“Don’t be consumed with fear, trying to save your life.”—–Financial Issues, on afr
NO PHONE ZONE
May 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Need a device to block cell phone signal in the bathroom.
(a lighter note among many serious matters)
STOP EVIL
May 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
The human heart is evil, and if not restrained by moral teaching of right and wrong, it produces evil actions.
In the absence of such restraint, in the absence of a heart change by surrender to a relationship with Jesus, the evil actions must be stopped by force, as quickly as possible, and by any means necessary.
Nazism and Japanese religious fanaticism were not going to be stopped by a change in their heart—only by force, which meant killing to save lives.
Mass shootings in America (that we see increasing right now) are not going to be stopped by a change in the perpetrator’s heart—only by force, which means killing to save lives.
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Mass shootings die when the people carry guns.
PERSECUTED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL
May 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
We have a plague in the public schools of America that causes damage and pain and death as surely as persecution around the world.
We decry the outlawing of Christianity in other countries, and the devastation to Christians—while we have done the same thing in our schools, with increasing devastation to our children.
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We must see the connection—we must make the changes.
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Yesterday I sent the following to a number of local friends:
“Who can we enlist to start a campaign with people carrying three signs around my school (Temple High School), and your school, and then another school? Three different signs, with this specific wording, one school at a time:
WE NEED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN OUR SCHOOL AGAIN
WE NEED PRAYER IN OUR SCHOOL AGAIN
WE NEED THE BIBLE IN OUR SCHOOL AGAIN”
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And, cards could be given to passersby:
“Your laws ignore our deepest needs.
Your words are empty air.
You’ve stripped away our heritage.
You’ve outlawed simple prayer.
Now gunshots fill our classrooms,
And precious children die.
You seek for answers everywhere,
And ask the question, ‘WHY?’ . . .
testimony to Congress by Darrel Scott, father of Rachel, killed at Columbine High School”
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If a few people, and then thousands of people across the country, carried those three signs in front of their school, some would make the connection with what is happening inside, and God would make the difference.
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Please note my emphasis on school (not schools)—that’s where change starts.
IN THE BATTLE
May 28, 2022 By Leave a Comment
“Sometimes the safest place is in the battle.”—–Peter Rosenberger, Hope For The Caregiver on afr
King David was not in the battle when he fell.
BIBLE STUDY OR BS ?
May 25, 2022 By Leave a Comment
How many doctrines do church leaders hold dear and count as given with special labels—that no one reading the Bible for themselves would ever come up with?
What is the real source of many church teachings—revered individuals and councils with authority to dictate, or the clear words of the Bible alone?
HEART – FAMILY – CHURCH – NATION
May 21, 2022 By Leave a Comment
A nation cannot be right with God if it does not acknowledge God.
A nation cannot be blessed by God if it does not trust in God.
A nation cannot trust in God if its people do not spend time with God.
A national altar is where the leader and the people bow before God to repent of sin and acknowledge His sovereignty and accept His direction in everything.
We cannot truly have a national altar without a God-pleasing church altar.
We cannot have a church altar without a family altar at home.
We cannot have a family altar without a heart altar, where each person spends time with God daily, reading the Bible and praying.
In this country we had all that from the start, and for hundreds of years.
IN GOD WE TRUSTED
GOD BLESSED AMERICA
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But now . . .
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IN EVIL WE TRUST
EVIL DESTROYS AMERICA
We have come from: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.”
To: “The wicked shall be turned into hell—and all the nations that forget God.”
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So, can the United States of America turn back from precariously plunging over the cliff of calamity?
Yes!
How?
I just now edited this article to make everything singular instead of plural.
The heart—my heart—your heart—one heart at a time changes and turns to God in repentance and surrender—heart altar.
Then the family—one family at a time worships God together in the home, and becomes the most powerful force for good, for change, in the world—because God honors what pleases Him—family altar.
Then the church—one preacher at a time—returns to the secret that made America great within a half century of our beginning—“pulpits aflame with righteousness”—church altar.
Then we can again have a national altar—with leaders who call the people to national days of prayer and repentance and humbly pleading with God to restore our trust in Him and our God-Blessed land.
“In the end, the state of the Union comes down to the character of the people. … I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, and it was not there. I sought for it in the fertile fields, and boundless prairies, and it was not there. I sought it in her rich mines, and vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.”—–Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian
(Word of acknowledgment to Daddy for emphasizing the national altar depending on the church altar, the family altar, and in turn the heart altar.)
PROBLEM WITH THEOLOGY
May 21, 2022 By Leave a Comment
I use the above title to get your attention.
Think about this:
Is it not true that almost all Bible teaching follows a pattern?
The leader states a particular teaching definitively, then turns to various Bible verses.
There are two issues with that typical teaching:
+There is not much room for the less learned (less educated) to question the teaching.
+There is not much explanation for how the leader arrived at the stated conclusion.
The unspoken expectation and outcome is this:
Just accept the teaching—and most do.
WHY ?
ABORTION – – – TWO QUESTIONS
May 13, 2022 By Leave a Comment
Ask anyone who wants to support abortion,
“Who was in your mommy’s tummy before you were born?”
Then you may have the opportunity to ask,
“How long were you in your mommy’s tummy?”