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Biblical truth standing on its spiritual head to get our eternal attention.

Historical Presuppositions

| February 28, 2013

Historical Presuppositions – When reading secular history, we sometimes think that facts are facts with no colorization. But history is more than names, numbers and dates. I got reminded of this in reading “Events that Changed the World.” You can learn a lot just by reading the table of contents. It concludes with Barack Obama […]

Exodus 33:7-23 – Praying through the Bible #37 – A Prayer of Closeness

| February 26, 2013

My imagination is not vivid enough to paint the picture of Exodus 33. That might be why this scene has always been intriguing. I wish I could hide with Moses. But if I focus on seeing what was seen, I will miss seeing what is really there. It begins with an amazing proclamation of fellowship. […]

Luke 1-2 – The Two Stories Told in Two’s

| February 26, 2013

The births and childhoods of the cousins John and Jesus are told in remarkably similar fashion by Luke, and ultimately by the Holy Spirit. The question as it often is, is why? A1 – Gabriel Predicts John’s Birth (1.5-24); A2 – Gabriel Predicts Jesus’ Birth (1.26-38) B1 – Zechariah’s Response (1.18-24); B2 – Mary’s Response […]

Exodus 32:1-35 – Praying through the Bible #36 – A Prayer of a Peacemaker

| February 25, 2013

“Blessed are the peacemakers for they are like the Son of God.” Not an exact quote, but fitting since brokering peace can cost us personally. It did for Jesus; will it for Moses? Geographically, we are at Mt. Sinai, the place of the Ten Commandments and the Golden Calf. Israel is worshiping Yahweh (Ex 32.5-6a); […]

1 Timothy 3:8-13 – Summation of Qualifications of Deacons

| February 24, 2013

Blameless (3.10) in Character – honorable (3.8); not greedy (3.8) Blameless (3.10) in Behavior – not hypocritical (3.8); not addicted to wine (3.8) Blameless (3.10) in Family – husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently (3.12) Blameless (3.10) in Doctrine – hold the mystery of the faith with a clear […]

Theism versus Atheism – Creating God Through Evolution

| February 23, 2013

If given enough time, which is the panacea for all evolutionary, non-theist positions, a non-life form can evolve into a simple life form, which can form into a higher form including a thinking, powerful human being…then given enough time what would keep the non-theist evolutionist from admitting that a thinking human can become omniscient given […]

Perryism – Nowadays they don’t stone the prophets, they just fire the preachers.

| February 23, 2013

Perryism – Grace is “unlawful” which is why it is grace.

| February 23, 2013

Theism versus Atheism – The Intelligent Design of the Eye

| February 23, 2013

I find it ironic that the description of how the human eye operates on a bio-chemical level is so complex that it is beyond the understanding of the untrained, and for the trained it takes great intelligence to understand; and yet atheists have faith that the human eye just grew from unintelligent matter with no […]

Theism versus Atheism – The Intelligent Design of the Bible

| February 23, 2013

There is an implied argument for the existence of God that atheists will not allow themselves to see which is God’s revealed word. The Bible is very comparable to the human body. Simple as a whole, but beautifully complex as to how all the parts works harmoniously together. I stand in awe. Intelligent design not […]