On July 13th, 2024, I watched live on the Internet the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania. I actually recall watching an attempt on his life back during his first run for office, but at the time that was not covered extensively and apparently was not as close of a call. …
Author Archives: Modern Misconceptions
Modern Temptations
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. Ecclesiastes 10v1 KJV When I was in my twenties, I dreamed of writing a book about computers which I titled “Computers Simplified”. It is almost difficult to …
Conversing with the Holy Trinity
Does God really speak to you? Why yes, yes He does! I feel like this is a sensitive subject among a lot of Christians, and certainly a source of a lot of confusion in the world. Many pastors will go out of their way to say something like, “Of course, I don’t actually hear God’s …
One Page Gospel
Have you ever wondered if there is life on other planets? How far it is to the nearest habitable star system? Perhaps you’ve looked up at the milky way at night and felt the unimaginable vastness of the visible universe. What am I here for? You think modern science must have the answer to these …
Confidence vs Righteousness
One of the common accusations I hear about Christians is that they are “Self Righteous”, always think they are right, or that they can determine right from wrong. Perhaps this is a symptom of cultural Christianity, legalism, or willful ignorance of the truth, but regardless it is the opposite of the truth. The first thing …
Be a slave to the Good Master
A hard lesson that I have learned, and have tried to emphasize to my sons, is not to think of having “fun” as being separate from listening to the Holy Spirit. It is so tempting to want to set Jesus aside, leave the Bible in the bookshelf, and focus on having a good time, being …
Continuous Miracles or mere coincidences?
There are far more miracles taking place than any human being could appreciate or understand.
Zombies, Witches and A.I.
I never understood American culture’s obsession with Zombies for the last ten years or so. We don’t pay for cable TV so I never saw The Walking Dead until it recently began airing on free TV, but I do remember watching James Bond movies featuring voodoo and zombies way back in 1973. Nonetheless, it took …
The infinite and eternal character of The Bible
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And …
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revel, revile, reveal, revelation
revel verb gerund or present participle: revelling enjoy oneself in a lively and noisy way, especially with drinking and dancing.“they spent the evening reveling with their guests” Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the …