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The Driving Assurance

I am utterly certain that I am on the right path. Often I’ll stop and review what I’ve written in recent weeks, and the same burning conviction that wrote them still drives me. I don’t regret any of it. Let … Continue reading

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A Reason to Live and Die

Creation is a tool for His glory. We are not all called to do the same thing. There will never again be a covenant nation on the earth. The one that once stood failed to adhere to their covenant, so … Continue reading

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What’s Required of You

There a burning sense of duty in my heart. It’s as if things can’t happen fast enough so I can respond with the Word of the Lord. I have a million things to say, but not until the context calls … Continue reading

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Considering My Convictions

I belong to Jesus Christ. There can be no higher loyalty in my life. Back around 1979, the Lord loaned me to the US government. I took an oath to defend the US Constitution and those whose authority derived from … Continue reading

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False Notions of Ownership

We want people to return to Eden. With Creation itself, we all long for a restoration of what we lost. When those of us appointed to eternal life have fully manifested our identity by a shift in orientation away from … Continue reading

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Shadowing a Working God

We don’t deny instrumentality; we deny that it is the only principle at work. The human intellect is a good servant and dreadful master. It can do a good job as long as it is not in charge; there must … Continue reading

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Your Own Word from God

A couple of weeks ago, Jack at Sigma Frame wrote this about prophecy: What is not commonly understood is that if a prophetic message says something about the future, then it is because God wishes to outline a judgment on … Continue reading

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The True Guardian of Souls

I won’t tell you that your heart will protect your mind, only that it can. There is a large body of clinical literature on the power and limits of verbal manipulation. It works best when practiced by a certain group … Continue reading

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No Going Back

Sometimes I hit those moments when there is so little I can say. It’s not writer’s block. Something in me is at rest, as if some major task is finished. For at least a little while, there is nothing I … Continue reading

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Closer to Heaven

Paul’s Letter to the Roman Christians makes it plain that there is nothing we can do on our end to get ourselves or other people into Heaven. The one thing we can do on this level is share the heart-led … Continue reading

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