“How are you ?”
“I’m on the way to heaven, so I’m good.
How about you ?”
HOW ARE YOU ?
July 20, 2025 By Leave a Comment
IN THE NAME OF . . .
July 12, 2025 By Leave a Comment
In the name of inclusion,
- You must accept non-christians for leadership in your Christian organization.
In the name of inclusion,
- You must accept lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, and follow all their wishes on how to treat them.
In the name of inclusion,
- You must declare, in your business statement, in your education statement, in your ministry mission statement, your openness and approval of ideas and people with beliefs contrary to yours.
In the name of inclusion,
- You must include (including approval and support) anybody and anything and everything that comes along— and prove your inclusivity to their satisfaction.
Therefore:
- Without the above by any person or organization, we cannot include you on our campus, in our city, in our culture, in our country.
- If you do not include this and this and this, we cannot include you.
- Our values and our beliefs are now in charge—all others are out, or on the way out.
The Supreme Court of American Culture has issued their edict.
Remember, just like The Supreme Court of The United States issues opinions, not laws of the land, so it is with the Culture Court.
We have become accustomed to, conditioned to view the Supreme Court as the most poweful branch of the government.
That same warp away from our founders’ concept of the Supreme Court as the weakest branch—that has infiltrated our thinking to accept the loudest, prevailing voices of the day to have the last word.
Christians, Patriots, Americans :
You have—We have—the secret, the answers so desperately needed in our country today.
Look at yourself, your values, the source of everything we hold dear—Jesus, The Bible, The Declaration, The Constitution.
Ask yourself, “What can I do ?”
Start by examining your life, and practice exactly what you believe.
Then respond immediately to promptings to action.
“BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.”
July 12, 2025 By Leave a Comment
“BE STILL, AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.”
And how long does that take ?
“YOU CHART THE PATH AHEAD OF ME, AND TELL ME WHERE TO STOP AND REST.”
And just how long will that take ?
“REST IN THE LORD, AND WAIT PATIENTLY FOR HIM—FRET NOT . . .”
How long ?
SO ?
“v.1-I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
v.2-He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
v.3-He has put a new song in my mouth
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.”
—–from Psalm 40
It takes faith for me to post that, in the middle of a ton of obstacles, and miracles !
TRUMP AND GOD
July 7, 2025 By Leave a Comment
After the successful mission of B-2’s and supportive aircraft over Iran, Trump thanked all the people who were part of it.
And then he paused with emotional meaning, and said, “and I thank God.”
Another brief moment—and unscripted—“I love you, God.”
W O W !
That got to me, and hits me again as I write this.
Have we ever heard that from the President, in all of American history ?
That confirms what Donald Trump already said several times, “God saved me to save America; I believe that.”
Read his two Presidential statements on Palm Sunday (posted on this site).
As this President continues to “acknowledge God’s hand” in America and in his life, “God will direct our paths.”
Every American must do likewise !
RELEVANT
July 7, 2025 By Leave a Comment
“Stay relevant by not trying to be relevant.”
—–Jenna Ellis, about John McArthur’s ministry, Grace To You
(“Jenna Ellis In The Morning” on American Family Radio 7-7-25—afr.net)
IS GOD FAIR AND BALANCED ?
July 6, 2025 By Leave a Comment
Is God fair and balanced ?
You better hope not !
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If God was fair, then we would get what we deserve.
If we got what we deserve, we would be gone instantly.
If God was fair, we would all go to hell right now, because that’s what we deserve for sin, for our sin, for rebellion, refusing what God says in the Bible.
If God was balanced, we wouldn’t fare any better.
God’s balance scales are calibrated by His justice, not our ideas that His judgment should give us a break.
When we see God’s patience, and judgment seems to be deferred, and we think the delay means approval—we don’t see the end of the chapter, the end of the story.
“Do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?”
“God’s mills grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small.
While with patience He may linger,
Yet in justice He grinds all.”
But what about Jesus—wasn’t He the perfect example of fair and balanced ?
NO !
Jesus’ life and death here was anything but fair, especially for Him.
He suffered the worst, the ultimate ‘no fair’, and then offers us the best, the ultimate ‘no fair’—full payment and pardon for our sin and promise to be with Him in Paradise.
That is not fair, but it is glorious, and I heartily accept it—PRAISE GOD ! ! !
Now what about Jesus being balanced, as psychologists and scholars like to suggest ?
He criticized severely, and He forgave compassionately—sounds balanced.
If we had been there, we would have protested His imbalance.
When Jesus called out the top dog religious leaders and raked them over the coals and called them bad names repeatedly, there is not an ounce of compassion recorded.
