Make God’s Word Your Own – Part 2
This is part of an ongoing series. Please see the introduction and definitions. Leave a note in the comments if you would like something else defined. Retain God’s Word In part one we discussed reading...
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Take Action How did that go again? “Listen, remember, and obey.” I guess it’s time for the “obey” part. So – a pilgrimage to the holy land? Fasting for forty days and forty nights? Healing a leper?...
View ArticlePrayer: A Primer
Prayer is one of the most important parts of a Christian lifestyle. Very few Christians – and I include myself – pray as much as we could and should. Some believers fall short because they don’t know...
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In the Gospels we often see Jesus teaching by way of parables. A parable is a short story, told by a teacher, to illuminate an important idea. This idea is intended to be obvious to the listeners. The...
View ArticleLost Knowledge
I promised several of my readers that I would write a series on the early chapters of Genesis. It’s an important record—a full understanding of God’s saving grace is aided by knowing from whence we...
View ArticleFrivolity
I’ve been working too many hours. And days. Yes, even engineers have to work weekends when there’s a major deadline and everybody’s job depends on us. I think I’ll have a day off next Sunday (the 23rd)...
View ArticleDiscouraged?
Yesterday morning, Sunday, I looked at myself in the mirror as a shaved for the seventh day in a row. I knew that it would be another week before I got a day off. And I wasn’t exactly motivated to go...
View ArticleSymbols of America
It was about fifty years ago that I first saw this painting. I remember wooden floors and white plaster walls. Standing beside the painting was a docent, watching the visitors with grandfatherly pride....
View ArticleIn The Beginning
The first two verses of Genesis contain a concise summary of the origin of the heavens and the earth. Fortunately for the livelihoods of theologians and theoretical scientists, there aren’t a lot of...
View ArticleSociety and Tradition
America – the United States – is a nation of law. Each American – whether great or small – is equally its subject. Legislation is passed, after careful deliberation, in order to allow our society to...
View ArticleAccording to Knowledge
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not...
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