The Cure

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This deadliest disease, we all have it.  It assuredly kills.  It destroys the heart, mind, soul, and body… completely! However, there’s a cure! What is this “disease”?  It’s called… sin—we’re all born with it!  Jesus Christ is the only cure … Continue reading

A Man of Carbon

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Our “carbon footprint”— do we really want to treat it like a “plague” to be… feared, shunned, and attacked?  Does not the growth of footprints represent… adulthood where families are developed creating a healthy society?  Are not many footprints the … Continue reading

Looking…

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When I think of current governments… universities… the news media… false teachers and prophets… etc… Who Satan uses to do his bidding, they will not teach you how to overcome him… to be free from the bondage of sin. The … Continue reading

Stormy

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The fashionable, alternative, government subsidized unprofitable (that’s why it’s subsidized) approaches will fail when the anomaly storm rages through leaving one cold and dark.  This includes printing of fiat money without the basis of productivity and profitability to artificially lower … Continue reading

At Sundown

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What I’ve been witnessing has brought these convictions. What will we do at sundown? Yes, I’ve written this because I need to hear it. From What Happens Next? Yesterday, some Republican members of Congress and Senate decided that they could … Continue reading

By His Breath

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By His face… His breath… His mouth… the Lord, the God of Israel, judges, saves, and redeems (Exodus 15:6-13; Job 4:8-9; 2 Samuel 22:7-18; Psalm 18:6-28; John 12:47-49;15:2-4; Psalm 2:4-6; Isaiah 30:27-30). Isaiah 42 12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, … Continue reading

Next

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I’ve been reading some of what I’ve written discussing the future generations of the “seed of His servants… the seed of Abraham”.  In the study/essay, As It Was… I listed and commented on the following scripture (p. 19 of the … Continue reading

Compassion???

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I received this in the mail… Colorado Proposition 115 would ban all abortions after 22 weeks except in cases in which the pregnant woman’s life is directly threatened by the pregnancy. Compassion??? What compassion??? When has the support for murder … Continue reading

Consent

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Even God doesn’t “violate consent”.  For a valid… legal… relationship… He will not force Himself onto you—you have to “ask” Him into your life (Isaiah 58:8-10; Psalm 55:16; Acts 2:20-21; Matthew 7:7-11; Revelation 3:19-21).  If you don’t… there’s no relationship … Continue reading

Always

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“Always” always means… always. Luke 21 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this … Continue reading

Why?

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After reading, Ironside: “Broken Vessels for Christ”, I needed to be reminded of what I once wrote… Excerpts from… Chapter 12 Why Not? of “The Family Fortune, 2nd ed.” Belief is what I think is true, but conviction is what … Continue reading

Treason

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“Hanging” was brought up the other day.  I’ve given it some thought in the following context. Under English common law, punishment for treason generally included drawing, hanging, beheading, and quartering. As with other crimes carrying sentence of death, those adjudged … Continue reading

Sterility

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Sin is the ultimate disease that leads to the second death.  Its evidence is the pain, destruction, decay, strife, and ultimate physical death in this age.  It started at the Garden of Eden leaving its marks on us, including our … Continue reading

The Leaf

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My wife and I went shopping.  We were “greeted” with signs declaring… stay 6 feet away from other people… if you’re sick, don’t enter our store.  The store provides natural medical supplements and food.  If one is sick or hungry, … Continue reading

Salty

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You salty… What can salty imply when describing someone?  Maybe they’re a little offensive… challenging… abrupt… convicting—they have “true grit”.  They cause you to act or react… make a decision about their expressions… words.  You can either consider or reject … Continue reading

Pig or Beauty

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Reading… Will Christians Replace Commitment to the Gospel… prompted to put these thoughts down… As an American, I’ve tasted snippets of freedom, capitalism, values, and honoring others through obedience to laws protecting our dignity as… male and female created in … Continue reading

Huh?

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When I think about… Those that fight against abortion… but… are caught raping children. Those that have food drives and kitchens for the poor… but… advocate socialism that makes people poor. Those that fight for the killing of unborn, and … Continue reading

Unity?