When Jesus forgave very bad ‘sinners’ on the spot, without (outward) prerequisite conditions, the ‘good guys’ complained to high heaven that Jesus didn’t know anything that God would know, how terrible these people were.
Jesus saw the heart of repentance in these sinners, and their love for Him for great forgiveness—and He sent them on their way with a command and power to stop sinning.
Okay, here is some ‘balance’ from the heart of Jesus, with tears and with judgment.
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing !”
“Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, ‘If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.’ “
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
“All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and he that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.”
OLD TESTAMENT DETAIL – – – NOT FOR NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS ?
July 5, 2025 By Leave a Comment
Read all about it—God prescribed every detail of life for His chosen people, Israel.
Do read all of it, from the beginning of His relationship with them.
Don’t get bogged down or frustrated in Leviticus, and miss seeing the heart of God.
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So, we Christians are relieved to know we are not under all those laborious laws for every day.
We are free—we can eat what we want, wear what we want, do what we want any day of the week.
No one can ‘bring us back under a yoke of bondage” because “Christ has set us free.”
BUT
But wait a minute.
God wanted to be in charge of everything in their lives.
He wanted to be in control.
And He dictated the details.
Does God want any less in His followers today ?
Are we tempted to hold back on relinquishing every detail to God’s control ?
Are there some things we ‘take care of ourselves’ and make our own decisions ?
Do we basically live thinking the God of the New Testament is different than the God of the Old Testament ?
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Jesus kept the rules, and He broke the rules.
He observed the Jewish festivals, and He infuriated the religious leaders when He broke ‘their’ rules.”
Jesus asked them, “Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, to heal ?”
No answer, and Jesus healed the man with a shriveled hand.
You see, they took great pride in adding details to the laws of God, because then they were the only ones who could claim to follow all of them.
Church leaders (with authority and power) and church organizations fall into the same patterns today—communicating to the people that adherence to their structure of beliefs and practices makes them right with God.
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Jesus clearly drew the focus away from compliant actions, to repentant hearts.
Jesus fulfilled the expectations of the law, and He completed the promises in every detail by His permanent sacrifice—promises that previous temporary sacrifices left incomplete.
He raised the bar, gave new meaning to the law.
He increased the standards, from outward action compliance, to the heart—the source of evil—the root of evil—where our love is.
“Man looks on the outward appearance; the Lord looks on the heart.”
Jesus said,
“If any man looks at a woman with lust for her, he has committed adultery with her already in his heart.”
“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”
“The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”
“What goes in does not defile a man, but what comes out.”
And, further,
Jesus told Peter in a vision of assorted animals (clean and unclean), to kill and eat.
When Peter objected, God said, “What I have made clean, do not call unclean.”
Jesus’ whole mission was to provide and offer salvation to all, even ‘unclean’ Gentiles.
Then Peter was immediately told to share Jesus with Gentiles knocking on his door.
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Let us never become a slave to our freedom, and miss true liberty as a slave to Jesus.
THEOLOGY – STUDY OF GOD – – – WHAT’S YOUR SOURCE ? – WHAT’S YOUR GOAL ?
July 5, 2025 By Leave a Comment
Two sources for studying, learning about God–
– – What man says about God.
– – What God says about God.
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Well, that alone should provide sufficient food for thought, and direction, for study of God.
What God says must always have priority over what man says.
I might add a third source for learning about God, for those Christians wanting a closer walk with Jesus more than anything else—more than just knowledge from studying about God.
We learn more about Jesus every day as we spend time with Him.
“Pray without ceasing” becomes a way of life, “life more abundant”.
We are Born Again
and
We study to Grow In Knowledge
and
We Grow in Grace—The Love of God
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The Bible says, “You must be born again.”—–Jesus said that.
The Bible says, “Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of God.”
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A relationship with Jesus is the center of Christianity, that sets it apart from all ‘religions’.
Our relationship with Jesus is the center of every Christian’s life, every day.
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will eat and drink and talk with him.”—–Jesus
That is truly blessed fellowship.
It starts by hearing the voice of Jesus, and inviting Him in, to share everything.
And it grows—His love grows sweeter and sweeter.
“He gets sweeter and sweeter as the days go by,
Oh, what a love between my Lord and I…
I just keep falling in love with Him over
and over, and over and over again.”
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And then, there’s even more to that relationship—that sets it apart from ‘nominal’ Christianity.
The Bible says, “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.”—–Paul wanted to get just that close to Jesus.
Living for Jesus—Living with Jesus—goes way beyond theology.
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May I strongly suggest–
gotquestions.org
search – – – What is the fellowship of His sufferings?