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Table of Contents
- Love Compels to Discipline, but Law Compels to Punish • November 14, 2024
- Love, Don’t Hate, the Liars • November 9, 2020
- Love: A New Command – Part 1 • November 2, 2023
- Love: A New Command – Part 2 • November 9, 2023
- Loving Others First • December 7, 2007
- Loving Others — What Does It Look Like? • February 4, 2020
- Maintaining a Healthy Brain • February 9, 2008
- Manicures and Spas: Should I Feel Guilty • October 22, 2010
- Marijuana – The Science Behind the Smoke • February 6, 2018
- Marijuana – What Affect Does It Have? • May 20, 2010
- Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage • July 17, 2009
- Mass Delusion: How It Happens and How to Protect Your Mind • January 13, 2022
- Mass Shootings — The Real Cause • August 13, 2019
- Medical Marijuana and Psychiatric Illness – A Call to Action • January 21, 2013
- Meekness Is Not Weakness • April 28, 2022
- Meeting in Person During the Pandemic • September 16, 2020
- Merry CHRISTmas • December 23, 2021
- Metaphors of the Atonement • April 23, 2011
- Miracle Healing Via Dead Spirits? What’s Going On? • May 7, 2010
- Misunderstanding the Truth • June 19, 2009
- Modern Science Upends the Scopes Monkey Trial Verdict • October 31, 2024
- Mother’s Stress & Her Child’s Brain • January 11, 2011
- Music and the Brain • May 8, 2011
- My Sin Is Not as Bad as Your Sin • April 22, 2021
- Naaman: An Object Lesson for Us • December 21, 2023
- Near Death Experiences • February 6, 2009
- Nebuchadnezzar—Lessons in God’s Grace • December 14, 2023
- New Wine in Old Skins • February 20, 2019
- No One Escapes the War Between Good and Evil • May 19, 2022
- Only God Is Infallible • July 7, 2022
- Open Theism • November 1, 2008
- Our Resistance and God’s Persistence • January 4, 2024
- Our Two Natures: Gaining the Victory! • June 20, 2010
- Overcoming Evil • March 13, 2025
- Parables of Jesus – The Overarching Theme • August 25, 2020
- Parents Represent God to Their Children • June 8, 2023
- Pastors Faithful to Jesus Think for Themselves • January 16, 2025
- Peace and Victory When Evil Abounds • January 5, 2023
- Peace in a Violent World • February 14, 2019
- Penal Substitution versus Design Law – What’s the Difference? • July 18, 2018
- Penal Substitution: Modern Baal Worship • May 12, 2020
- Perfecting Christian Character • January 22, 2012
- Politics and the Gospel • July 6, 2023
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder • March 25, 2020
- Prayer Beads: The Upside and Dangers • April 3, 2009
- Pre- or Post-Tribulation Rapture? • October 17, 2019
- Premarital Sex – Should I Stop When I Come To Christ? • October 28, 2010
- Prepare! The King of the North Is Coming • February 24, 2022
- Priests and Child Abuse — A Predictable Result • September 5, 2018
- Psalms 23 – The Path to Eternal Life • February 11, 2013
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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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Jesus – Healing Light or Ruling Judge?
The more and more we look to Jesus, the clearer our understanding of reality becomes. Jesus is the light of the world; He illuminates God’s kingdom, God’s reality, and exposes the falsity of sin and the ways of this sinful world.
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When Praising Jesus Hinders His Work
We all know that people who reject Christ, who refuse the working of the Holy Spirit in their hearts, will be opposed to God and His kingdom of love. We understand, and even expect, that those who reject truth, reject love, reject righteousness will work against God and His kingdom of love.
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Ephesians 4: Bible Wisdom for Today’s Problems
People are often told that in our modern world, the Bible is no longer relevant – that it is merely an ancient text for the primitive mind. But the Bible is God’s Word, and it is packed with wisdom for humanity applicable throughout all history. In today’s blog, we will examine Ephesians 4:17–32 (NIV84) and demonstrate how God’s truths remain vital to us today.
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Meeting in Person During the Pandemic
On September 7, 2020, Come and Reason Ministries posted to our Facebook page announcing that our Healing the Mind in a Broken World Seminar would be held October 3, 2020, at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Several people posted comments expressing their concerns that we would hold such an event during the China virus pandemic (a.k.a. COVID-19). Below is my response and an exchange with an online follower.
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Science Proves Weird Bible Story True
Have you ever read the story of Jacob stripping bark off tree limbs in order to get his sheep to give birth to streaked, speckled, or spotted offspring? You can find it in Genesis chapter 30.
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Christianity and Slavery
In response to my blog last week, The U.S. Constitution: A Light About to be Extinguished, an online follower posted the following on our Facebook page:
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