"For Such A Time As This" (Esther 4:14)
TRUSTING GOD IN TIMES OF PERIL
In Exodus 33 we have the account of the aftermath of the golden calf event of Exodus 32, in which Israel, after being miraculously rescued from slavery in Egypt by the LORD God, and graciously brought into covenant relationship with Him (Exodus 6:7), almost immediately and blatantly violate the covenant conditions, namely the first three […]
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In Genesis Chapters 2-3 we have the LORD God revealing Himself to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden as gracious creator; the one who designed and made of all of the beauty and wonder that surrounded them, all of which is given to them to freely enjoy and exercise dominion over. Most gloriously
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This was originally posted in March 2021. I would suggest that the advice is still pertinent. If you are reading this, it is not too late!!!! Over 2000 years ago it was too late for me! ☹ I went through my short life in your world, believing that I was a good man, at least
Question: How do you know a politician is lying? Answer: Their lips are moving. This is meant to be a “joke”, but as we have seen over the past several elections in this country, there is more truth to this than we would like to believe. Mankind, according to the Bible, is by nature, at
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This was originally part of a series I posted in October/November 2021 “exposing” the person and works of the devil. Some revisions have been made. Hal Lindsey was a New York Times bestselling author back in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of his books centered around eschatological (end time) prophecies in the Bible regarding the
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Back in the ‘1970’s, comedian Flip Wilson, through his cross-dressing character, Geraldine, popularized the saying, “the devil made me do it”. In the various comedic skits, he/she would acknowledge behavior that was wrong or outrageous. and when called out on it would always have the excuse, “the devil made me do it”. Wilson was a
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One of the most frightening and nightmare inducing movies I saw as a child was the 1953 version of the movie War of the Worlds, an adaptation of a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells. The novel tells the story of a surprise, undetected Martian invasion that is an attempt to conquer and take over
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This was originally posted on Good Friday, 2023. It includes some revisions. I am posting this on the day we celebrate each year as Good Friday. It is called Good Friday, despite the fact that everything that occurred on this day over 2000 years ago can only be described as evil; the betrayal of Jesus
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The following was originally posted in April 2023. It includes some minor revisions. It is the evening prior to the Jewish Passover, approximately 2000 years ago. Jesus has completed His public ministry and has been spending the last few days of His life with His apostles, instructing them of His approaching death and how they
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The following was originally posted in April 2023. It includes some minor revisions. Do you know the love of God? Do you personally, intimately and experientially know the width and length and depth and height of the love of Christ which passes (human) knowledge. The Apostle Paul prays for Christians in Ephesians 3:14-19 that we
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