This is a picture of “Step Canyon”. It is just below the current dome of Mt. St. Helens.
In March of 1982, another explosive eruption melted a thick snow and ice pack that had built up in the crater since the 1980 events. The resulting water and mudflow cut through the bedrock at the edge of the crater. In a matter of hours, as if it were a hot knife going through butter, the mud...
The day we call “Christmas” is a celebration of one of, if not equal to, the greatest events in the history of man. It was the culmination of a promise made thousands of years ago in the Gardern of Eden that God would graciously send the “Seed” to crush the head of the evil one and begin the process of making all things right again.
Paul tags this moment this way:
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“Spiritual naturalism” is a phrase I’ve been using for years to describe a modified form of Naturalism that has arisen in our culture.
Here is the essence of what has happened.
Naturalism is a philosophy that believes that all reality can be understood in terms of matter and energy. Everything that exists is merely the result of these two prime elements operating in a ca...
“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...
Greetings Everyone!
I am writing to let you know about two very important updates for our Truth Encounter Community.
As you know, it has been my vision to continue the biblical worldview work that God began in my life years ago, beginning with New Geneva Seminary, Summit Ministries, the Truth Project, Cross Examine, Who Is Jesus and other worldview teaching, including the new release Febr...
To the volume of wonderful comments on President George H. W. Bush, I wish to add my very small two cents.
Indeed he was a noble man. When people have asked me over the years of my assessment of him, I have always responded with “He was a real gentleman, in every sense of the word.”
There is a reason why so many people, during these days of memorializing President Bush, have c...
Another mass shooting. Little children dead. An eighteen-year-old, Salvador Ramos, killed them two days before they were to start their summer vacation.
And, once again, we get the same old rhetoric from all sides—all a thousand miles away from the problem and therefore the solution. We don't need blind rhetoric. We need divine wisdom and guidance. We need biblical prudence.
Ins...
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 “...
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THE WAY TO DO A GREAT DEAL IS TO KEEP ON DOING A LITTLE. THE WAY TO DO NOTHING AT ALL IS TO BE CONTINUALLY RESOLVING THAT YOU WILL DO EVERYTHING. CHARLES SPURGEON
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[Preface: Gazing on the Face of God]
But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you… Acts 3:14
Previously, we contemplated that God is Judge. Because He is both Creator and Holy, He has the right and responsibility to His own nature to judge rebellious acts that are contrary to His divine character and purposes. When He acts in this capa...
