Category: Religion

I have decided to add some clarifications and closing thoughts to this post. As we grow in our Christian life, we need to distinguish between punishment and discipline. You may ask, why is this important? Because it goes to the…

When professing Christians look at their life and desire to get close to God, what do they find is the most important thing they can do to foster that closer relationship? Repentance. This is the first and primary step we…

The Greek New Testament does not use Eros. Hebrew has a word translated Eros twice in the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament). Proverbs 7:18 and Proverbs 30:16 use Eros, where it translates the Hebrew dodim (meaning caresses, love-making). Eros…

This is a continuation of my previous posting, Dealing with the Altar of Baal (Part One). Using Truth as Bait I ended the last post with the lie the Devil tries to get us to tell ourselves. It is: “We’ve…

This is going to be a very long post. It will also be somewhat controversial. It discusses the importance of feelings in apprehending the truth of God. Let me start by saying that feelings can guide you toward things you…

We bought our house back in 1986, on almost .7 acres in the historic community of Oella, Maryland. Our house started out as a 2-room cabin in the 1860s. Around 1910, they added a second floor and front L, sitting…

When most people think of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they think of being born again and passages such as John 3:3 “Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the…

Today, I am going to my daughter’s house and doing a house cleansing of her property. It is at her request. What follows are the prayers and activities we will do. I have also included a downloadable PDF of the…

I have been intimately involved with J.I. Packer’s book Knowing God for nearly 45 years. I have taught through the book in various classes, including some online, some in my own spaces, and some in the church spaces of my…

As our culture begins spiraling toward accepting dangerous behaviors, such as justifying violence and revenge for less and less egregious offenses, we are quickly headed toward a very dark place. For example, an NCRI (Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers…