Category: Cross of Christ
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Reaching Out to People Who Can’t See What They Need to See
I’ve wrestled with this issue because of the struggle I’ve had to find natural compassion for the spiritually lost. I’m deeply troubled over the fact that I find it much easier to judge and condemn people than show Christ’s love to them. I struggle with the problem of pointing people to Christ without giving the…
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Leaving Jew-hating Behind
Here’s one of those things I don’t like sharing about myself, but I find it’s important to spill it out now. Some years ago, I developed what could not be described as anything but an intense hatred of Jewish people. It grew out of struggles I was having with Jewish neighbors who obviously despised me…
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Lucifer and his Magic Weapon of Mass Destruction
Lucifer was pacing back and forth in his lair, trying to figure out what to do next to God’s created beings made in His image, Adam and Eve. He successfully enticed them into taking the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but God drove the pair out of the…
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Thank-you, Mr. Mandela
Dear Mr. Mandela, Though you are no longer with us, I just thought I’d pass along my thanks along with so many others in the world to you for teaching me something so critically important: the power of forgiveness. Though you could have led your Zulu tribesmen in an all-out bloodbath against the white proponents…
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