Author: Tim Jennings, M.D.

It seems that every holiday season, some Christian brother or sister objects to celebrating Christmas, raising concerns over its pagan origins. Does the Bible offer us any wisdom regarding how we are to deal with pagan intrusions into our lives?

The sanctuary reveals lessons about our individual spirit temples, the restoration of God’s image within us, and the healing of our minds. Let’s take a closer look at this idea.

Is it possible the United States will participate in religious persecution, joining the beastly power of Revelation that takes away our liberties? If so, then the protections of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights will have to be removed. Could this really happen?

We must not allow those struggling with gender identity to define human sexuality or gender for us.

It is Thanksgiving, and this year, with all that has been happening in the world, I have been reflecting on my life, how I ended up where I am today.

I remember, as a child, singing “The Wise Man Built His House Upon the Rock.”  What is the reality the parable is teaching, the true application of this parable to our lives?

We live in a sinful world. We are surrounded by evil, corruption, conflict, threats on all sides. We experience opposition, sorrow, pain and illness. But do we walk with God?

Do you believe in free will, that your choices matter, that you determine the eternal outcome of your life? Or do you believe in predestination, that you really don’t have freedom, that God has predetermined what will happen to you and for you, and that it is God’s choices alone that determine your eternal destiny?

If we expect the nations of this world to act with Christlike grace, kindness, love, and justice… then we will get stung over and over again.

Are you struggling with fear—fear of disease, of losing a loved one, of rejection, of financial ruin, of persecution, of losing your job, of loneliness, of letting God down, of climate change, of war, of economic collapse?

Perhaps no story contrasts more effectively the differences between the methods of God and the methods of this sinful world than the story of Joseph.

One of the challenges that we, the people of God, face is keeping our minds focused upon God. We are to discern the lies and errors of God’s enemy, but not allow the lies to become our focus.