Truth – Scattered Verses

A Psalm for Today

O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

Jesus tells us that the entire Law and Prophets hang on these two commands1: “The Lord our God is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your might.”2 and “’You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”1 And Jesus also says, “But IContinue reading “Love Like Jesus Does”

Got Hope?

Like Truth, like faith, like all that is noble, hope emanates from outside ourselves. Our society is in the throws of turmoil because too many of us wish to own those things that are beyond our individual selves. In the core of our beings we know that we do not have the capability of owningContinue reading “Got Hope?”

The Literal of the Word

One of the most immature ideas I ever had about the Bible was that it must be both literally and figuratively true at the same time. Jesus made the prophecies literally true. Much that is literal can be found in the poetry of the Psalms. ‘The Song of Solomon,’ however, definitively disabuses one of thatContinue reading “The Literal of the Word”

Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song

Conclusion (part 4) The siren song that is but an substance-less refrain wafts through air: Judge not; do not hate; love, love, love… The Kernel of Truth ploy might be the oldest, heaviest hammer in the Deceiver’s game of whack-a-mole. Adam and Eve were felled by it. They did not fall lifeless to the fertileContinue reading “Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song”

Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song

Part 3 Let’s take a quick look at the gist of parts one and two: 1: The initial conjecture made is that we humans, Christians in particular, have been deceived. We have allowed Jesus’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount – Judge not lest ye be judged1 – to be pervertedinto a diluted gruelContinue reading “Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song”

Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song

Part 1 The Deceiver stood toe-to-toe with God in his jealousy of the Father’s dominion and God’s choice to elevate man above the angels. The Deceiver rendered his judgment of our worth and pronounced us value-less. He sentenced us to sin, robbed us of our innocence, and smashed our free will to smithereens so thatContinue reading “Whack-a-mole, a Conundrum, and a Siren Song”

What If Your Guy Loses?!?

No worries, truly. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, you know that He has already won. He remains our King. His is the voice we continue to follow. His is the way we tread still. We carry on our life in Christ no matter who wins or loses. Not a follower? No worries.Continue reading “What If Your Guy Loses?!?”