ARCHIVE February, 2017

Let There Be Light (Lent 1, 2017)

Why did God start Creation with saying “Let there be light?”  Well, I don’t know exactly why He created light first, but I can tell you why not.  It wasn’t because He couldn’t see in the dark, like Dad needing to turn on the shop light to work in the basement.  It wasn’t because light […]

February 28, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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What Should I Give Up for Lent?

What Should I Give Up for Lent?  I actually get that question quite frequently. Let’s first say what giving something up for Lent doesn’t mean: It isn’t a weight loss strategy to get ready for swimsuit season. It isn’t something to tell all your friends about so they’ll think you’re spiritual. It isn’t about giving […]

February 19, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Reminder 2017 Lent Devotionals “Light” Begin March 1st

Just a reminder about the Seminary Gal series for 2017 Lent Devotionals.  It’s called Light: There’s Nothing Like It.  Have you ever stopped to ponder how amazing light is? Even considering everything in the universe, there’s nothing like it. Light is in a category all by itself. From the beginning of creation, even a scientist’s Big Bang, […]

February 19, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Chapel Worship/News, Devotionals by

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George Soros and Open Borders

Open borders sound so nice, don’t they?  Just like Open Society Foundations, a grant-making network group founded by a man named George Soros.  Before you assume I’m going post-Christmas fruitcake on you, it’s my goal to be honest and even-handed.  His name is familiar–to varying degrees–to those on the political right and the political left.  […]

February 15, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Open Borders and the Man of Lawlessness

So friends, should we keep all the foreigners out of America?  No refugees?  No immigrants? Or just no Muslims?  No, no, no, and no.  Wrong political solutions one and all.  To that they’re not-one-of-us mentality, it is written, Luke 9:50 “Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.”  But shrewd doves, there is […]

February 13, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Doves, Refugees, and the Antichrist

I am deeply concerned about the Politicized Church because I believe it’s destroying Christianity and it’s using well-meaning doves and helpless refugees to do it.  There’s a wolf in there and sometimes people can’t see the wolf for the sheep.  Let me just ask you all one question: What does Jesus think of Islam?”  Boil […]

February 11, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Wick Trimmed and Oil Ready for the End Times

Are you wick trimmed and oil ready for the end times?  I am.  It’s very interesting how the end times are suddenly on so many people’s minds.  I’m getting emails and reading comments on news stories that are all talking about the end times and how we’re in them.  Is it overblown?  Perhaps.  After all, […]

February 9, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Resurgent Solutions of Guiding and Mentoring

It’s shaping up to be another bad year for the black community in Chicago: 51 murders, 234 shooting incidents, and 299 shooting victims in January alone. To resolve it, we’re going to need a few Resurgent men who see Resurgent solutions don’t follow the path of all the failed solutions that got us here. We […]

February 8, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Innocent as Doves in a Politicized Church

The Politicized Church takes another form: the innocent as doves mentality that doesn’t accept also the shrewdness of snakes. It forms a Christian Bubble in which the captives fail to see that Jesus said, “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves ” […]

February 6, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Politicized Church-A Two Word Problem

Perhaps now is a good time to admit that the Church is not a magic potion for Resurgence.  Sit in a pew taking Communion and problems of racial strife just disappear?  Sorry, I live in the real world in which church attendance doesn’t substitute for a changed heart.  In the real world, the Christian Church […]

February 4, 2017 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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