Jesus & the “Big Dinner” – Luke 14:1-35“I willingly believe that the damned are, in one sense successful rebels to the end; that the doors of hell are locked on the inside.” C....
Hell & Eternal Punishment in the New Testament For the last month and a half, I have been investing the majority of my study time to the broad subject of hell and eternal punishment fo...
Why Singing Praises to God as His Gathered people is not optionalA few weeks ago, the governor of California, perhaps purely out of concern for the spread of the Covid-19 virus, ordered all religious gr...
Does God Care About our Cities and the Problems they Face?As we continue to live under varying degrees of sheltered in place in CA, and we witness the impact this virus is having on our cities, w...
Great Works through covid-19“Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of ...
Where Spiritual 2020 Vision Comes FromMuch has been made of this year being 2020, and what that might have to do with our ability to see things more clearly as His sons and da...
“Preach” Dick AllisonFew if any people in my first 20 years had the impact on me that Preach did. Some time around my eighth or ninth grade of school Dick “Pr...
Seeing, Overcoming and Helping Others to Overcome Evil“But if they (the prophets) had stood in My council, They they would have announced My words to My people, And would have turned them bac...
To Examine or Not to Examine – – BlindspotsJohn Owen, one of the greatest theologians and godliest men ever to grace our planet says this about the condition of humanity, “Many men...
Jesus Christ and Spiritual Blindness“Many men live in the dark to themselves all their days; whatever else they know, they know not themselves.” John Owen – great Puritan t...
The Reality of Spiritual BlindnessJesus Christ is celebrated for a variety of reasons this time of the year. One of the primary reasons should be because He is Light. John...
Fathering Blog Follow UpI started out my Fathering blog with this quote from “Transformation of the Inner Man” – “ If the father has truly lived the Way in Chris...
Restoring The Truth About Fathering“If the father has truly lived the Way in Christ; it is easy for a son to do the same; if the father has not, our Lord will first have to...
Getting Cleansed Part IIn my first study on cleansing posted on March 10th, I sought to establish a couple of important truths. First that our wonderful Savior ...
Dying to KnowAt first glance, “Dying to Know” might convey that there is some new or cutting edge field of knowledge that I am pursuing to enable me t...
A Rediscovery of Devotionals!“I must take care above all that I cultivate communion with Christ, for though that can never be the basis of my peace – mark that – yet ...
Oneness ChallengedSo I’ve discovered again of late how “oneness challenged” I am in the flesh…..Jesus once in the context of a discussion about divorce rem...
My Journey with Daily Quiet TimesJune 10, 2017 “I cannot imagine a greater motivation to pray than that God enjoys having me in His presence. He enjoys my company.” R.T. ...
Fleeing from Unrighteous JudgmentJune 8, 2017 “By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.” Diet...
Thankful to Be Among the “Seven Thousand”This morning after my time with the Lord, I checked my emails, the weather, and a smattering of news headlines from a few sources includi...