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Unity among different faiths… really with different spirits… will save us.  I’ve heard this for years. How well has it worked? Are some current headlines or content, in the span of a couple of weeks, an indicator? 2,246 fetal remains … Continue reading

Right Hand

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I saw a hand wearable “smart” keyboard that controlled our computer interactions with the right hand. Given… the right hand tends to be the dominant hand of most people. Computer mice… smart phones… iPads… touch screens on newer cars… are … Continue reading

Beyond

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Beyond Meat… is just like the current “fad”… deception… of beyond the Lord Jesus Christ.  The world’s appetite for the beyond is increasing. 27 Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which … Continue reading

Risk

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It’s not what we accumulate at “the table”… it’s what we walk away with! Observing word and action of some noted investors in the world… they seem to miss this.  And… those that have gone on… nobody has ever come … Continue reading

All That You Need

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Written to remind myself. Through the night… Jesus Christ is leading me to… a beautiful city… So… why pursue anything less… like the darkness… the world (Deuteronomy 18:9-11)—aka… humanism… contemplative prayer (emptying the mind to hear voices… repeating mantras)… false … Continue reading

Should Be…

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This quote from a blog entry made me wonder… Focus on what “should” happen If you want to be unhappy, think about how the world “should” work…  The world doesn’t need to follow any of your “shoulds.” The sooner you … Continue reading

What’s Right?

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Start out by asking… what’s right instead of what’s wrong… about a circumstance to give you a different perspective to look at, has been said. So… I asked the same… what’s right about today? Technology… behavior… morals… values… nations… without … Continue reading

Professional or Amateur?

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Reading the blog entry… Professionalizing Your Ranch… made me ponder… Are we “professional” followers of Christ (mature—“meat eaters”)… or… “amateur” followers of Christ (immature—“milk only drinkers”)? Are our roles well defined and understood—our responsibilities in God’s Kingdom? Do we not … Continue reading

The Gift

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We’re all born sinners… bitten and poisoned by the serpent, Satan.  We’re under the wrath of God… cursed… sentenced to hell (Lake of Fire). Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was crucified and, by the power of God, … Continue reading

In An Instant

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Seems like with God, there can be many years of preparation… work… events… circumstance… obedience… yes, even disobedience… then… ALL OF A SUDDEN… in an instant… it comes to culmination… resolve! 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in … Continue reading

What’s your choice?

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A life… forever of… Light—love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance… or… darkness—immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness, carousing… Galatians 5:19-23. What’s your choice… blessing… or… curse? … Continue reading

Reach Out!

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If you don’t believe in God’s judgment… the wrath of the Lord… eternal perdition in the Lake of Fire… you won’t believe in… reach out for… be thankful for… Christ’s Blood shed at the Cross. If there’s no Cross… there’s … Continue reading

Fake or Real?

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Today, the world… fake news… defies… God’s design… natural laws… the American Constitution—that which affords us freedoms we enjoy. Our God… the God of Israel… the Lord above all gods… must not be good enough for many so they pursue … Continue reading

Honor Parents

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2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. (NASB) Ephesians 6:2-3 The Familial

Trust Him

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He’s God… He’s been at it for a really, really, really, really, long time… like forever… He’s really good at it… He knows what He’s doing… so… trust Him!  Paraphrasing David Nathan 1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall … Continue reading

On this Day…

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On this day, I remember… The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein… and… every knee will… Psalm 24:1; Philippians 2:9-11.

Trust

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11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.  Psalm 56:11 King James Version (KJV) 5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. 6 The Lord is on … Continue reading

On Time

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I’m grateful God is alright with “showing up late”… so was… Lazarus. God’s given me time to answer… What Do You Want? 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, … Continue reading

Deadly

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Dance with the dead… ecumenical activity (see the essay… What’s Love God to Do With It?)… engaging false prophets—prophets whose prophecies don’t come true… visions and dreams not based on the Word of God billed as God’s word… mystical practices … Continue reading

Cheap

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Sounds like… the manipulation tactics of the world’s central banks and those that crave the unnaturally cheap credit they create…a.k.a socialism… 4 Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land, 5 saying, “When will … Continue reading

Pilgrims

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The World Wasn’t Worthy of Them…Pilgrims The Pilgrims of our American founding were wonderful and beautiful Christians to boot. They loved the Word of God, giving us some of history’s greatest Bible Scholars and theologians, but in some ways they … Continue reading

Cause me…

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Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.  Psalm 143:8

Nice Guy

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Just my opinion… “The flip”… when what is said is 180 degrees different than the intent of the heart—he may act like a really “nice guy”… but, when the pressure is turned up… he’s really not. Today we’re hearing more … Continue reading