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Covenant Faithfulness during Turmoil

This is in response to an offline conversation, and involves how to profit from the coming turmoil of God’s wrath on America. The economy itself is not going to crash in the sense of freeze up totally. Certain elements of … Continue reading

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God’s Warning to Trump

The standard prophetic caveat: You need not take me seriously if this strikes you as objectionable. However, I regard this as a prophetic word from God and I cannot be silent. In the end, we are all mere vessels. When … Continue reading

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Don’t Be Surprised

Paul had a secular skill as a tent maker. That term referred to a wide array of actual products made from heavy fabrics, leather and rope. As you might expect, he could also do sails and ship rigging. In some … Continue reading

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Not Giving Up 02

This is a rough day for me with pretty harsh symptoms from a cold virus. I’ve been careful and proactive because of my personal history with such things, so I’m not feeling dead or wishing I were. Still, I’m dozing … Continue reading

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Some Prophetic Insight

See the bigger picture. Consider Romans 9:14-24 and Jeremiah 18. God is the Potter; His plans and motives are inscrutable to us. But His moral character is fully revealed. If we see that a country is not obeying the Covenant … Continue reading

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Go Big or Go Home

The question is always the same whether it’s politics or war: Cui bono? If your dream is to destroy a moral evil on the earth, take away the profit. I hear activists talking about the need to stop this or … Continue reading

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Set the Captives Free

The longer I look at it, the more I cannot imagine that my mission is pivotal in God’s work among humans. Let me reiterate some things my regular readers already know. The gospel message is freedom. It’s the opposite of … Continue reading

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Slo-Mo Tragedy

There’s nothing any of us can do at this point. There’s no way I could summarize how we got here, but on every level of moral consideration, the US has taken the wrong path since day one. America was doomed … Continue reading

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They Could, But Won’t

Judah didn’t have to face exile in Babylon. Even after all their many failures, slipping into idolatry, they could have settled into their punishment at God’s hand by serving Babylon quietly. Jeremiah said as much, but the Judean leadership kept … Continue reading

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Non-partisan Support

We don’t encourage activism because it brings you too close to idolatry. It traps you in the Western mode of thinking and material reality. We don’t promote “Christian” virtues as law because it reduces religion to mere legalism. What we … Continue reading

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