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A Final Warning to Those Trying to Change Me
November 16, 2022 What happens when you find yourself the target of an all-out effort to turn you into the total opposite of everything you are? This is what I’ve been going through with members of this “woke cancel culture” and the LGBTQ+ activists among them. God has something to say to this. Beginning the day as I usually do, reading my devotions, I was asking God as always, to speak to me out of the Scripture, showing me what…
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On Becoming a Pharisee
(Based on Luke 6:1-11) Jesus stood on the edge of the grain field with His disciples standing behind Him. He stared back at the group of Pharisees, a Jewish religious sect, even as they confronted Him in anger. They were demanding to know why the disciples were doing something on the Sabbath day that was against the law. They were plucking heads of grain out of the fields, rubbing them between their hands, and eating the grain. The Pharisees were…
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Praying About Forgiveness
You, Lord Jesus, have the ultimate control over my life through Your Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. No one is going to snatch me out of Your hand, causing me to give up on You…
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“God Hears Our Cries”
(Based on Psalm 40:1-5, 11-17) When you have waited a long time for an answer to a prayer and have not seen it, faith can deteriorate into doubt, and questioning God can become a problem. I have gone through this over a period of many years, finding myself at times questioning God’s goodness and grace. I have experienced His reproof and correction for this, even as I continue to endure an evil situation. God has been merciful toward me, giving…
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What Brings Mercy to a Nation?
God, through Ezekiel, calls for the people of Israel to repent from sin to avoid destruction. This message parallels warnings to modern America, emphasizing the need to turn from idolatry, sexual immorality, and political idolization. True salvation and hope lie in repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, rather than worldly distractions.
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Why Warn People About Sin?
People who read my blog may well find themselves asking “Why does he write warnings about sin?” I can assure you I don’t do it to make myself look or feel more righteous, because if I do, I’m seeking to justify myself before God and other people, and I know that doesn’t work. I just make myself into a self-righteous hypocrite, and nobody would have any reason to bother reading what I write. There’s a much more important reason why…
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Why God Destroyed Whole Cities
(Based on Genesis 19) Why would a loving, compassionate, and merciful God completely destroy two whole cities full of people through such a drastic means as fire and brimstone from heaven? This is a question that has troubled Jewish and Christian scholars for centuries, even as they studied the Genesis 19 account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. What was it about these two cities that would make them the targets of such a dramatic outpouring of God’s wrath upon…
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What Kind of Time are we Living In?
Thoughts from Acts 4:13-31. When I read this passage, I think of what the apostles were facing when they stood before the Sanhedrin, who were demanding to know where they got the power from to effect the healing of the lame man who was over 40 years old. They weren’t well-educated men; they were fishermen. But they had spent the past 3+ years walking around Israel with the Son of God, and their lives would never be the same. The…
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God’s Unending Promise to Israel in the Face of Rising Anti-Semitism
Rocket attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip. Threats by the Iranian government. Mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. calling for boycotting, divestiture, and sanctioning against Israel and its economy. All in the name of promoting peace in the Middle East by forcing Israel to give up land, including East Jerusalem, to the Palestinians. This makes for frightening and discouraging times for Israelis. But as a gentile Christian, I find plenty of hope in Scripture for Israel’s survival, despite all…
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Hydrogen Fueled EVs: The Best Solution to the Fossil Fuel-Exhaust Emission Problem
Amidst the growing calls for more Americans to buy or lease electric vehicles, whether they can afford them or not, there is something being left out of the discussion by government, media, and the general public. That is the matter of what fuels the batteries powering the electric motors in these vehicles which then requires the vehicles to be plugged into electrical outlets and recharged. The substances found in the batteries of these EV’s are either lithium, or cobalt. While…
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Woke: A Culture of Lies, Destruction, & Murder, as Predicted in the Bible
June 8, 2022: My sister passed along a photo on social media of a chicken farm burning to the ground, the 19th such farm to be torched so far this year by arson. This farm was a major supplier of eggs, selling some 3 million a day. In Pennsylvania and Iowa, millions of chickens and turkeys have had to be slaughtered this year because of bird flu. I was listening to a succession of farmers and ranchers call into the…
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Arise and Save: A Psalm 3 Meditation
His own son had seized power by stealth, stealing the hearts of the Israelite people by advertising himself as a judge of the people. Kind David had not been the best father when it came to correcting his sons’ bad behavior. Now his son Absalom had taken control of Jerusalem and was ruling over Israel, while David had fled to the east. (2 Samuel 14-17). He wrote this psalm during the crisis, and in it, he affirms his faith and…
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