Archives (By Date)

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• May 29, 2024: Notes on Romans Notes from the Book of Romans, as prepared for a home Bible study.
• Apr 4, 2023: A Somewhat Preterist Study of Matthew 24 A partial Preterist perspective of Matthew 24, as prepared for a home Bible study.
• Aug 15, 2022: Deity of Jesus and Personhood of the Spirit in the New World Translation Several scripture parings from the NWT are reviewed, showing that even the NWT hasn't completely hidden the truth of Jesus' deity or the Holy Spirit's personhood and deity.
• Aug 12, 2022: A Review of Andy Stanley and The Grace of God A review of Andy Stanley's book, The Grace of God. The book has a positive message but it is laced with Stanley's subtle insult to the importance and truth of God's Word.
• Apr 16, 2022: Declare and Decree... Can you prove that? Are we called to "declare and decree"?
• Jan 30, 2022: When the Music Causes You to Move On Is the source of the music your church sings important?
• Jan 25, 2022: Daniel 9: The Historical, Non-Eschatological View A study of Daniel 9: Eschatology or a beautiful prophecy fulfilled?
• Jan 1, 2022: Some Thoughts on the End of Things A non-"pre-tribulation rapture" view of eschatology.
• Feb 16, 2021: Deity in the Gospel of John A review of the Deity of Christ, as found in the Gospel of John.
• Jan 9, 2021: The Lord's Prayer for our Nation A prayer for the United States based on the Lord's Prayer.
• Oct 18, 2020: The Cross, or a Torturer's Stake? Why it matters. This article considers the great lengths the governing body of the Jehovah's Witnesses has gone through to hide the truth of the cross-shaped cross.
• May 1, 2020: Biblical Standards for Prophecy Does the Bible agree with what some call prophecy today?
• Mar 28, 2020: A Permissive Tense? God Is Love so He Cannot Punish Directly? Was Jesus "perfect theology" and are God's hands clean of all evil because of a "permissive tense" in the Hebrew?
• Mar 7, 2019: Some Thoughts on Citizenship What does the Bible say about the governing authorities? Are they all from God?
• Oct 9, 2018: Expanded study on the "Healed" of Isaiah 53:5 An in-depth study of the Hebrew word rapha' through the Old Testament.
• Oct 9, 2018: A Healthy Theology of Healing by Phil Moore Phil Moore's A Healthy Theology of Healing in an easy to read format.
• Apr 2, 2018: Who is (or isn't) Wisdom in Proverbs 8 Who was Wisdom in Proverbs 8? How do some faiths misconstrue God's Word in an attempt to make it say something it does not?
• Feb 18, 2018: Jesus May Call Us His Friend, but We are Still His Servants Are we best to think of ourselves as friends of God, or as his bondservants?
• Feb 16, 2018: The Gospel and Evangelism Can we live a "good life" and let that be our witness, or must we share the gospel?
• Feb 4, 2018: Notes on Proverbs 1-4 Detailed notes on the first four chapters of Proverbs.
• Jan 16, 2018: How to Misrepresent Scripture and Tickle Mens' Ears A discussion on common false prosperity teachings, using examples from popular preachers.
• Nov 7, 2017: A Letter Regarding Some Cessationist Ideologies Thoughts on the cessationist's view, verses God's forever present truth, among a few other things.
• Oct 21, 2017: A Personal Journey in Healing My healing story and what the Bible says about it
• Jul 20, 2017: The Begotten Relationship Outside of Time In God's view of time, Jesus already paid the price for our sins before Adam was even formed from the dust of the ground.
• Jun 29, 2017: Made and Begotten What does it mean that Jesus was begotten, but not created?
• Feb 26, 2017: The "little gods" and Christ as "a god" Deceptions Comparing the "little gods" heresy with the Jehovah's Witnesses' false teachings about Jesus' non-deity.
• Feb 13, 2017: Jesus is Jehovah A scriptural review of the dual deity of God the Father and Jesus the Son
• Feb 3, 2017: The Significance of Grumbling The importance of not grumbling, for when we do, we grumble against the Lord.
