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Mission in Context

To understand what God requires of us, I believe it’s important to think bigger than is common. On the one hand, we are nearing another exercise in God’s wrath on the scale of Noah’s Flood, but not a flood this … Continue reading

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The Least Painful

If you have been following Catacomb Resident’s series on Pageau’s The Language of Creation, and if you understood yesterday’s post here, then what follows should not surprise you. Trump is an urbanite; he was a lefty Democrat right up until … Continue reading

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Not Good, Just Useful

Do you really understand what “tithe” in the Bible really means? It is restricted to food items, agricultural products. You cannot tithe any other kind of thing. Food is the only thing you can offer to God that He alone … Continue reading

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NT Doctrine — Ephesians 3

This is by necessity a rather short lesson. The primary subject of this chapter is some of Paul’s personal background and a prayer on the readers’ behalf, but very little doctrine. The doctrinal issue here is very difficult for most … Continue reading

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Free Header Images

Here are a few images cropped more or less for blog headers. Feel free to copy and use as you see fit. Depending on your blog theme, you may have to crop them further, but they are about the right … Continue reading

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Evil Fighting Evil

According to the Word of God, the single biggest problem for life after the Fall is too much human organization and leadership. If you want to suggest that a simplified tribal existence in a dispersed and decentralized structure isn’t “working” … Continue reading

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Working for the Devil?

I guess I need to explain this again. I keep getting chatter from people who promote planning ways to change the human situation. The human situation cannot be changed at our level. Get that through your thick heads, folks. There’s … Continue reading

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The Turning Point

You won’t see it in this photo, but this was the place where my life changed dramatically. With my wife and kids, I rented half of a house down at the end of this street on the left. The house … Continue reading

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NT Doctrine — Ephesians 2

The theme continues to be uniting Hebrew and Gentile Christians. The previous chapter emphasized our unity as a single nation rooted in Heaven, pointing out how the Lord designed it on three levels: cosmic, global and individual. Here, the emphasis … Continue reading

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Random Photos 17

Yesterday’s ride took me past some places that caught my eye. To be more exact, the views called my name and I tried to capture them. One of the things I do is look for scenes that can be used … Continue reading

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