2023-12-14 23:20
Spain must have seemed invincible back in the 15th century.
King Philip II probably thought his Empire’s dominance would last forever and
yet less than 100 years later, Spain had succu… Read More
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2023-09-04 19:06
As stated in my last post I'll mention (5) further myths
about money pushed by those on other areas different from prosperity
preachers. When I say ascetic I mean that a person is somehow cl… Read More
2023-09-01 14:47
"Name-It-and-Claim-It"I have to admit that I’m tired of the health and wealth preachers and their greed making a buck of the backs of those weak in faith. I am going to cite ten (4) of… Read More
2023-08-27 16:37
Stop assuming that there are no problems with capitalism. The Bible doesn't present us with either communistic of capitalistic options when it comes to the economy. There is theological reas… Read More
2023-08-25 15:02
So here is where it really gets weird. In Revelation
13:14-15 it says of the two beasts…
“Because of the signs it was given power to perform on
behalf of the first beast, it [t… Read More
2023-08-25 00:20
I will start this post by stating that is will be long and
broken into two parts. Secondly, I need to also state that I am not a
Premillennial, Pre-Tribulation dispensationalist that believe… Read More
2023-08-21 22:05
[When reading this post please note I am only focusing on one or two A.I. platforms like ChatGPT and OpenAI. There are currently hundreds and that list will grow exponentially over time.]Som… Read More
2023-08-20 15:55
How should Christians weigh the potential benefits of AI
with its possible—and actual—abuses? My response is a question: How do you
weigh the benefits of a very sharp knife? A ve… Read More
2023-08-18 13:45
The main impetus behind A.I. is driven by secular visions
that seek to transform humans into gods and create utopias through technology.
Many negative scenarios involving AI have played out… Read More
2023-08-16 22:53
My premise is simple: Computers have become faster over the
past several decades, and NOT more intelligent. Faster should never be
confabulated with smarter or somehow self-aware. The human… Read More
2023-08-15 21:10
A few thoughts on A.I. (Artifical Intelligence) and God and what the Bible had to say about idols, independence from God and autonomy.A.I. is made in man’s image. Man is made in God&rs&hell…Read More
2023-03-25 14:13
As Christians, we must not think that the Old Testament narratives are irrelevant past history and simply interesting stories for us to read. These events in Jewish history serve as warnings… Read More
2023-03-20 22:45
Psalm 137:1-9 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded song… Read More
2023-03-04 14:30
If one reads Leviticus, one sees a primary theme running through all of it: Holiness. The spiritual leaders of Israel were priests. The Christian as their successors are exactly the same. If… Read More
2023-02-27 22:53
The story of Gideon in Judges 6 helps answer a couple of common questions new Christian believer’s have about God's character. These are also questions that arise when a veteran Christ… Read More
2023-02-24 21:09
Please visit my new add-on site Fifth Horseman over at Medium.com.This site will read my posts to you if you don't have the time to read them. I'm just tryong to reach out through other meth… Read More
2023-02-24 15:52
This is another in a continuing series on occupations and what the Scripture says about those trades and vocations that I started back in 2021. When I say trades I mean employment, work or a… Read More
2023-02-22 01:50
What...if not work and our chosen vocation (job)...is the gravitational center for the proclamation of Christ and Him crucified (the Gospel)? We are no longer an agrarian society teaching an… Read More
2023-02-20 00:05
Hebrews opens with lofty and majestic language. It is hard to encapsulate God’s existence and being into such a finite medium as words. At these points imagination and words fail. The… Read More
2023-02-16 23:56
In the Apostle Paul’s address at the Areopagus (Mars Hill) we hear him address the men of Athens. At the time Paul speaks it was still the cultural and intellectual center of the Greek… Read More
2023-02-13 23:23
If one reads the Bible they will quickly see a pattern of people specifically set aside by God for specific tasks. These tasks are usually aligned with their natural inclinations. In the cas… Read More
2023-02-10 18:59
In Matthew we see Jesus approached by the Pharisees accusing Him of performing miracles by the power of Beelzebul or the Devil. It was a heady accusation to be sure and a slight to a Holy Go… Read More
2023-02-09 01:54
I literally just discussed obedience to civil authorities in my post American Politics and Jesus. That of course was from Jesus’ point of view. This passage in Titus follows suit. This… Read More
2023-02-06 13:41
[Yes, I’m really borrowing three songs to create a blog title and to merge ideas. Every generation loves their pop culture, mine is no different and neither is yours. The song titles a… Read More
2023-02-04 01:22
…and now a quick detour down a war-torn side road to address the issue of war and what Jesus said or didn’t say about it.Many arguments in defense of war are easily set aside. S… Read More
