Psalm 14 – Part 3
Before I moved to Virginia, I developed a side job of taking care of the homes of well-to-do people in Stockton, CA. I hand-picked the jobs because I knew they would pay well for my expertise, plus I would get to tend to landscapes worth tending to. One lady in particular lived in a mansion […]
Psalm 14 – Part 2
Last year I took Liz, my children and grandchildren to Disneyland in Anaheim. I love that place. Liz loves it because her grandfather and grandmother used to manage a hotel basically down the proverbial street. As a young girl, she and her brothers basically lived at the park when they visited their family. I love […]
Psalm 14 – Part 1
Does God exist? Non-Christian philosophers Anthony Flew and John Wisdom devised a modern-day parable to shed light on the age-old question of all questions in life. Once upon a time two explorers came upon a clearing in the jungle. In the clearing growing side by side were many flowers and many weeds. One of the […]
Psalm 11
Despite the wonder of our freedom achieved by the many sacrifices during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), we are still fighting to keep the flame of freedom burning brightly because of persistent external and internal pressures based on radical egalitarianism, ill-founded, logically inconsistent , and/or godless worldviews and philosophical systems. We all sense and see […]
Psalm 10
Prior to his martyrdom at the hands of Nero, Paul gave believers a prophetic word about what to expect in the last days prior to Tribulation foretold by Jesus in Matthew 24. Here is what the wise, spiritually seasoned saint told us while writing on parchment to Pastor Timothy: 1 But realize this, that in […]
Psalm 8 – Part 2
Happy Father’s Day! I trust you will have a purposeful, meaningful, and memorable time with your family this day. As I consider what this day represents nationally, and I view it in light of our study of Psalm 8, I cannot help but see the handiwork of the living God. How so? Our study of […]
Psalm 8 – Part 1
Why were you born? Why are you here? What, really, is your purpose in life? Solomon, the wisest man ever born, posed this question in Ecclesiastes. With all the money at his disposal, plus full governmental power, the king searched for ultimate meaning in several all-too-familiar areas: wine, women, wealth, and work. From chapter one, […]
Psalm 7
I pose a very pragmatic question today, one I have asked myself many times over the years as I have attempted to live a godly life in a godless time: How should a growing, maturing believer in Jesus respond to vile, vicious verbal attacks? From Christ’s teaching in the New Testament, we, at first blush, […]
Psalm 2 – Part 2
What in the world is going on geo-politically in our world? Are not the nations in a state of upheaval like never seen before? Everywhere you look there is no peace, as opposing parties do almost anything to either maintain power or to seize power. Hezbollah and Hamas fight to the death to obliterate Israel. […]
Mother’s Day 2020 – What My Mother Did Right
Scripture is clear regarding the importance of following godly examples as you move through life. Writing to church leaders, Peter said as much: 3 nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock (1 Pet. 5). Of keen interest here is the Greek word for […]
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