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Table of Contents
- 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
- Psychosis, Schizophrenia, or Autoimmune Brain Inflammation—New Hope for Some December 15, 2022
- Qualities of a Good Leader – Determining Who to Follow February 4, 2021
- Questions About Christ’s Death – Part 1 September 5, 2008
- Questions About Christ’s Death – Part 2 September 12, 2008
- Questions From a New Believer February 6, 2018
- Racism and the Trap of the Social Justice Movement October 2, 2019
- Reaching a Wayward Child January 8, 2012
- Ready to Meet Jesus February 23, 2008
- Reaping the Whirlwind—Sowing the Seeds for the Rise of the Beast June 30, 2022
- Recent Attacks January 29, 2010
- Red Heifer Ceremony May 2, 2024
- Reformers and Today February 22, 2024
- Remission of Sin January 11, 2008
- Repairers of the Breach April 25, 2024
- Response to a Zealous Pastor’s Defense of COVID “Vaccine” Mandates January 27, 2022
- Response to Adventist Today Article September 10, 2021
- Response to Quotes in the Book, Confrontation November 28, 2008
- Restoring the Image of God in Humanity July 21, 2022
- Retaining or Surrendering Our Rights—What Would Jesus Do? December 1, 2022
- Retribution or Rehabilitation September 3, 2012
- Revealing the Lawless One March 16, 2023
- Revelation 12:7 What Happened Before Earth Was Created? November 24, 2011
- Reward in Heaven May 11, 2023
- Righteousness by Faith May 26, 2010
- Righteousness: A Real Change of Heart January 31, 2012
- Romans 7 March 8, 2008
- Romans Chapter 3 August 30, 2008
- Sabbath — Imposed Rule or Design for Life? January 1, 2019
- Sabbath: Why Saturday and What Makes It Holy? April 23, 2010
- Salvation & Sanctification July 29, 2012
- Salvation and the Cleansing of Our Spirit—Part 1 March 21, 2024
- Salvation and the Cleansing of Our Spirit—Part 2 March 28, 2024
- Salvation Is More than a Personal Relationship with Jesus August 8, 2024
- Salvation Is Not About Denomination—It Is About Jesus! June 23, 2022
- Salvation: Our Work, God’s Work, or Both? February 20, 2009
- Samson: A Foreshadow of Christ November 16, 2023
- Sanctification by Faith September 16, 2021
- Satan’s Primary End-Time Deception January 19, 2023
- School Shootings – Why All the Violence? December 19, 2012
- Science Proves Weird Bible Story True September 14, 2020
- Secrets to the Unity of the Seven Ones October 26, 2023
- Seeking the Kingdom of God May 4, 2023
- Selfishness and Governance March 7, 2019
- Selflessness and Bible Psychology October 16, 2009
- Servants AND Friends of God July 11, 2024
- Seven Last Plagues – Why? July 20, 2010
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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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