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Conquest Evangelism

It’s not as if Jesus never used military metaphors. The problem is how we read our militarism back into His comments. Perhaps you may have heard a very popular worship song from the 1980s, “Blow the Trumpet in Zion.” It … Continue reading

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An Itch in the Moral Consciousness

The Cross was Christ’s greatest victory. I don’t need to dramatize the human suffering of Our Lord; God save us from people who gild the lily. But I wonder how much it cost Him to show compassion to Pilate? In … Continue reading

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Plotting against Divine Sovereignty

There is the message, and then we have the methods and means of that message. Were our world not so hostile to heart-led living, we wouldn’t have to waste so much time and effort explaining it. Every blog post holds … Continue reading

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No Sith Lords, No Jedi Knights

There is no intent to be elitist here. The nature of what we pursue winnows out most of humanity before we get started. Most of us — most of you who take my blather seriously — can look back over … Continue reading

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Islam Is No Threat

I’m taking a moral stand. I run into this every day, it seems. It’s bad enough that I can’t escape the noise of liars in the mainstream press, and in some of the alternative press. But I keep bumping into … Continue reading

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Tribulation Reminder

From time to time, I try to remind myself and my readers that we are in a tribulation period. I use the term “tribulation” to refer to general suffering that most of us can feel directly, and which is clearly … Continue reading

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Just Thinking — Or Not

This is your chance to get to know me a little better. I share what follows as a consequence of my divine calling, but this is not central to my message. While there are prophetic elements, I’ll note carefully when … Continue reading

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American Apocalypse

In case you haven’t noticed, the Police State is here. I suppose a significant number of us living here in the US have seen it coming for a long time. Some part of me knew it way back in high … Continue reading

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Psalm 21

If the previous psalm was a prayer for faith in battle, this one is thanksgiving for the victory. And again, we reckon this song is in two parts. The first seems as the voice of the congregation singing about their … Continue reading

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Death and Hell Stalking Us

Maybe it’s not so different in substance; maybe this is just the veneer peeling away. Western Civilization is especially bad about forgetting the past in the sense that we have no ability to transmit from generation to generation what it … Continue reading

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