I was fantasizing about being a king on this blog a few days ago. Talking about how good a monarchy would be if King Jesus were the monarch. Well, the early Jews didn't see it that way. They wanted a mere mortal on their throne. Saul was chosen....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I've already shared with this audience what happened to me last summer in Korea. Humanly speaking it was a type of burn-out. System went on overload. Couln't think straight. Went crazy. Scared out of my mind day after day. But there was a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
So where were we? Somehow I'm elevated to kingship over the United States. My word is law. What would I do?One thing I would not do, unless this were the Millennium, and Jesus was reigning in Jerusalem, is force people to come to Christ....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
King, you say? What happened to our democracy? You're not anti-democratic, are you? Un-American? No. It's been a great ride. But democracy, and by that I mean "rule of the people," only works if the people are good. If the people think correctly....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It's always important to say in articles like this one, that God can do whatever He wants. His church is His church. We need to be very careful in criticizing people and things we do not understand. But my observations today come from a desire to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Two amazing things took place just before the crucifixion of Jesus. First, someone was caring enough in the midst of that hardened crowd, to reach out to the Master and offer Him a way to ease His pain. Was this the standard thing to do? Doesn't...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I'm getting old. That's the only explanation/apology I give for the following comments. It does not set aside the truths which I am trying to communicate. But it is a fact. And in many churches, the desires of the young have been placed over the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The women are coming. The world is changing. In America, a woman narrowly missed becoming President. Other nations have women at the helm already. Business, entrepreneurship have long been on the rise in terms of female participation. Women have...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In North Korea there are churches that have been opened by the government, just for show. I was pondering recently over the situation in America. One wonders how much of what we Christians do is for the same reason, show. How many churches are run...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Can't blame the devil for everything. Your own heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, says Jeremiah the prophet (17:9). The unredeemed unsaved heart is the center for evil on the earth. Satan would be powerless without it. The heart and mind...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
