Thinking of the annual, national pause termed Veterans Day this Monday to remember that freedom comes and continues because there are those who are brave – willing to run toward danger... Alistair Begg (truthforlife.com) On the twenty-first of October 1805, one of the most famous sea battles in the history of warfare took place. At... Continue Reading →
So, 72.6 million people just voted for a felon - WOW! (4.6 more than opposed). 72.6 million people just voted for a “dictator”, “facist” and “Hitler.” What? The campaign was ugly - on both sides! I’m so glad that the rhetoric is mostly subsided and that my mailbox can breathe again. Often heard was that Trump was... Continue Reading →
At ABC (Ashland Bible Church) we are moving at a snail pace through the letter from God to us via the hand of Paul to the first church established in Europe – at Philippi in the land of modern Greece. In doing some background work in Acts to help us grasp God’s ways in that “church... Continue Reading →
Joel 2:1, Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord is coming... Joel 2:12, “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your... Continue Reading →
FOMO ?? JOMO ?? I believe in infant baptism. I believe that salvation is by works. I’m blue! Breakfast today was Dad talking about the death of his maternal grandmother in 1919 of the raging flu epidemic. They buried her just a few hours later and failed to mark the grave. Dad knows the cemetery near Bloomington,... Continue Reading →
Jettie reminded me earlier today that it was 40 years ago today at sundown on Halloween that a founding member of the church that I pastored in Wyoming was arrested being accused of abusing women in medical exams. He was a medical doctor. Eventually a female police detective came from Casper and told a large group... Continue Reading →
Luther came under conviction and then under the rule of this truth: Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith, Habakkuk 2:4. The Just - Romans 1:16-17, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and... Continue Reading →
I Kings 1:1, Now King David was old, advanced in years… 15, now the king was very old. King David was “termed out”. It was time for a new king – but who? Adonijah decided he’d run for the office... I Kings 1:5a, Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” He plotted out a... Continue Reading →
Hard work trumps talent. A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit. The eight laws of learning are: explanation, demonstration, imitation, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition, repetition.[Or teach then REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!] - John Wooden “Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to... Continue Reading →
You live among a plethora of worldviews – beliefs about the supernatural, the origin of life, the afterlife, the purpose of life and what or who determines what is good and evil. And that is a truth about every person - maybe not laid out in a concise list or succinctly articulated - but they... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 