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Long Before We Got There

Yesterday was both wonderful and awful for me. There is a common myth among believers that if you are suffering misfortune, it’s because you said or did something to which the Devil objects. You must be speaking the truth, because … Continue reading

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God Is Waiting on Us

We are called to speak the truth about what’s going on in this world. The Lord has revealed what is true: This world is fallen and sinners will sin. Nothing good will ever come of human ambition. Human ambition itself … Continue reading

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Meeting the Demand

Many years ago, when the manosphere was a hot topic, I wrote several different times about how the best way to get the attention of lovey ladies was to not give them yours. At my age this is no longer … Continue reading

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How Will You Maintain?

In blunt terms: Stop thinking and talking about how to stop the runaway freight train from crashing. It’s going to crash. Instead, think and talk about how to avoid getting hurt by it. The only reason you need to understand … Continue reading

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Do You Even Have a Witness?

People who claim to be politically conservative in the US cannot be trusted to do any good. They are committed to preserving the system, but the system has been hijacked completely by the progressives. It’s gone; it cannot be recovered … Continue reading

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Spiritual Warfare 05

More Problems and Questions In CS Lewis’s Screwtape Letters, he imagines a senior demon reveling in consuming great sinners’ souls. He complains that humanity is becoming commoditized, that while there is a vast bulk of souls to consume, the delightful … Continue reading

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No Earthly Treasure

I’m not doctrinaire about currencies. Societies will use whatever serves the purpose of a medium of exchange for them. Meanwhile, Scripture is rather agnostic about it simply because the fundamental orientation of the Bible is anti-materialism in the first place. … Continue reading

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Not a Popularity Contest

Faith is the center of my existence. As previously noted, I am willing to sacrifice everything to follow my Savior to the Cross (Galatians 2:20). I don’t evaluate things from a human standpoint; the life I now live, I live … Continue reading

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Again: Mission, Method, Means

The task before us is to shine the light of God’s glory into a fallen world. How people react to our testimony is virtually out of our control, but having a testimony is well within our grasp. Our frame of … Continue reading

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Not Any Kind of Norm

My life is by no means any kind of norm. Yet, I insist that if God can do certain works in my life, that justifies believing He can do something similar in your life. He may not; I can’t pretend … Continue reading

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