Like it or not, we’re all tested at different times in our lives-perhaps throughout our lives, whether believers and non-believers.
SUFFERING PART 5: Discipline, Correction, and Punishment
It’s very human to think that God smiles and winks at everything people do, except perhaps certain types of murder and the things those awful people next door get up to. But like it or not, the God of the Bible disciplines even his own people-for their good.
LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE
All around you can see people losing their sanity and their sense of reason, and their judgment, direction, and hope: How can I maintain my own mental and spiritual integrity and strength?
WHY DO WE SUFFER? 4: THE CURSE
Why does a new car devolve into a rusted, broken wreck? Why do the weeds keep coming back in the garden? Why do we get sick? Why does life sometimes seem like an unwinnable battle…
WHY DO WE SUFFER? Part 3: HUMAN NATURE
Like it or not “those” people have free-will, just as we do and unfortunately humans sometimes hurt each other with that free will.
WHY DO WE SUFFER 2: FREE WILL
Why do we suffer, and more importantly, why does God allow us to suffer? Why doesn’t he just step in and stop bad things from happening?
WHY DO WE SUFFER?
Why do we suffer? Surely, if there’s a loving God, there should be no suffering, or alternatively any bad events or conditions should be short-lived and quickly fixed.
BELT UP
Where is Truth? Where does it come from? How can we grasp it and hold on to it?
Wonderful, Counsellor: The Mighty God
There's no wriggling away from it: The Son of God is no mere man.
GOD AND MAN
Thomas worshipped Jesus, and called him, "My Lord and my God!". Why? Wasn't Jesus just "a good man"?
BEING SURE
From the day I committed myself to Jesus, I couldn't understand anyone wanting to loosely associate themselves with the gospel message but not accept what it claims. Some might call me a "fundamentalist". Well, if being sure of what you believe is fundamentalism, it's a valid and a welcome label
RETURN OF THE GOD HYPOTHESIS: 1
Regarding the assertion that the work of the Intelligent Design movement is "pseudo-science", it's interesting if not comical to note that some evolutionists are believing that life originated from somewhere else in the galaxy, and then "designed" life to begin and thrive here on earth.
THE VEILED PLAN OF GOD
Was the death of Jesus Christ a tragedy? Did he make a mistake in allowing Judas to turn him into the authorities? Should he perhaps have just stayed away from Jerusalem, and kept his head down?
COVID AND THE MARK
I don't think for a moment the Covid vaccine is the "mark of the beast" as foretold in Revelation. However, there are certain aspects of the whole vaccine mandate issue which are rather provocative...
Leaning on the Son
The world can be a tough place to live in, and people can make life miserable. Sometimes life is lonely and painful. But there's good news: Jesus, the Son, is faithful. Jesus is merciful. Jesus is loving. Jesus is kind and patient. He has said, "Never will I leave you or forsake you". I believe … Continue reading Leaning on the Son
WHAT IS GOD LIKE?
In our time (to coin a phrase) there's a philosophy around every corner. There's one for every day of the week, for the rest of your life. There's a god for every whim, wish and eventuality. Are they really all valid, or do we need to focus a little more?
SEEING DESIGN!
Those who stand against the prevailing narrative on origins, as in the matter of politics, risk losing their positions and their livelihood. This is the story of one such man.
IN OUR TIME: The Evolution of Crocodiles
In our Time hasn't been pushing the claims of evolution very much lately, but when I saw the title of this particular episode, I decided I had to tackle it head-on, from the perspective of my faith and conviction that God created the heavens and the earth.
ROMANCING THE BLOG
Anyone who blogs knows how a post is lovingly prepared, like a date with that certain special someone...
AXING DARWINISM
The one thing that’s struck me most while reading “Darwin’s Doubt” is that the majority of evolutionists (though not all) when confronted with, or upon discovering facts that put a wrench right in the middle of the cogs of Neo - Darwinism, just start building other cogs.
SIGNS: My thoughts on Israel
The modern state of Israel is the one thing which could be firmly considered a sign of the times: a sign that the return of Jesus Christ is near. How near? I'll give my opinion on that: the result of decades of research and observation.
THE GOOD-NEWS GOSPEL!
The Greek word translated “gospel” in the New Testament means “good news”, and in the context of the Bible the gospel is the “good news” about Jesus Christ. But what exactly was and is that good news, and what does it mean for us?
Scrambling You
What happens when a great nation rejects unity in favour of diversity; it's history in favour of the unknown, and hundreds and thousands of years of standards, markers, principles, guidelines and accumulated wisdom? What happens when a great nation turns it's back on any honest reference to what made that society great? In answer, here's … Continue reading Scrambling You
SIGNS: More Thoughts (part 3).
Never mind what the "experts" or the extremists say: are we in or close to end-times in the Biblical sense, or aren't we? I want to know, and I want to be alert and watchful...
SIGNS: MY THOUGHTS, part two
Is all we see happening in the US and around the world just a continuation of history-long incompetence, deception and bad policies, or is something more profound going on?
SIGNS: MY THOUGHTS, part one.
