Some people throughout the ages have been given assignments from the King of Heaven who carried them out very obediently, even though they neither honored him as King or as Savior. They were slaves in the Kingdom – not family members. As once Jesus told some Jews who believed Him, “A slave does not remain in the household forever, but […]
Building with wood, hay, and stubble is a simple task. It doesn’t even cost much. Most peoples on the earth began with that if they decided to stop wandering and to like a certain place and stay. Thatch roofs. Log cabins. That’s what makes people build – wanting to stay. Building with rocks is much harder. It means the very […]
Calvinism and Armenianism are both daughters of Roman Mythology. They argue about the destructibility of our eternal lives and our relationships with our Father. Calvinism’s argument is that we cannot become “un-saved” by sinning. Armenianism argues that if we fail to follow God’s rules, He will throw us in hell even if we have been born of Him. One is […]
We want people around who always agree with us. We need people around who are balanced in their strengths: both strong and weak, both militant and healing, both wise and foolish, both speed and patience, both volume and quietness. We need someone near who is not stuck in one or the other of any of those categories, and therefore can […]
He was with God in the beginning. All things were created through Him, and apart from Him not one thing was created that has been created. Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it. (John 1:2-5 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©) Life that […]
Jesus forgave sin without dying on the cross. Jesus healed the sick without dying on the cross. Jesus raised the dead without dying on the cross. His death on the cross and His subsequent resurrection opened the Door for your death and resurrection. His death on the cross opened the Door for you to receive His Holy Spirit. Now you […]
The teachers who have been making a living off of false eschatology (words about the end times) are likely to create the same scenario that Jesus encountered the first time He came to the earth: the religious camps all thought that He would rise from their party, would believe their doctrines and judge the other parties, and would rule the […]
Two things happened before Jesus started public ministry. The Holy Spirit descended on Him, and the Holy Spirit drove Him into the desert to be tempted by satan. These two things must happen in our lives before we are useful in His Kingdom. We must be in submission to His Spirit. The event or events that we could point to […]
If you study any science to its limits, you are at that point confronted with a philosophy. If you study any philosophy to its limits, you are at that point confronted with theology. If you study theology honestly and without prejudice, the Holy Spirit will point you to the Source of all things, because that is what He loves to […]
Some readers of this blog have begun reading since the last time I defined what I reference when I use the term “Roman mythology.” Sometimes I am more specific and call it “Roman Catholic mythology.” A few centuries after the resurrection of Jesus, Constantine, emperor over a quarter of the Empire of Rome at the time, decided to make an […]