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A Worship Experience – a Vision of the Circle of Praise
Jun 29, 2020
One day in morning worship I closed my eyes during a praise song (I think it was either “How Great Thou Art” or “Majesty”) and had a vision. I think there is an awesome worship and praise anthem in the vision. Here is what happened:
Personal Quiet Times With God
Jun 29, 2020
A couple of new thoughts for our personal quiet times with God: (1) I was absolutely crying uncontrollably when this hit me. I have been contemplating some big questions lately – like why did God...
Why Did God Make Man Since He Knew There Would Be So Much Evil and Suffering?
Oct 20, 2020
Recently I watched a movie on TV one night called “Tear Drops from the Sun.” It was a great movie about Navy Seals who were sent to extract an American doctor from an anti-Christian rebel uprising in Nigeria. The doctor refused to leave without about seventy of those she was treating who were mobile enough to go with her.
How Can Salvation Be Free and Discipleship Be Costly?
Nov 2, 2020
Have you ever pondered the seeming contradiction in scripture that salvation is a free gift of God, but discipleship is costly? Isn’t being saved the same as being a disciple? How can they be both free and costly? I came upon this question in 1995 when I read John F. MacArther, Jr.’s book,
What is meant by the “Sin Nature” of Man?
Dec 3, 2020
I thought I would share a journal entry I made on January 29, 2019. I had just read Hebrews 4-5 and noted that I had written a margin note about free will, which said that it is the freedom to do what is in your nature to do. Recalling that I have argued that sin is a result of free will, and elsewhere acknowledged that man has a sin nature.
The Gospel – The Solution to Man’s Greatest Problem
Dec 23, 2020
Romans 1:16 states, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” The Gospel. You have heard of it. Some of you all your lives. But, do you know what it is, what it means?
A Look at Other Major Religions/Worldviews and a Comparison to Christianity
Apr 8, 2021
I wanted to call your attention to a recent update to the body of this website. My grandson Andrew, after reading through it suggested I add a section addressing the question, “With various religions, how does a person know which one is true?” So, I decided to add that question to the Dealing with Difficult Questions section of this website.
HEAVEN’S GREAT DEBATE – Should God create the world and mankind or not?
May 24, 2021
What if God called representatives from heaven’s intelligent beings together to discuss His proposal to create the universe, earth, and mankind. This is the way it might have gone:
The Wrath of God Revealed
Nov 3, 2021
Romans 1:18, “For the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.” Let me ask you a question. Do you fear God? The Bible says that “The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.”
