Personal Interpretation of the Bible Part 2 – 7 Principles to Guide Your Study

I have a lot of Bibles! If you are a Christian I bet you do too. I have a box of pocket bibles for handing out to people. I have two massive study bibles. I have a cheap Bible I bought for $12.95 when I first got saved and I know there are several more …

Inflammatory Remarks Indicate Poor Leadership

Ok, a short rant. In the last few days, there has been a standoff developing between Texas and the federal government. It’s tense and serious as Texas has refused to remove razor wire from its border with Mexico as ordered by SCOTUS. We should not underestimate the gravity of the situation but we should also …

The Hunger for Something Different

Started forward with home church, four people, two couples. We held the first meeting at my house. I think I underestimated the amount of work to prepare. It wasn’t unlike a small home Bible study we hosted years ago in our home. Worship What are we going to do for worship? I used to lead …

The Future of the Western Church

I have written about home churches before because I think it is the future of the faithful church, given what I consider a failure of the current model developed over the last 75-100 years. The Apostasy Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask …

Visioning a Home Church

Starting a home church is not to say there are not good churches out there. I am sure there are but I can’t find one. I know there are pros and cons but the loss of the local neighborhood church is tragic and even unbiblical and the further down the dark road this country goes, …

Why can’t I find a church?

I wrote this but wrestled with the notion of actually posting it because it’s kind of personal. But it is my blog and my personal faith journey and maybe someone out there will resonate with some of this. Maybe not. Anyway.,. I’ve been searching for a church for about 18 months. I’ve been unsuccessful. The …

Personal Interpretation of the Bible Part 1 – Biblical Illiteracy

A recent poll said that only 17% of Christians in the US indicated the Bible as the primary influence on their perspectives about the current war in Israel against Hamas (Survey). This was a distant second to the media (44%). Another poll from stateoftheology.com for 2022 indicates that among those who identify as evangelicals, 77% …

Can a Born Again Christian be Demon Possessed Part 4 – My Answer

Finally, in this post, I will give my answer about this important question about whether or not a born again Christian can be possessed by a demon. This is a long post but I want Christians to understand about this. The New Testament has a significant amount of detail about the unseen realm (to borrow …

Can a Born Again Christian be Demon Possessed Part 3 – More about demons

This is part of a series of posts about the demonic realm, specifically, about demon possession. Its not something discussed in church for various reasons. I suppose its considered dark subject matter and yet the scriptures devote some real estate to this topic. Its not dark if its in the bible. Its light. The Holy …

Was the Father Present at the Birth of His Son?

I was reading in the gospel of Luke, researching in what forms angels appear to men. In the account of the birth of Jesus, I was reading the passage about the announcement of the birth by the angel to shepherds in the fields watching their flocks. Something occurred to me in reading the account that …