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• Here's Some Fun Stuff

  

  I finished reading through 1 2 Kings. Phew. A wonderful but difficult slog. Tumultuous, really. I'm starting Philippians.In keeping with lightening things up ... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Men of the Church: Are You Sober?

  

  When you read the New Testament you'd be surprised to read how many times men (and women) are called to be sober. And most time when the word sober is used, it... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Through the Years: Faithful Men and Praise to Jesus for Raising Them up

  

  What is it? Answer at bottomThe above is the sermon list by year of sermons available in Dr. John MacArthur's sermon archive.On a recent blog essay, someone... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Creation Grace: Dawn and the Sun

  

  The sun comes up to the left of my driveway. As I leave for work and head down the driveway and stop to look left for traffic, I often see the first rays peekin... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Irony Alert: Pope Warns Mobsters: Hell Awaits

  

  Here is a headline from Drudge: Pope warns mobsters: Hell awaitsAP Photo/Andrew Medichini2009 photo AP/Alessandro Fucarini"Pope Francis has a warning for Italy'... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• USGS Says "Significant Rise in Oklahoma Quakes" Since 2009; Other Seismologist...

  

  There have been a lot of earthquakes in Oklahoma this week. There has been some 'spillover' in that there have been quakes in bordering Kansas (four of which ar... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Heretic Beth Moore Partners with New Age Mystic Roma Downey in New Bible...

  

  The bible says that Adam was made first, then Eve. (1 Timothy 2:13). Man was made to have a woman in his life because otherwise he is not complete, and woman wa... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What is Slipping Away? What is Creeping In?

  In 2 Kings 22, King Josiah of Judah 's temple workmen found the Book of the Law abandoned and dusty in a temple wardrobe. Judah's apostasy had gone on so long,... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• “In the Beginning There Was Nothing, Which Exploded"

  Scientists have announced another breakthrough. Breakthroughs seems to come fast and furious in some of the scientific disciplines. Some seem to stick and other... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• How to Pray: an Example in Hezekiah

  Prayer is important. I hope you all have a vibrant and active prayer life. I don't pray as often as I should and I know I don't pray as I ought, but I do pray... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Is the Fact That 2014's Been Dubbed 'Year of the Christian Movie" a Good Thing?...

  

  The year 2014 has been dubbed "The Year of the Christian Movie." Ten years ago Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" was released and it became a blockbuster by... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• It's All About the Blood

  Before I was a Christian I thought that Christianity was ghoulish. All that blood. Plus, eating the body. Ewww. As a Christian now, I am fascinated that God, wh... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Cessationism Versus Continuationism

  A conference called Strange Fire, held at John MacArthur's church last fall and attended by notable keynote Christian pastors, there has been an ongoing fire... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Do You Struggle with Condemnation? It's Not Complicated. Don't.

  

  Post-salvation, do you ever feel any condemnation, or ever struggle with it? A lot of people do, especially new Christians. I don't want to seem... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• We Will Be with Jesus, Personally

  We long for Jesus, don't we? We want to be in heaven where things are beautiful, and perfect, and where we won't sweat or toil. We want peaceful rest and perfec... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• From Musical Birds on a Wire to Natural Numbers Controversy; String Theory to...

  

  A month ago I wrote about the Music of the Spheres, the ancient concept developed by Pythagoras and promoted by Plato that there is a hidden order and musical... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Rapture of the Church

  

  I love visuals. Of course, putting Jesus on a visual is always fraught with biblical issues (Second Commandment). Trying to picture the worst horrors of hell... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Christian Martyrs About to Be Executed, Or Mind-controlled North Koreans Mournin...

  

  North Korea is the most closed nation on earth. Extracting any reliable information from that closed dictator-led nation is near impossible. Still, reports... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Why Do I Want Man to Put Ashes on My Forehead When God Will Mark My Forehead...

  

  I'm not for Lent. It has a pagan foundation and is perpetuated by the false Catholic religion. It's associated with golden calf-Mardi Gras and Pharisaical... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Failure to Actively Oppose False Doctrine/false Teachers is a Sin

  In reading 1 and 2 Kings, patterns emerge. In a recent blog essay I'd mentioned that reading the books of the Kings is like watching the tide go in and out.... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY