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God is good! All the time! And all the time… God is good! We all come from a long heritage of congregations, of congregational prayer, congregational praise, congregational worship and yes, congregational declarations. We declare God’s goodness in the great assembly. We declare God’s goodness in the land of the living. We declare and weContinue reading “What If We Are Martyred?”

By Agur ben Yakeh[30 October 2023] The skeptic swore, “There is no God! No God!—I can do anything I want! I’m more animal than human; so-called human intelligence escapes me. “I flunked ‘wisdom.’ I see no evidence of a holy God. Has anyone ever seen Anyone climb into Heaven and take charge? grab the windsContinue reading “God? Who Needs Him?”

Save Our StudentsFall 2023 A man pointedly questioned our going outside a high school to offer the evangel message of salvation through JESUS Christ. Indeed, a number of people have questioned it, but one in particular questioned, and in such a way as to be clearly suggesting that we ought not continue going. A visitingContinue reading “An Open Letter to Laodicea”

Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good. Have nothing to do with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Be careful not to utter careless words. The fool utters all of his mind, but the wise man keepsContinue reading “Beware a Jezebel spirit”

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… FEW WILL READ THISfewer will do this The inner room Jesus said, “Go into your inner room, close the door and pray.” I see a room we called the prayer closet. The year is 1991. It is a clean but shaggy old tiny closet in a corner of the second floor of that oldContinue reading “PRAYER CLOSET”

Discerning Material & ImmaterialDistinguishing Natural & Spiritual ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4:12‬ ‭For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. In an effortContinue reading “Soul & Spirit”

Don’t miss this. Human nature is such that it takes about 1 second for a person’s family and friends to turn from being supportive to one being ostracized. This is a trait of fallible human nature. Even if a person is not entirely ostracized, there are varying degrees along a sliding scale spectrum of thisContinue reading “Grace By Which We Stand”

This is an initial short form version of a potentially powerful analogy recently being shared with a number of people, hopefully sincere enough to accept a serious and genuine quest. Following the initial short analogy is a spontaneous free form reflection on this possible powderkeg. … Counterfeit There is a counterfeit. In fact, it isContinue reading “COUNTERFEIT”

Thought Boundaries “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” ‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭5‬ All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me areContinue reading “Spiritual Boundaries”