(1) FATHER – – – SON – – – HOLY SPIRIT

I suggest—and urgently encourage—that all talk and teaching about God would simply use the multitude of Bible passages on The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit—and skip all the man-made wording created surrounding the created word ‘trinity.’

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What freedom to be found in total use and dependence on the Word of God.

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Then, what freedom when you realize there is no defense for anything about ‘trinity.’

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And, what drives the universal compulsion to constantly use the words created by man instead of the Bible?

Who are the preachers, teachers, and theologians answerable to for this—honoring God’s Word, or honoring the men who created these words?

GOT MILK ? – – – GOT . . . ?

Got the time?

Got time?

Got information?

Got questions?

Got answers?

Got smart?

Got wisdom?

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Where does wisdom come from?

How do I get wisdom?

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Information does not get wisdom.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”

POLITICIANS and STATESMEN (3)

Pray for STATESMEN !

POLITICIANS and STATESMEN (2)

Whenever politicians are discussed, there is a host of adjectives to use for the wide variety of attributes appropriately applicable for politicians in general, and individual politicians in particular.

No adjective for statesmen !

POLITICIANS and STATESMEN (1)

Politicians check the wind—and follow accordingly.

Statesmen check the truth—and lead accordingly.

PIONEERS – – – AND US (4)

Pioneers spent amazing amounts of time growing food, preparing food, washing clothes—and yet they visited and helped each other freely.

They just did what they had to do, and seemingly didn’t worry about it like we do.

We have dozens of time-saving devices, and yet we are challenged to fit in helping, scheduling time for, people in need.

We decry that we can’t, or don’t, stop spontaneously to visit friends or neighbors, or even relatives.

PIONEERS – – – AND US (3)

Pioneers had no trash to deal with.

We spend a lot dealing with ours.

PIONEERS – – – AND US (2)

The days of the Great Depression suddenly threw people into hard times, harder than the pioneer days for many.

A striking comparison of then and now:

An objective psychological evaluation showed that young people growing up today have six times the stress of young people growing up in the Great Depression.

PIONEERS – – – AND US (1)

Hopefully this will be a series of short samples comparing life in pioneer days with life nowadays.

This started for me years ago when I told my friends I would fit better in pioneer days—my values, work ethic, frugality, faith, would work there (like Homestead Farm in Elm Mott, TX today)—except for some basic survival skills like butchering animals, skills that didn’t get passed on to me from previous generations that got it.

However, my friends responded with, “Yeah, but the pioneers had to deal with life and death on a daily basis.”

It was actually a few years before I had this response, “Yes, the pioneers had to deal with life and death on a daily basis, and so do we—plus a lot of garbage they did not have.”

It does not take long to think of several examples.

“BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.”

What does it take to hear God say, “Now, we can talk.”?

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God is talking.

Step one on our part, to “be still.”

Remember, God is talking.

So, just exactly what do you have to do—what does He mean, “Be still.”?

“Shut up—shut your mouth and shut your mind.”

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THEN—

+You can listen.

THEN—

+God can tell you stuff.

THEN—

+Only then, God can tell you stuff.

THEN—

+It’s all about Him !

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That’s worship.

That’s time with God.

That’s fellowship.

That’s sweet.