Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. (1 John 2:9-10 ESV) Do not lie...
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Blame Shifting From Perp to Victim
Malachi 2:13-14 ESV And this second thing you do. You cover the LORD's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. (14) But you say, “Why...
Continue ReadingBlame Shifting From Perp to VictimDoes the Lord Require me to Honor Evil Parents?
I have been asked this question several times and I thought it would be good to post here what I tell people who ask it. We want to obey the Lord. If He calls us to a difficult post, we...
Continue ReadingDoes the Lord Require me to Honor Evil Parents?The Lord Jesus Offended Many – and He Still Does so Today
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they...
Continue ReadingThe Lord Jesus Offended Many – and He Still Does so TodayHow Would John the Baptist Deal With a Wicked Person in the Church?
Today I was thinking about John the Baptist. The Lord Jesus said that John was the greatest of the prophets. John is a very interesting Bible personality because he was the last of the Old Testament prophets, coming on the...
Continue ReadingHow Would John the Baptist Deal With a Wicked Person in the Church?A New Book on Evil is Coming Soon: Wise As Serpents (now published)
This is the preface to a new book we plan to publish soon. Its title is Wise as Serpents: Wising up to the Evil Among Us. It is based on the sermon series of that title that I delivered at...
Continue ReadingA New Book on Evil is Coming Soon: Wise As Serpents (now published)Why Must Every Knee Bow? – the Defeat of Evil
Php 2:9-11 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, (10) so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,...
Continue ReadingWhy Must Every Knee Bow? – the Defeat of EvilIdolatry Will Never Produce Love for Others
You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water...
Continue ReadingIdolatry Will Never Produce Love for OthersSigns of the Dark Kingdom
I have often, as you have guessed if you have read many articles on this blog, thought that abuse is demonic to one extent or another, varying most likely from case to case. Thinking about this brought to mind the...
Continue ReadingSigns of the Dark KingdomThe Secrecy of Evil
Act 26:16-18 But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which...
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