• Jan 21, 2017: The Power of Acknowledged Weakness (Our Confessions of Faith) What do we trust in? Our practice of faith or God's sovereignty alone?
• Dec 31, 2016: What Happened Between Crucifixion and Resurrection? A biblical overview of what happened to Jesus between the cross and resurrection.
• Dec 11, 2016: The case for: Healing? Not Always. A discussion on healing in the New Testament, including times when healing is not granted.
• Apr 23, 2016: Healing? Yes! Some thoughts on healing, and Proverbs 23:7.
• Oct 27, 2015: Have we Been Called to Maximize Our Strengths? Have we been called to maximize our strengths, or does God choose to work through our weaknesses?
• Oct 19, 2014: If You Do Not Forgive Others Their Trespasses and the Message of Grace How should we take Jesus when he says "but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
• Feb 18, 2013: The Danger of Emptiness/Doing Nothing The call of the Christian is not to "not sin" but to "do righteousness."
• Jan 22, 2013: My Ever Changing Political Views How various incidents over time have impacted my political views, and my view of God's sovereignty.
• Jan 22, 2013: Forty Years Ago Today Amazing pro-life speech by Gianna Jessen at Queen's Hall Parliament House in Victoria, Australia
• Jan 13, 2013: The Biology of Our Own Works What does it mean when the Bible says "all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags"?
• Jan 3, 2013: Hobby Lobby and the Abortion Debate A bit of science regarding pregnancy and abortion we need to realize in our ever continuing fight for life.
• Dec 30, 2012: Each Other A journal entry on the importance of unity and staying in prayer with and for your friends in Christ.
• Jul 27, 2011: Effective Prayer What does the Bible say about prayer? What are some Biblical reasons for prayer that appears unanswered?
• Jul 2, 2011: Sleep A brief survey of what God's word says about restful sleep.
• Jun 20, 2011: Prosperity Part 4: New Testament Thoughts A survey of New Testament teachings on prosperity.
• May 23, 2011: Prosperity Part 3: The Blessing of Abraham and the Christlike View of Material Wealth What was the blessing of Abraham, and what does Jesus say about Prosperity? Is financial wealth something we should be seeking?
• May 5, 2011: Prosperity Part 2: NT Word Study, Job's Friends, and the Abrahamic Covenant What can we learn about prosperity in considering Job, Elijah, the covenant with Abraham and the New Testament?
• May 2, 2011: Prosperity Part 1: OT Word Study The first in a 4-part series on prosperity. The series starts with an Old Testament word study.
• Apr 24, 2011: Ambitions God's view of ambition may be different than our own. Consider Jesus' response to the request of James and John.
• Apr 18, 2011: Mercy God has a merciful heart. Do we? Consider Abraham's interaction with God before the destruction of Sodom.
• Mar 23, 2011: Humility What does God's word say about humility, and humbling ourselves?
• Mar 14, 2011: A Tare or a Wheat What did Jesus say regarding the tares among the wheat?
• Mar 6, 2011: Not Being Offended in God How did Jesus respond to John the Baptist's questions after John was imprisoned?
• Mar 3, 2011: Unity, Judging and Our Knowledge in Christ What does the Bible say about getting along with others? How are we to be as one?
• Feb 26, 2011: The "I Am" of the Gospel of John Review the "I AM" statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John.
• Feb 22, 2011: A Midnight Friend and an Unjust Judge Pray consistently, for God is longsuffering with us, and desires to answer our prayers.
• Feb 19, 2011: Without God, We Cannot; but Without Us, God Will Not God has called us to pray, at all times and in all circumstances.
• Feb 17, 2011: The Vine and the Vinedresser Jesus is the true Vinedresser. Learn how He takes care of his vines.
• Feb 15, 2011: Rejoice A quick review of the many Hebrew words for "rejoice."
• Feb 14, 2011: Decision Making and the Deceptions of our Hearts Our hearts are deceitful. We need to be aware of this when making decisions.
• Feb 14, 2011: Eyes Without and Within Like God's creatures in Revelation, chapter 4, we need to look with eyes without and within.