“…we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not…
A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate or bouncer, or more abstractly, controls who is granted access to…
“Religion is man’s attempt to reach God. Christianity is God’s attempt to reach man.” “Religion is the opioid of the masses”…Karl Marx…
Where does sin come from and how is it handed down generation to generation? (Based on a dream last night where I…
One of the amazing upsides of visiting or living in Latin America is having the availability of vast amounts and varieties of…
(This is the outline that was flooding my mind upon waking today. You fill in the applications from YOUR life. I give…
Quite often, we have to let go of one thing before we can have or discover the better thing. I have seen…
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not…
When a person becomes a Christian (follower of Christ) they are immediately part of the “Body of Christ” which IS the church…
In this New Age era of Christianity, it seems our theology is more diverse and disunited than ever before. There are more…
Psalms 37:7 Be silent before the Lord and wait expectantly for Him. I usually feel closest to God in the early morning…
(dedicated to my “brother” Jeff.S on his 70th turn around the sun…) We have lived long enough… To know right from wrong,…
https://cewgreen.substack.com/p/law-is-grace “The grace of the Holy Spirit is the embodiment of the law” (Thomas Aquinas) “For by grace you have been saved…
Culture and the church itself has historically misunderstood God’s plan and purpose for marriage between men and women. Because of that, our…
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and…
Matthew 16:25 says, “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find…
The origin of the phrase “feet of clay” comes from Daniel 2 in the Bible, verses 31–45. I won’t copy the verses here…
2 Peter 1:3-11 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who…
“Dyslexia is actually about information processing. Dyslexic people may have difficulty processing and remembering information they see and hear, which can affect learning…
It is very confusing these days for the average seeker in this modern world to figure out what “Christianity” is all about.…
I just finished reading the biography of Keith Green called “No Compromise” as written by his wife Melody Green. In my young…
The world is confused regarding what Christianity is. It has turned into a “religion” it was never meant to be. J Vernon…
I love how God guides us into random meetings with strangers that only HE could orchestrate. Monday I was running errands and…
Pride is the most common fault of mankind. Our secular natures are driven by comparing ourselves to others and measuring ourselves by…
This may be the most difficult blog I have posted to date. The reasons for that are that it addresses very directly…
There is much division in Christ’s church today regarding spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit. The main questions seem to be over…
Who defines “good and evil” for you? If you believe truth is subjective to your own interpretation, then you have put yourself…
I have three friends who are on the threshold of leaving this planet due to illnesses. As I prepare to say good…
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.…
While it is true every human is dying a little bit each day physically based on the science of time and physics…
“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.” — Marcus Tullius…
The Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15) Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said…
“The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” The Bible tells…
Many Christians today are spiritual in many things, but not their finances. Scripture is full of instruction and theology about money and…
For the Christian in faith, there is no fear of death as to be absent from the body is to be present…
(Some folks have suggested or asked if I can write shorter blogs. Sounds like a challenge, so the next 2-3 blogs…
noun: trauma; plural noun: traumata; a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. a personal trauma like the death of a child emotional…
“God would never permit evil if He could not bring good out of evil.” –Augustine There is purpose in evil if only…
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of…
“Be still and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10 Many people don’t believe in a Supreme Being (God) because they cannot…
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way. (Psalms 37:23) This is…
My Mistakes (and what to do about them) One of the biggest barriers to people surrendering to the Gospel of Jesus Christ…
I barely remember the first time I drove a car. I was 3 1/2 years old when my mother put my sister…
I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv_UX_QXQfY But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. …
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false…
I love this illustration representing prosperity versus “want”. Many of us have been so blessed by God in what we have, the…
“Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move…
It is so easy for us to be captivated and controlled by the world we live in. The spirit of consumerism, pleasure,…
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift…
During my 35+ years of apostasy and leaving the Christian faith I was brought up in, I was periodically asked “Are you…
There is a continual paradox throughout Christian history between free grace for salvation and the “works” of the law. We are saved…
We humans are control freaks. The Secular Humanist mindset is to do what we want, where we want, with whom we want.…
Psalm 51:17 “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” It…
Acts 16:30-34 About midnight Paul and Silas (in jail) were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to…
But, as it is written,“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared…
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should…
In my return to faith in Jesus, it has been more perplexing than ever to me how religion distorts the truth contained…
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are…
As we have discussed in our most recent blogs, faith is not to be built on feelings or “signs and wonders”.…
“To all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” (John…
“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served…
“As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man…
I love this passage from Jeremiah 17:7-8 “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They…
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of…
One of the great mysteries and revelations of the gospel of Christ is how the blood he shed on the cross…
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that…
“Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required” Luke 12:48 “Give and it will be given to…
It should be obvious to most rational thinkers that our world has been overtaken by a spirit of fear. People of all…
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God,…
“But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.…
A mantra for humanism has been to “believe in yourself”. Trust yourself. Live for yourself. After all, this is the American…
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in…
I have heard many people lately wishing we could “just go back to normal” in this Covid drove world of today. I…
I found this simple but effective song on Youtube that spoke to my spirit about God’s mercy line. The main question…
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did…
As an American born and raised, I have always valued freedom, justice, sovereign rights, and all the constructs that come with…
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message…
This past week I spent 4 nights in the hospital overcoming an attack of the infamous COVID virus. It turns out it…
I came down sick this weekend after not having as much as a cold for over 2 years. Strangely it hit just…
I have heard a number of sermons lately on the “security of salvation” in Christ. One of the core components of the…
This statement by the famous preacher Charles Spurgeon expresses, in a nutshell, some of my recent meditations. There are so many religions…
The most glaring failure of our present culture is the total breakdown of family structures. Everywhere we look we see divorce, single-parent…
I have always been a man who held dearly to the concepts of personal freedom and sovereignty of man versus institutions or…
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according…
Yesterday I had to drive 3 hours to Chicago OHare Airport to pick up my wife from a flight. As I often…
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for…
fick·le Learn to pronounce adjective changing frequently, especially as regards one’s loyalties, interests, or affection. Faith is the substance…
“And when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king…
I have to be honest and admit I have had 2-3 days in a row where I have felt tired, defeated, and like nothing I
“…we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to
A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate or bouncer, or more abstractly, controls who is granted access to a category or
“Religion is man’s attempt to reach God. Christianity is God’s attempt to reach man.” “Religion is the opioid of the masses”…Karl Marx If I have
Where does sin come from and how is it handed down generation to generation? (Based on a dream last night where I meet an interesting
One of the amazing upsides of visiting or living in Latin America is having the availability of vast amounts and varieties of organic fruits and
