Not My Fault
If your first response to someone wanting to discuss a problem or mistake is to declare that the issue was not your fault, I suggest that is a fault. Most things that go wrong in the real …
You and Hagar
Unmarried motherNo vehicleNo incomeForeignerAlone with her son in the desertCursed by the only people who knew her Hagar was forced to bear her owner a son. Then she was thrown out of the camp by her owner, …
Walking in the Fear of the Lord
Fear of the Lord can also be the result of effective ministry – I’m praying that it begins to follow us. After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him, but their plot became known …
The Why of Religion
Every religion has as its primary reason for existence promotion and increase. The secondary reasons are related to the desires of the adherents: power, wisdom, knowledge, self-control, protection from evil, and a list of others. Yahweh has …
The Saints’ Inheritance
Every religion spends time teaching its adherents how to manipulate its god to grant them help or favor or security. Islam, Voo-doo, Hinduism, Buddhism, Rasta, Roman mythology, both ancient and currently through the Vatican, Socialism, Mormonism, much …
Fear of the Lord is Wisdom
“The fear of the Lord” is a phrase that is used over 30 times in the Old Testament, and once in Acts of the Apostles. The Hebrew word for “fear” in the phrase is translated a few …
Carrying Mysteries
What must have passed through Eve’s mind during her first pregnancy? How many different and crazy ideas did she have as guesses? How often are our guesses about what our God is up to just as misdirected? …
You Can’t Take it With You
Culture dies when we die. Our human values and rituals and fears and prides and clothing styles and economic statuses and properties all get snatched out of our hands when we take our last breaths. If we …
Fear of the Lord is Hatred of Evil
“The fear of the Lord” is a phrase that is used over 30 times in the Old Testament, and once in Acts of the Apostles. The Hebrew word for “fear” in the phrase is translated a few …
You Are Changing
Every day, you are changing. Some of the change is improvement, some is not. Some weaknesses are increasing. Some strengths are increasing. Your environment is changing all the time, and some of its changes are influencing you. …