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Unclear
After a good number of years of working with people, I happen to know that “I didn’t understand,” “I don’t get it,” “It wasn’t clear,” or “I don’t get what you’re saying” do not necessarily mean what they say. Often, they are excuses. They are difficult to judge, however. How do you know if they […]
Looking for Help in All the Wrong Places
“Health through Drug-Free Therapy.” “Don’t Tie Yourself Up in ‘Nots.'” “If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules.” “Thoughts that Harm, Thoughts that Heal.” “The Seven Stages of Power and Healing.” “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Buy This Book.” “Beyond Blame.” “Overcoming Low Self-Esteem.” “Shyness, A Bold New Approach.” “The Culture of Fear, […]
Revelation Versus Discovery
How would you define “general revelation?” Wouldn’t you think that it is revelation that is general in its content? Sounds like that could be correct. Wrong. So what is it general in? General in its audience. That’s right. But replacing the word “audience” with “content” has opened up a whole new realm of employment, spawned […]
Powdered Wigs and Wooden Teeth
For some of my dear readers, you have already donned your powdered wigs and wooden teeth to celebrate President’s Day. What a day it is for all of us as we remember our presidents. You are remembering your presidents, aren’t you? Well, you do know what George Washington said when his dad caught him cutting […]
My Precise Agreement with a Prominent Liberal Theologian
This story needs some background. You also might enjoy it more that way. This morning I left home with the normal car pool of kids, my four and one neighbor, using driving skills on the second busiest stretch of highway in America that were not only a great feat of engineering, they were a blatant […]
Preying for Power
How tall was Louis the XVI when he died? I estimate around four feet. He may have been the shortest monarch in history at his death, well, because of how he died. You know, the guillotine. Louis ignored the poor. His dad had; grandfather too. Remember Louix XIV who funded his big buildings and foolish […]
History of Doctrine: Historic Ecclesiology
Does the history of doctrine make any difference at all? Yes. It has at least two values. One, like a detective, you can investigate in many cases where and when false doctrines originated. Showing that a doctrine started after the Bible was completed could be helpful in exposing it as a fraud. Seeing that false […]
Fake It Till You Make It
A few years back, an acquaintance of mine who is a developer, and “loves our church” (he has attended only once), wanted to help us out by getting us involved with a man with whom we could invest and get something like 300% profit on our money in a matter of a year. This acquaintance […]
Essential Truths, Secondary Issues
Someone recently sent me a paragraph of which every word was spelled incorrectly. Each of the words began and ended with the correct letter, so I could read it easily. Since I could read it, did it really matter if the words were spelled correctly? After all, I got the essential truth. Isn’t spelling just […]
Lessons from Tent Making
Paul made tents (Acts 18:3). We know from 1 Thessalonians 2 (2:9) that he worked night and day. We usually say “day and night.” In Jewish culture, the day began at 6am. Paul rose while it was still night to do his day job and then kept working into the night fulfilling his purpose on […]
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