Why do we Dismiss the Warning Signs?

Psa 120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. We can all think back in time and remember red flags that were times when the mask of the RASN slipped. But why didn't we see...

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Evil Pro – jects

Rom 2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. Rom 2:21-23 you then who teach others,...

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Nebuchadnezzar’s Image is still with us

Dan 3:4-6 Then the herald loudly proclaimed: "To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and men of every language, (5) that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all...

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The RASN in the Pulpit

Gal 4:17 They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. The goal of the narcissist and his/her cousins (revilers, abusers, sociopaths) is to be regarded...

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More Thoughts on Cain’s Hatred of Abel

1Jn 3:12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. I recently shared some thoughts on...

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An Acid Test to Reveal the Counterfeit

"In my lifetime I did not care to hear that word that cut me most, and showed me my lost estate aright. I was vexed to hear my sins mentioned, and laid to my charge. I loved him best, who...

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Ishmael is Still Mocking Isaac

Gal 4:29-31 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. (30) But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the...

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The Greater Condemnation

1Co 9:27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. The Apostle Paul here warns us of hypocrisy. Of preaching to others while not preaching to ourselves. Of...

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Let’s Wise Up – We Can’t Fix Evil

Pro 9:6-9 Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” (7) Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. (8) Do not reprove a scoffer, or he...

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