A Christ Follower: The Journey

And this will be a sign for you: A virgin (a sexually inactive/never active sexual woman),  will reproduce a child. Over the years I have sat through more than one religion class whose basis is that of what they call "higher criticism."  This name seems to imply that their interpretation of the facts is higher or better than that which was taught for millennia, and one of the things that would invariably come up over the holidays is a statement that goes something like this:  "The Virgin birth of Mary is a biological impossibility."  Usually, I would allow this to be said and then challenge my professors ability to be an expert on matters of biology or zoology. Then I would set about to prove them completely wrong.  At least one of them apologized to the class for being inaccurate in his "Pontifications." First the scientific term for Virgin birth is based on two words: Partho and genesis.  The actual term is parthenogenesis.  The defi...

Philippians 4:6-8 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. "Tis the season to be jolly!" Really?  Maybe so? Maybe not? Let me ask you.  Throughout the year, and during Advent when we celebrate Christ Jesus coming into the world, do you ever feel worried? Does anxiety get the best of you?  What about your level of tension?  Is it real? does it get higher?  Would you admit it if you were anxious?  I hope  you would admit it because Paul, in this passage, is providing each of us with a plan for coping with anxiety,  and it is a plan that will really work. Don't Do It At first glance, Paul seems a bit preachy when he says  "Don't be anxious about anything,"  Sadly, many take this as you and me being given another rule about what not ...

Isaiah 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD. H.O.P.E When we think about the coming of the Lord during Advent One,  or this week when we light the HOPE Candle on our Advent wreaths,  there are so many thing...

Matthew 24:36–44 As In The Days of Noah: 36 “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. 42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will ...

Relearning A Lesson From The Love of My Life            Today I saw a miracle.  The love of my life simply demonstrated an a ct of r andom k indness a few days ago on someone who clearly is angry at us.  What do you think happened?  More kindness in return? Nah! We got a venomous multi-page hate filled letter. This letter was sent by a present day man - who is putting himself out there as a holy person -- recalling memories from a brain that he said was influenced by drugs -- with which he had been experimenting in his earlier years. TLOMLs kind act was like pouring hot coals on this man's head.  Something the Bible says might just happen. So don't expect warm and fuzzies when you practice A.R.K .ing.      I have worked a lot with people who have experimented with drugs or outright used them. One of the things that objectively and scientifically has been determined is that memories, during the time of usage, are ...

Dear Christ Followers, As you know, I wrote and published a book called Rock-Solid Living In A Quicksand World , and I did so because God has made it clear to me that the foundations of western civilization are crumbling. Well Jesus is giving us the way out for us, individually and collectively, if we do as He tells us in my book and "Look back to have a future."  It is so important to me that you get an opportunity to connect with The Lord Jesus in a special way; therefore, I am reducing the Kindle version of the book to 99 cents beginning November 15 to November 22nd.  This is a 72% reduction in price.  Please, on November 15-22, go to   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FE8J78I/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 and be blessed.  Learn how to discover Rock Solid Living for This Quicksand World.  You will be glad you did. By the way.  Please pass this on to all your FaceBook friends, Twitter feed, google and any other social sites...