2023-02-02 00:12
Americans really get wound up and wrapped up in our demand for our ‘rights’ as outlined by the American founding fathers nowadays. There are so few today in America and even the… Read More
2023-01-31 02:08
The political situation of a citizen in the Jewish state in Jesus’ day was peculiar if not sometimes precarious. The days of its dreariest darkness were during the centuries of captivi… Read More
2023-01-30 00:16
So, what was Jesus’ attitude toward the so-called pleasures of life? What would His take be on American hedonism and excesses in and outside the church nowadays? This question requires… Read More
2023-01-27 19:59
Physics (φυσικός /phusikos). It is the science that studies matter, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of… Read More
2022-12-31 19:27
Institutional psychiatry, science, laws or truths provide a ritualistic affirmation for society's dominant ethic. This serves to control and align a populous to the dominant ethic...and if n… Read More
2022-06-10 20:16
I was thinking about the Prosperity Gospel and the idea that embedded in the Prosperity Gospel that wants us to have our best life now. I have always been adamantly against the whole idea of… Read More
2022-05-07 16:07
In my experience Christian theologians don't do enough to learn about current cultural phenomenon including nuances of science, genetics, foreign policy, economics, sex, racial theory, etc t… Read More
2022-05-04 16:17
Mathematics is a part of what should be considered beauty. Centuries ago, the great astronomer Johannes Kepler (d. 1630) found that math enabled him to predict the relative distances between… Read More
2022-05-02 19:52
As a Quality Manager having spent three decades helping to regulate, balance and run companies I realize how hard it is to keep things running smoothly, efficiently like clockwork. Things li… Read More
2022-04-30 13:36
What are often touted as required reading is schools should have warning labels and disclaimers. These "influential" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, family breakdow… Read More
2022-04-29 23:18
I've been saying for the last five years that within a decade pedophilia/pederasty will become legal or normalized in society. I was laughed off of social media or slammed. The laughter is n… Read More
2022-04-28 16:33
A universe when absent God, when there's no faith in God invariably dissolves to nothingness. Annihilates due to lack of purpose. It is a cold universe arising from randomness, chance… Read More
2022-04-22 16:11
For everyone and everything that draws from Biblical tradition to make a comparison to life it must be understood that that the Biblical truth that is being drawn on is in-fact historically… Read More
2022-02-07 23:51
I grew up in a theological background that focused too much on the Apocalypse and Tribulation. So, when it comes to talking about those types of topics (which I rarely have) I tread carefull… Read More
2022-02-06 14:01
The Sumerian language was spoken in southern Mesopotamia (Iraq) and was the first language to be written in the cuneiform script. It is an isolate language meaning we know of no other langua… Read More
2021-09-10 00:10
Islam is a chain of submission. From the top down it is Allah, Muhammad, the Muslim, the Kafir, the dhimmi and the slave. In this country we are beginning to see how submission works. We&rsq&hell…Read More
2021-09-07 22:39
You do not know the history of African slavery if you do not know about Islam’s involvement. It is impossible to study the history of Muhammad and Islam and not understand slavery is i… Read More
2021-09-06 22:55
It can be distilled down to one statement: If you ain't Muslim you ain't anything. At least not fully human. You're therefore not worthy of Muslim sympathy of treatment in equality &hell…Read More
2021-09-04 17:58
The dualism of Islam allows for two ways to treat women. They can be honored or they can be beaten. If you’re going to study Islam you have to study women as a separate category becaus… Read More
2021-09-02 21:59
As we quickly approach the 20th anniversary of the attacks of 9/11 we need to realize something peculiar and patterned about that attack. The Sept 11, 2001 attacks followed Muhammad’s… Read More
2021-09-02 02:09
It is pretty much this simple. This is not a generalization. Islam literally means “submit.” Jihad was Muhammad’s greatest invention for the propagation of Islamic philosop… Read More
2021-08-31 22:27
Muhammad believed and acted as if there was a duality in reality. What do I mean? In a figurative sense there are two Muhammad’s. There is the religious preacher Muhammad (the younger… Read More
2021-08-31 01:08
I have run through my series about Islam twice on my Facebook page and it has had an extraordinary impact on those that read it. Now that I have time to pick up the reins of my blog again af… Read More
2021-08-18 18:30
The universe, creation, contrary to atheistic statements is not just the sum result of random chance and time. They want you to believe this lie so you will keep them company in godless nihi… Read More
2021-05-24 00:00
It should be noted that God divides men at Babel not by race, nor intelligence nor vocation or station in life. He allows their division by language. A unit or commonality to all people. I a… Read More
