I married a direct descendent of Chief Fields. He led the Cherokee delegation to Washington in 1866. I grew up not far from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho and had many friends that were from tribes such as the Navajo and Shoshone-Bannock. I am familiar with the difficult circumstances of the American Native Indian and think it remains a major blemish on the American record.
Howeve...
In today’s Psalm (67) we find one of those 30,000-foot views that God is gracious to occasionally provide for us. We need these, because we often get caught up in the muck and mire of a world that presses us ever so much inwardly and therefore hopelessly. Here is the key verse:
God blesses us… so that all ends of the earth may fear Him. (verse 7)
The previous verse provid...
When someone is hit with any kind of disease or virus, the most significant factor in whether they will survive or not is their current mental and physical health. Are they strong and hardy or are they weak and lacking the will to fight?
It is no different when one is assessing the threats to a culture. Are the people strong in character? Are they resilient and alert? Are they capable of wi...
When Jesus was telling His disciples that He was going to die and then be raised on the third day, He also let them know that He was going to leave. But whenever He talked about leaving, He gave them comfort, either by telling them that the Holy Spirit would come or that He would come and be with them. We looked at these things several times before.
But there is a passage that we have left a...
I suppose it would take several pages to list the changes that have occurred in our lives this year. If someone would have told me, a year ago, that in 2020 all our malls would be closed, the stadiums would be empty, the restaurants will be closed, a U.S. economy that was going like gangbusters would grind almost to a halt, nobody would care about hockey or basketball or baseball, everyone woul...
“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29
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I find it fascinating that the very first description of Jesus, as He was beginning His ministry here on earth, is that He was declared to be the “Lamb of God”. For us today, the imagery provokes something soft and huggable. My granddaughter has a fluffy lamb doll. We have several...
It is past time for those who call upon the Lord, to call upon the Lord.
If God prompts you, let’s take a few minutes to begin to pray together, on Tuesdays at noon, eastern, for repentance and revival in our land. Wouldn't it be something if the totality of God's people were humbling themselves before God together with one voice at the same time all over our land.
It is im...
Today is a day of decision.
Do not listen to whispers of the the enemy or the “World” to snuff your lamp.
Fight for life and marriage, for sexual sanity and religious freedom, for self government and constitutional law.
Fight to tame the Federal Beast which may soon rise to the height that it will consume everything.
Fight.
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[Above: burning Bibles and the American flag in Portland]
The Neo-Marxist left is separating the institutions of American democracy from their national foundations. If they succeed, the U.S. will over time lose its republican culture and morph into a state in which the new aristocracy wields power over a disenfranchised and impoverished populace. -Andrew A. Michta
This quote...
President Biden recently issued an Executive Order[1] against “conversion therapy”. When I first heard this my initial thought was “wait, isn’t Christianity a conversion therapy”? Doesn’t Christianity rest upon the hope that God can forgive repentant sinners and completely transform them such that they are described as being “reborn” and a “...
