Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay I’ve never written a post like this before. It’s not very often Christians talk about ways to lose your salvation. But I feel this is an important step in understanding holiness. Israel fell away from God, ignored him, turned to idols, lost the Promised Land,…
Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay One of the bigger subjects in America today is the difference between our character and our deeds. There’s a big disconnect between what people do and who they are. This happens often with criminals. When they get caught, they say it’s not who they are,…
Image by LouisBauer from Pixabay One of the enduring American traits is the rugged individualism begun in the West. So many people think they have to do everything by themselves. They don’t have a support system. Sometimes this is by choice and other times it’s because they don’t have anyone…
Image by Anastacia Cooper from Pixabay Did you ever notice something that drove you nuts about somebody else? Every once in a while I will notice something that bothers me about somebody else. Every time they do it or I perceive it in them, I notice. It’s almost like it’s…
Image by silviarita from Pixabay Everyone wants to be productive. I surf the web all the time and find all kinds of blog posts and articles about how to be productive. They cover everything from the apps you can use to be productive to all kinds of methods and philosophies…
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay There are a lot of people who live their lives without ever knowing what’s expected of them. Sometimes in your job you don’t know what your boss wants from you. You do what you can, but every report and everything that you do falls…
Image by 95C from Pixabay One of the most fundamental commands of philosophy is attributed to Socrates. He told us that one of the keys to understanding ourselves is to know ourselves. As simple as that sounds, it is one of the hardest things you will ever do. These two…
Image by 4653867 from Pixabay Everybody seems to be looking for the American dream, the thing that will make us happy. We want comfort and to do whatever we want to do. Most people say that money is the way to do this. Everyone looks for “freedom” but barely anyone…
Image by 4653867 from Pixabay In the last blog post, I began to talk about the differences between the world system and kingdom character as far as the Beatitudes are concerned. These wholly different values pull this one way or the other. We must focus on the values Christ wants…
Image by Mauro Borghesi from Pixabay I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to grow something, anything green, but I am not good at it. My dad has a natural ability to grow just about anything. It’s fun for me to watch him take on just about anything and see…