2021-05-21 19:39
In a sentence Socialism and inevitably Communism manifest the characteristics of chattel slavery. The theory underlying Marxism is a form of spiritual chattel slavery. It makes people proper… Read More
2021-05-17 17:22
We have a duty to forgive others. In truth we have a duty to forgive ourselves too as wrongs that remain unforgiven only work to destroy us inside. Resentment, the emotion which opposes forg… Read More
2021-05-15 12:18
I am examining why America appears to be getting more chaotic. I thought when I began this series it would lead to complex mysterious causes. What I have found is that all roads lead to the… Read More
2021-05-13 19:46
I’ve been beating on this next topic for over a year because I see a failure in society to maintain it for a while now. This is one of the core issues destroying America in addition to… Read More
2021-05-08 14:01
[This is a short post I essentially wanted to put here on my blog because more and more I am being shadow banned on social media due to my content. Here I merely expound on the idea of equal… Read More
2021-05-07 02:17
I've watched the unrest and tearing of the American fabric. I've watched from afar as society slowly cannibalizes itself. One gesture of grace restrained where it would've helped. One act of… Read More
2021-05-01 21:39
Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts by Craig KeenerThis is the most exhaustively documented study of miracles that one can find and read. It is readable, organized, inter… Read More
2021-04-30 16:48
How can one teach history, ethics, psychology, cosmogony, without implying some religious opinion? How is it that it is assumed public education is somehow religiously neutral? Atheism or at… Read More
2021-04-23 17:34
I turn incorrect philosophical/theological comments on their heads. Not because I want to but because I have to. A stated error propagates more errors and either leads people astray or creat… Read More
2021-04-22 21:22
Hairdressing and shaving have become a skillful and lucrative occupation. The very word barber has gone out of fashion. The barber now is advertised as a hairdresser, hair stylist, tonsorial… Read More
2021-04-20 23:13
I was asked as a Christian multiple times about the George Floyd death at Derek Chauvin's hands. I believe I've responded in a biblical manner every time I was asked. I care that my response… Read More
2021-04-17 02:07
“Money, so they say…is the root of all evil today” ~ Roger Waters, Pink Floyd Actually, it’s the love of money that is the root of evil but leave it to godless rock… Read More
2021-04-13 00:27
Every time we repeat the Lord’s Prayer we ask the Lord to, “Give us this day our daily bread.” I believe it is appropriate that we should honor those whose occupation it is… Read More
2021-04-09 16:48
[continued from Part 1]As stated in the previous post, if the things I state in these two posts do not check off all the blocks for discernment....the person you’re dealing with is cle… Read More
2021-04-08 01:47
I’ve written on the topic of false teachers and false prophets before. It appears I will need to do so again. It never ceases to amaze me how many right within the faith are at times c… Read More
2021-04-03 01:31
I believe what we’ve been seeing lately in the world is the barrier between the world and the demonic is coming down. The division, disunity, selfishness, violence, conflict, etc. The… Read More
2021-03-31 18:14
So, I was looking at the Chauvin trial and the political/racial media circus around it. I reviewed the known facts. I did this as a contingency in the event someone in the faith asks me abou… Read More
2021-03-26 13:50
I will state outright that this post isn’t about science but mathematics. Regardless, I am placing it in this series as math is intertwined with science at many points of contact. Qual… Read More
2021-03-24 02:09
[Continued from previous post]The discovery of electric current opened a new era in the investigation of electricity and magnetism. At lightning speed throughout the 19th century, followed t… Read More
2021-03-22 16:01
In this post I will attempt to link theology, science, electricity and predictability. Prediction or statements about the future which only God can do.The more we know about the start condit… Read More
2021-03-19 18:10
In my last post I discussed creation of the universe and why evidence and logic require the universe had to have been created. It is not eternal or the product of God's imagination. In this… Read More
2021-03-17 18:45
Physics (φυσικός/phusikos/natural). It is the science that studies matter and its motion or behavior through space and time. It also studies the rela… Read More
2021-03-15 19:45
Barcelona ChairLudwig Mies van der RoheModernist1929(Knoll)Life is at times paradoxical and strangely things within life are inextricably linked because of our connection to them. We are the… Read More
2021-03-10 18:00
I was originally just going to post this on Facebook but having proofread it I realized there was a high probability that it would be censored by those deadbeats. It contained certain words… Read More
2021-03-09 01:28
Along with my series on trades and occupations I am concurrently working on a series about the veracity of scientific statements made in the Bible too. This is the first post in that series… Read More
