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Table of Contents
- How TV and an Angry, Wrathful God Damage Your Brain May 31, 2010
- Human 2.0: The Rise of the Cyborg—Disconnecting Humans from God June 10, 2021
- Hypnosis – Helpful, Harmful or Hoax? August 12, 2010
- Identity and the Worship of Self October 27, 2022
- If You Were a Faithful Jew 2,000 Years Ago September 5, 2024
- Imperial versus Design Law Judgment: New Insights into Daniel 7 August 10, 2023
- Imputed and Imparted Righteousness—Design versus Imposed Law April 4, 2024
- Imputed Righteousness March 5, 2010
- Interracial Marriages June 27, 2010
- Is a “Just War” Possible? March 3, 2022
- Is Cancer Your Own Fault? July 11, 2010
- Is Dr. Jennings Advancing Unity or Causing Division? June 6, 2024
- Is God Punishing the World with Natural Disasters? September 22, 2017
- Is Masturbation Harmful? November 20, 2009
- Is Sincerity Enough? February 23, 2023
- Is The Great Controversy Over God’s Character True? September 10, 2011
- Is There Absolute Truth? February 5, 2010
- Is Your Christianity Real? September 7, 2023
- Isaiah One: A Message for the Church Today December 31, 2020
- Israel and the Promised Land Today March 24, 2022
- It Is Time to Flee the Beastly Systems: Jesus Is Coming Soon! September 29, 2022
- Jerusalem, Christians, and End-Time Methods December 8, 2017
- Jesus Is Both Good and Safe! September 22, 2022
- Jesus our Advocate & Mediator – For What? August 14, 2009
- Jesus Paying Our Debt To God October 14, 2013
- Jesus – Healing Light or Ruling Judge? October 13, 2020
- Jesus’ Human Nature August 28, 2009
- Jesus: Angry Executioner or Baby of Bethlehem? December 25, 2009
- Jesus: The Right Hand of God November 30, 2023
- Job: A Cosmic Overview—and Seven Truths to Prepare for Christ’s Return November 3, 2022
- Joseph and Social Injustice: Lessons for Society Today October 7, 2021
- Joseph: A Foreshadow of Christ June 9, 2022
- Joy in the Midst of Sorrow June 12, 2024
- Justification by Faith September 9, 2021
- Keeping the Faith in the Last Days January 6, 2022
- King of the North versus South and Today’s End-Time Events August 12, 2020
- Knowing God’s Will for Your Life April 29, 2021
- Knowing Jesus and His Word February 20, 2025
- Knowledge and Feelings March 1, 2008
- Last Generation Theology October 13, 2022
- Laughter, Health, and God’s Law April 30, 2019
- Lazarus and the Rich Man January 12, 2023
- Lazarus, Miracles and Faith What is the Connection? November 5, 2010
- Learn to Discern: How to Determine What Is True July 14, 2020
- Lectio Divina: A Biblical Meditation Practice May 25, 2023
- Light Becoming Darkness December 28, 2023
- Listener Concerned Dr. Jennings Is Being Foolish January 28, 2021
- Little Red Riding Hood and the Pretenders Among Us May 15, 2025
- Living in the Land of Liars: Part 1 April 1, 2021
- Living in the Land of Liars: Part 2 April 8, 2021
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The World’s Wisdom Is Foolishness
“Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?” (1 Corinthians 1:20 NIV84). What is the basis of all wisdom? God and the knowledge of God, which means His character, His design laws, His methods, purposes, protocols – how reality works and why.
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Isaiah One: A Message for the Church Today
Isaiah is called the gospel prophet, the prophet who brings the good news. It’s in the book of Isaiah that we find the beautiful description of the coming Messiah, who becomes a real human: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end (9:6, 7 NIV84).
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Eight Signs of Jesus’ Soon Return
It is Christmas, the time we celebrate Jesus first advent. Yet, while we give thanks for Jesus birth and victory as our Savior 2,000 years ago, our ultimate longing is in His second advent – and the Bible is filled with promises that Jesus is coming again. So, let’s this holiday not only celebrate the birth of our Savior, but look with longing expectation at the signs of His soon return.
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The Christian and Culture: Is All Culture Equally Healthy?
It is the Christmas season, and as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, God’s only Son, sent to save the world from sin, consider what that means. It means that Jesus came to win our hearts and minds back to trust, so that we will leave behind everything of this world that is out of harmony with heaven and trust Him and follow Him into a kingdom of love, truth, and eternal freedom.
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Understanding Bible Commentaries Through Design Law
Over the years, I have received repeated requests to help people understand, through a design-law lens, quotations from various Bible commentators that can easily sound penal-legal. Below is an example of one such quotation from a founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, followed by my comments explaining how her concept are best understood through a design-law perspective.
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The Damaging Effects of Social Isolation During COVID-19
Now that the election is over, I hope we can have reasonable and rational discussions about the various governmental responses to COVID-19 and their impact on society. From the beginning of this pandemic, I have been critical of the way various government officials have responded and dealt with this problem.
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The Temptations of Jesus: A Lesson for Us
According to Scripture, Jesus was tempted “in every way just as we are yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15 NIV84). As we praise God for the victory of His Son, we can simultaneously examine how the devil approached our Savior and discover the evil tactics that he uses against us.
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The Law of Liberty and Society Today
My first book, Could It Be This Simple? A Biblical Model for Healing the Mind, was published in 2007. In it, I described for the first time the law of liberty, the principle of freedom upon which God created reality to operate. I described how this law is, like gravity, a constant that works whether one believes in it or not and that just like gravity, it is testable – there are reproducible and unavoidable consequences when we violate liberty.
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Love, Don’t Hate, the Liars
This morning, I read about Jesus’ trial and crucifixion from the gospel of John and was struck at the poignant lessons that apply to us today. The religious and political leaders conspired for months to mislead the people about Jesus and prepare the nation for the moment they would strike. They had their “media pundits” spread misinformation about the Messiah. They misrepresented His actions as being of the devil (Matthew 12:24).
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The Christian and Post-Election Blues
It is Friday, October 30, 2020; in four days, the United States will elect its next president, and I, like the rest of the nation, don’t know who is going to win.
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The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: Poison or Protection?
Back in 2014, I wrote a blog responding to the email below, but as truth is unfolding and I continue to learn, I have discovered new insights that have expanded my understanding of this question about the Tree of Knowledge, and I want to share those new insights with you here.
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Godly vs Ungodly Methods of Pursuing Social Justice
My blogs during 2020 have sought to make evermore clear the difference between God’s kingdom and the kingdoms of this world, the difference between God’s design laws and human imposed laws. I have sought to expose how imposed rules (human governments and methods) always seek power over others to coerce and force its way, while God’s kingdom always seeks to heal hearts and minds while leaving people free to choose for themselves.
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