If we were a righteous people, what would we have to fear of immigrants among us? 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: […]
Yearly Archives: 2015
To take in and offer sanctuary for Syrian refugees or not? Perhaps that is not even the right question. “If I gave you ten grapes and told you two were poisoned, would you eat any?” If your newsfeed is anything like mine, you’ve probably noticed that Facebook is swimming in […]
Reaping the Whirlwind: Sanctuary for Syrian Refugees
3 We are ISIS. 8 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. … 7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; […]
Reaping the Whirlwind: Thanksgetting and Paris Bombings
Are you a Christian, or are you just fooling yourself? At 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (RS), the command of Jesus Christ for the resurrection to begin is described as “the archangel’s call,” and Jude 9 says that the archangel is Michael. Would it be appropriate to liken Jesus’ commanding call to that […]
Is Jesus God?
3 But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good, 4 traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than […]
Idolatry of False Teachers
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. ~ 1Jn 3:18 Love is such an important topic that Jesus said the world would know we are His disciples because of our love for one another (Jn 13:35). While I’ve […]
Love Is … an Action Word
1 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. ~ Ps 78:41 The Bible is quite clear: God knows “everything” (1Jn 3:20 ESV). He knows what is hidden in the dark, He knows what is kept in our hearts, He knows the far, far past […]
How Small Is Your God?
Last night, there were once again some unusual spikes of activity on the website, so I’ve done a couple of things to guard against what has become an ongoing trend on the web, I’m afraid. Some of it was legitimate traffic that happened to occur around the same time, so […]
Security Cranked Up Again
17 The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” ~ Zep 3:17 (NIV) What is wrong with humanity? Is it just a […]
Love Is … More Than Outgoing Concern For Others
These are my notes from a sermon a couple of weeks ago on the topic of leadership and followership. I am not identifying the person who gave it, since I did not ask permission first. 🙂 These are in a rough format, as I did not have time to tidy […]
Notes on Leadership and Followership
11 Is there a contradiction between God’s omniscience vs free will? A subtheme this Feast of Tabernacles seems to be the omniscience of God. It appears to me that not many really believe that God knows all things, even when they are busy declaring how great He is. More disturbing is […]
Does God Know the Future or Not?
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ~ Vince Lombardi Let me ask you something: Is it wrong to be loyal to a person or group of people? Think before you answer. Some […]