Of all the things we can blame on Satan, I still believe few things have done us more harm than compartmentalization in our thinking. We can see traces of it in the Old Testament, all the way back to Eden. It’s far more than a cultural thing, but it most certainly has become a fundamental…
Month: October 2023
Forecast: Egregious Stupidity
Someone pointed out that I had previously said I sensed something big and ugly would at least get started in October. I was hardly alone; lots of commentators predicted the same thing. I could not have predicted what it might be, but that things would start on a very bad slide. Not that it would…
Valid Resistance
None of this is new, but comments suggest it bears a review. Sorry, but this will be long. Violent resistance to human governments is not forbidden by covenant law; it is by doctrine discouraged. The question of taking up resistance in any particular context rests in your convictions, but in order to avoid hasty foolishness,…
Seeing the Boundaries
There is a biblical ideal for living on this earth. It would mean ditching civilization, living off the grid in a rural area, using whatever housing best fits the climate and terrain, and raising your own food. Alternatively, if the conditions call for it, your household would be nomadic over a range of territory, foraging…
Not What You Might Think
Calm down, folks. First, I need to apologize. Yesterday I made an off-hand comment about wishing I could tour the Holy Land on my bicycle. Several of you encouraged me to take this seriously and offered all kinds of suggestions and promises to support it. I am humbled by your response, truly grateful for your…
Not So Extreme
I have said that I am convinced the globalists will fail. Further, I suggested that, if nothing else, their failure will come when the leadership will be thrown under the bus by the real elite rulers who are behind them, and whose elite agenda is not quite the same as globalism. That was never meant…
Owned
Jesus kept talking about the Kingdom of Heaven in terms of parables, and rarely said anything that could be interpreted literally. It follows ancient Hebrew tradition and that of the wider Ancient Near East, going all the way back at least as far as Sumer. Those civilizations and cultures as a whole felt that it…
Just a Distraction
Satanism or Satanic worship is just a distraction. I’m not saying it’s not real or that it doesn’t exist, only that it really doesn’t accomplish anything significant in the grand scheme of things. But while I don’t regard this as a significant issue, some of my readers have asked or commented about it. Let’s keep…
What’s Ahead of Us?
I’ve had questions lately about the direction events are going, particularly in terms of threats to our community and faith. Some of them I can’t answer, of course. The Lord has not seen fit to reveal those things to me. But some issues don’t require prophetic revelations. Take a look at the nature of what…
Draw Them Out
Faith is a gift from God; you are the one who must exercise it. The Philippian jailer asked his Christian prisoners what he had to do to be “saved” (Greek: sozo). As commonly used throughout the Roman Empire, the term refers to being safe, rescued, preserved from impending doom. He wasn’t asking how to be…