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Table of Contents
- The Gospel Is the Good News About God May 26, 2022
- The Great Controversy and COVID August 5, 2021
- The Green Delusion April 15, 2021
- The Healing Substitution Model June 4, 2010
- The Imminent Collapse of the United States April 6, 2023
- The Impending End of the Earth April 15, 2020
- The Infinite Sacrifice of Christ April 21, 2020
- The Injustice of Human Justice January 14, 2021
- The Insidiousness of Sin – and God’s Remedy June 3, 2020
- The Integrative Evidence-Based Approach to Finding Truth November 5, 2019
- The Journey of Life: The Roads We Travel — Part 1 May 29, 2019
- The Journey of Life: The Roads We Travel — Part 2 June 5, 2019
- The Kingdom of Love January 25, 2008
- The Law of Liberty and Society Today November 17, 2020
- The Lie That Led To Penal Substitution Theology January 10, 2019
- The Little Horn, God’s Law, and How You have been Deceived September 4, 2011
- The Most Holy Place: A Metaphor for Our Minds December 16, 2021
- The Never Ending Lie – You will not surely die! August 18, 2011
- The New Jerusalem—the Bride of Christ April 7, 2022
- The Old Testament, Modern Teaching, and the Integrative Evidenced-Based Approach June 22, 2023
- The Plagues of Egypt and the Seven Last Plagues: They Are NOT the Same August 15, 2024
- The Power of a Lie December 21, 2007
- The Power of Truth to Change the Brain May 10, 2018
- The Psychodynamics of Saul Becoming Paul December 19, 2024
- The Purpose of Confessing Our Sins to Others February 27, 2025
- The Question of Punishment – Part II April 18, 2008
- The Question of Punishment – Part III April 25, 2008
- The Question of Punishment Part I April 11, 2008
- The Renewed Mind and the Will of God December 8, 2022
- The Rich Young Ruler—Insights for Today August 3, 2023
- The Sabbath & Church Duties April 8, 2011
- The Science of Happiness June 27, 2024
- The Secret to Happiness and Joy May 5, 2020
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 1 February 18, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 2 February 25, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 3 March 4, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 4 March 11, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 5 March 18, 2021
- The Six Powers of Satan and How to Overcome Them: Part 6 March 25, 2021
- The Strangeness of God September 19, 2024
- The Sweetness of Trusting in Jesus November 24, 2022
- The Sword of God May 17, 2008
- The Temptations of Jesus: A Lesson for Us November 23, 2020
- The Ten Commandments of Religious Liberty: COVID and the Church’s Responsibility March 10, 2022
- The Timing of God in Sending His Son November 10, 2022
- The Trap of Perfectionism—the Fear of Making Mistakes May 8, 2025
- The Trauma Response and the Media January 26, 2020
- The Tree of Knowledge – Poison or Protection? March 31, 2014
- The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: Poison or Protection? October 26, 2020
- The Trinity: Bible Truth or Human Fiction? November 6, 2009
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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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