—lots of failures.
Insurance requires faith plus your money.
Insurance enslaves—can’t get out of it.

Assurance is a promise from God.
Assurance is not a product for sale—it’s free—it’s up to your free will.
Assurance requires faith plus nothing.
Assurance has a ‘catch’—faithfulness—no doublemindedness—no turning back.
Assurance is free and sets you free.
Assurance—don’t expect peace without it—don’t leave earth without it.
Assurance has the greatest underwriter in the universe—the Creator “Who owns the cattle on a thousand hills.”
You KNOW—“You’re in Good Hands with His Assurance Policy.”

Insurance vs Assurance
In America – We really do believe we can have both—God and Mammon.
Jesus said, “You cannot serve God and Mammon.”

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HALF ____ and HALF ____

November 19, 2025 By Leave a Comment

What happened to the United States when slavery was up to the states ?
“. . . half slave and half free”

Three years before the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln said,
“‘A house divided against itself, cannot stand.’ (Quoting Mark 3:25).
I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided.
It will become all one thing or all the other.”

He was right !
A bloodbath proved that—that this republic could not endure half slave and half free.
The bloodbath fixed that—that this republic was no longer half slave.
Some were not happy.
The bloodbath did not fix everything.
Some are still not happy.
But slavery was abolished nationwide.

Today, with a far greater evil than slavery, this republic cannot endure half death and half life.
We had hoped the Supreme Court would fix our current division, but turning the life/death decision back to the states put us right where we were before the Civil War.
We have more death than ever.
We are more divided over life/death than ever.
The threat, and reality, of violence looms over America like the impending Civil War 165 years ago.

“. . . this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”

. . . this republic cannot endure half death and half life.

Many are out and out working to destroy America right now, under the banner, the guise, of socialism vs capitalism.
It’s just like some blame the Civil War on economics.
No, the cause behind that conflict was slavery.
The cause behind this present conflict, this divine judgment, is the greatest evil of killing babies.
– – –
We are living in Pre-Civil War II, in real time.
This will not go away !

Either:
The United States will end abortion nationwide.
Or:
The United States of America will end as a nation.

One or the other.
Non-violently or violently.

What will determine the outcome ?
Who will determine the outcome ?

As in all our history from Jamestown on, to today—God-fearing Christians humbly and boldly asked their Maker for wisdom and strength to endure and stand against evil, to build the greatest nation ever on earth.
That is unchanged.
That will decide the outcome now.

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OUR FATHER

August 28, 2025 By Leave a Comment

[WHO IS IN WASHINGTON]

— OMG
— NAME IT—CLAIM IT
— SELECTIVE
— PLUS RETIREMENT
— BARTERED DEAL
— DON’T BLAME US WHEN WE
— 911
— LATER

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WARNING – – – DANGER – – – BEWARE

August 23, 2025 By Leave a Comment

“Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come.
‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.”

“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.”

“But those desiring to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge men into ruin and destruction.”

“The love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

“God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

“A foolish woman is boisterous;
She says to him who lacks understanding,
‘Stolen water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.’
But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell.”
“Keep your path far from her;
do not go near the door of her house.”

“You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood, in striving against sin.”

“A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.”

The Lord knows how to deliver those who are His—a Bible passage starting with “If . . .”
“If [then five verses listing dramatic punishments and deliverances, continues] then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations.”

“The Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and He will preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom.”

Jesus told us to pray, “Our Father, . . . deliver us from evil.”
We must pray that prayer.
“Ask, and it will be given to you.”

Filed Under: Faith Based, Financial, Inspirational, Political---Cultural, Time

“DAILY BREAD” FOR RETIREMENT

August 16, 2025 By Leave a Comment

Is the title an oxymoron ?

??? What if there’s “our daily bread”, and then there’s . . .

??? What if “our daily bread”* that we have so dutifully prioritized, worked for, slaved over, stashed ‘securely’ for someday here, and followed the best financial advice to keep making more . . .**

??? What if the God Who provided “the means to get wealth” . . .

??? What if the God Who provided manna for Israel, with specific instructions . . .

??? What if the same God Who directed His people so carefully in the past . . .

??? What if He has something to say—a lot to say—about the details today . . .

??? Has He really turned us loose to make our own decisions about “our daily bread” – – –

??? Is the only parameter for us now, that our ‘hearts’ are in the right place—and then we’re on our own . . .

??? Do we still depend on “Our Father in heaven” for “our daily bread” . . .

??? Do we really even need to pray this prayer when we already have more “daily bread” than we need . . .

–

Manna spoiled BAD when they didn’t follow instructions in the wilderness.
What if our manna, “our daily bread”, spoils ROTTEN for not following instructions ?

AND—OH—BY THE WAY—
There is a boatload of instructions for us—unmistakable—can’t miss—about “our daily bread” (and other wealth, man-made, not from God).

But it’s working for thousands of people, Christians—their manna is not spoiling, saved up and stored up for someday, and providing wonderful retirement for many, even now.

–

Perhaps our provision for our better life here in our later years, perhaps that is not “our daily bread’ from God.
Perhaps God’s manna (His real Daily Bread) has spoiled rotten like it did for Israel in the wilderness, when they tried to save it in disobedience, and we don’t even know we’re missing “our daily bread” from “Our Father”.

We’re loading up, stashing plenty here to take care of us later, “treasures on earth”, and we miss “our daily bread”.

So simple:
“Daddy, Give us just what we need to live, just today.”
Any additions, corrections, deletions to improve on that ?

–

Our system of “laying up treasures on earth” with “much goods laid up for many years . . . to retire” is so tightly secure against criticism or debate, that even God can’t touch it, much less crazy people quoting Bible verses warning against it.

In light of so many warnings—so many warnings about the dangers of riches and the dangers of wanting to be rich and the dangers of riches making it harder to go to heaven . . . , why do so many Christians spend a lifetime trying to beat the odds ?

“God doesn’t settle all His accounts on . . .”***

– – –

* “our daily bread”
“this day”
“give us”
That is—
this day – – – just today, for today
daily – – – one day, then one day, then
give – – – receive, free, not ‘get’

** More means enough is never enough.

*** God does not settle all His accounts upon our ‘successful’ retirement.

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IS IT A FAULT ?

August 4, 2025 By Leave a Comment

Observations
Questions

I see friends, family, acquaintances working very hard to ‘get ahead’, to do better, to ‘succeed’.
Some seem to accomplish this easily (with satisfaction)—others with great difficulty and setbacks (with frustration).

In America, is it a fault to be content with your economic level, your standard of living, and not want more, talk about more, and work to get more ?

Is something wrong if you are not dissatisfied with where you are in the first half of of life ?

Is it the American way that dissatisfaction drives free enterprise, to improve personal and national economics ?

Filed Under: Financial, Political---Cultural, Time
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