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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?

The following blog is by Dr. Keith Colburn, a physician and expert in his field, who has submitted this paper to various outlets only to be rebuffed. We publish it with his permission, not merely for the science, but for the process of inquiry, and to stimulate reasoning, investigation, and the advancement of the principles of God’s kingdom. —Timothy R. Jennings

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.

What would it take to get you to hurt another person? To purposely inflict pain on another, to take away freedom from someone, to compel another person to violate their conscience, to take someone’s property—and feel justified in doing it?

In this blog, we’ll take the next step in the Christian journey: sanctification. What does it mean practically and spiritually when we view the world through God’s design-law lens?