2021-03-05 15:05
Regardless of context, topic or series I would write on in my blog God is the G.O.A.T. The greatest of all-time...in everything. He is the benchmark. He is the cornerstone. He is perfection… Read More
2021-02-28 23:08
Nowhere in Scripture is there a mention of an artist painting in the style of Rembrandt or Picasso. The act of painting of portraits are not mentioned as we understand them today. No one tha… Read More
2021-02-24 23:59
Public buildings are the ornaments of a nation. They establish a nation as solid or non-transient. Buildings denote permanency and a visual bedrock of residency that is hard to ignore. They… Read More
2021-02-18 23:46
This will be the first post of many in a new series. It will be on occupations and what the Scripture says about those trades and vocations. When I say jobs I mean employment, work or a pers… Read More
2021-02-06 21:49
In reality this is a repost from a savage comment I left on a post that I saw on Social Media. Yes, I have been studying prostitution and whores in the Bible recently. I've done so because I… Read More
2021-02-06 03:08
2021-02-05 15:29
My last post described an older scientific theory that was never actually disproven and after 100 years has turned out to be more-or-less true. The theory though was abandoned because it did… Read More
2020-12-24 16:59
Some of the people in Scripture read like a list of toys on the "Island of Misfit Toys" from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Misfits one and all from a worldly and secular perspective. The r… Read More
2020-12-18 18:46
People rely far too much on what Science says is truth/true and never question its outcomes. This is now being brought into a spotlight in lieu of the Covid-19 vaccine that is about to be fo… Read More
2020-11-20 22:30
The following paragraphs are some reflections on the transference of information, immortality, mankind and God. When I write about Jesus’ resurrection body and resurrection, I am inten… Read More
2020-11-17 21:03
As usual I am stunned that I need to explain this to my progressive, liberal and even moderate friends in a polite coherent manner. I guess I should not be surprised about this because as a… Read More
2020-11-17 01:09
A while back I realized I could tell whether or not a book was theologically sound by looking at the publisher on the binding. Similarly, we know when we are dealing with false news when rea… Read More
2020-11-08 16:51
Now two politicians came to the judge and stood before him. One of them said, “Pardon me, judge. This man and I live in the same town, and we had voters in the same election. The third… Read More
2020-11-08 00:07
It has come to my attention that some of my Reformed brethren are calling out the false prophets for their worldly prognostications and claims that they were God's prophetic voice. Stating T… Read More
2020-11-05 01:43
Truth has been on a Procrustean Bed over the last decade and it will likely disappear completely over the next few years. I have repeatedly written on the topic of truth. I've purposely made… Read More
2020-11-02 01:42
We often scan the skies looking for God but in reality, we should primarily be looking to other human beings to see God in action. God most often uses a person to complete His work in this w… Read More
2020-10-30 21:44
I have always sought to unify not divide. But we live in a divided nation. I have always sought to avoid politics on my site but everything has been politicized. So I will present my view. I… Read More
2020-10-27 01:44
In a recent post on Facebook about abortion and when life begins, I stumbled across a premise that should’ve been extremely evident yet had evaded me about the exceptional similarities… Read More
2020-10-14 19:51
If one does a historical examination of the (Christian) Great Awakenings in the United State and Europe, a pattern slowly emerges. I am beginning to believe the Great Awakenings caused two t… Read More
2020-10-14 18:52
{continued from Part I} Due to all the suffering and losses of centuries of religious warfare the entire world leaned towards justice and equality for all. It was egalitarianism at a g… Read More
2020-10-11 18:50
Here is a direct Greek to English translation from the Original Hippocratic Oath. The National Institutes of Health offers a 1595 Greek version of the ancient Hippocratic Oath on their websi… Read More
2020-10-07 21:54
I generally don’t write to make other people happy. I write because I’m compelled to. Something usually moves within me that spurs a thought. Just as a musician is inspired, so a… Read More
2020-09-30 15:15
It’s called a Color Revolution. We’re in one now. It was and is an idea and method used by the United States to cause political change in other countries. It is what amounts to t… Read More
2020-09-28 21:21
It is rather noteworthy that the creation was designed in such a way so that the beasts of burden specifically a horse can teach us so much about what it is to be human. To be a Christian hu… Read More
2020-09-25 20:46
It’s not misogynistic to be an alpha male. Nor is it misogynistic to believe men are created to fulfill certain rolls that only a male could, and women are created to fulfill roles onl… Read More
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