Is all we see happening in the US just the result of incompetence and bad policies, or is something deeper going on?
Say it while you can…
Whatever it is, if you're not on the left of the political spectrum, say it or share it while you still can. Devin Nunes, one of many talking about big-tech's part in shutting down the speech of anyone they disagree with: "They are taking down our ability to communicate"* Speak up, and pray that they … Continue reading Say it while you can…
I KILLED JESUS CHRIST
I killed Jesus Christ... I killed him with my tongue when I slandered my neighbour and spread rumours about him I killed him when I blamed someone else for what I had done I killed him with my anger, when I sought revenge on my enemy I killed Jesus. I killed him by my neglect, … Continue reading I KILLED JESUS CHRIST
MEN AND WOMEN
Vive la différence, I say. Without it we wouldn't be here...
STAND STRONG
I spoke with a middle-aged man today who lives in a small community, and who has no family anywhere near him, and no friends that he feels he can trust.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
As promised, and as concisely as I can muster, I hereby outline the results of decades of study of Biblical eschatology, in short form. At the centre of it all is the question, "When will Jesus Christ return?"
POLITICS AND RELIGION
Is not getting involved in politics just a weak excuse for not sticking your head above the parapet? Is it a weak excuse for keeping quiet about Biblical convictions, or for not having them in the first place?
SANITY FOR END-TIMES
How could I personally prepare for the end-times? And even if we aren't near the end times, the world is rapidly changing, and there's no way to stop it: how can I compose myself enough to deal with what's coming upon the world? How will I keep my cool and my sanity; my faith and my hope?
THE POTENTIAL IN UN-REGENERATE MAN
The constant insistence I read that we are entirely void of anything good in us without Christ is not correct, and Erasmus had good scriptural defense in his position over Luther's. We are, after all, created in the image of God, if fallen.
STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF
I know nobody likes whiners, but once in a while it's nice to know that someone feels the same way as you do about some things. Somehow it helps you to feel better-right? So here's a little whine-a little letting off of my own steam...
IS HE COMING AGAIN, OR ISN’T HE?
Here we all are, decades later, and the Son of God has failed to make his appearance...
COVID VACCINE AND THE BEAST.
Covid vaccine doesn't yet fit the bill as defined in Revelation, without the use of some considerable extrapolation and deformation of the facts. However, it is possible that it is the "thin edge of the wedge".
DID JESUS CHRIST REALLY EXIST?
Did Jesus Christ really exist as a man on earth? There are those in our world who have made it their mission in life to convince as many people as possible that he didn't...
GOD IN A SMILE
Sometimes when I observe human nature-including my own-I ask the Lord if he might have made a mistake. Perhaps he should have stopped creating once he'd made the animals...
IN OUR TIME: PHEROMONES
The hypothesis continues. As time went on from the first sexual attraction between goldfish, there was selection of the generations for greater and greater sensitivity, but also for specificity, says our expert. That seems logical, but if, right at the start, "way back", the female had produced nothing to attract a mate, and the male had not responded, there would be no goldfish...
WILL EVERYONE GO TO HEAVEN?
A large number of people think that “if” there’s a heaven, everybody will be going there – except perhaps Adolph Hitler, Donald Trump, their ex, and their neighbour. Some belief systems see Hitler as being redeemable. ..
IN OUR TIME: FUNGI
Melvyn the host, in the necessity of his role in the show, then asks the expert how they know about this event, in which fungi helped plants to go terrestrial: how did they find out that this happened? A good question indeed...
TRUE CONFESSIONS IN OUR TIME
If you listen carefully to an evolutionist, you will, sooner or later, hear him or her inadvertently make a confession about either his motivation, or his chosen faith, or the missing facts of evolution. Additionally, he will share an "evidence" which really is not evidence at all.
WORLDVIEW WAR: YOU’RE IN IT
At the heart of our culture war in the West, though un-noticed by many of us, is the following question: do we follow the ways of God, that is, the ways loosely (very loosely) followed by the Western world for the last fifteen hundred years or more, or do we wash our hands of that, and follow our own ideas?
HUMILITY TODAY
If you think you're humble, you aren't...
AVOIDING THE FLOOD
In my science classes at school-admittedly quite a long time ago now, I was taught "uniformitarian" doctrine: the present is the key to the past. Change occurs over eons of time at the rate of processes we observe now, was the instruction I received. All that proven "fact" seems to have changed considerably...
GETTING THE HOLY SPIRIT
We see plenty of scenes in churches and on Christian TV of people apparently experiencing the work of the Spirit at the hands of certain ministers, but we never hear the stories of those offended-turned away-by such things or left unsatisfied and mystified. If you're one of those, or if you as a believer just wonder what it's all about, I here offer a few Bible verses which pour cool reason onto the fire of nonsense...
NO DAN NEWHOUSE
As a self-respecting Washington State voter, I will be looking for the first opportunity to NOT vote for Dan Newhouse,
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Dear Brother Google, I just want want you to know that yes, while I may be "getting up there" a little in age, and despite my occupation, I don't have a hernia as you seem to have supposed...
Fuel for Faith 