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October 2026

October 07, 2026

Did Jesus Fear God’s Wrath in Gethsemane?

That Time Jesus Was Terrified Before we begin, let me say at once that I...

September 2026

September 10, 2026

Why Is There An Altar In Heaven?

Presumably there are no bulls or sheep in Heaven to be slaughtered.  I think we...

August 2026

August 09, 2026

Why Exodus 23:19b May Be the “Linchpin” of All Scripture

Ten Words of Compassion “You shall not boil a kid in his mother’s milk.” Nowhere...

October 2025

October 01, 2025

Are the Dead in Christ Alive or Dead?

Apparently there are two senses in which you exist after your body ceases to function:...

July 2025

July 19, 2025

The Saint as Revenant: How Homecoming Hones Holy Hunger

If you could be taken instantaneously into the immediate, unfiltered presence of God, face to...

May 2025

May 18, 2025

The Two Kinds of Prayer: One Fast, One Slow

Recently I've been toying with the idea that in the realm of prayer, there are...

August 2024

August 17, 2024

How Prince Charming Saved Me From Hell

It's a vexed question to be sure, but here's how I have come to envision...

July 2024

July 29, 2024

The Embittered Christian

On the one hand, Jesus tells us to pray that extreme trials and testings will...

July 03, 2024

The Case For Christian Agnosticism

Anyone who seriously studies the Bible for any length of time comes to a point,...

January 2024

January 19, 2024

Holy Sonnets 9 Through 13

IX   If humanity is the renegade rag-girl in the tale Of all history, then...

January 03, 2024

Holy Sonnets I through III

I How much terror he must have overcome To climb the tree where Hell awaited...

December 2023

December 11, 2023

Letters From An Abortionist

Dear Arthur                 17 March   Hope this finds you well.  I know it’s been too...

November 2023

November 03, 2023

We Are All Jews Now

Now would be an opportune time, I think, to point out a fundamental fact concerning...

October 2023

October 21, 2023

Thoughts on the Book of Job

Dearly beloved, let us ponder for a moment the frightening realism of Holy Scripture.  In...

October 03, 2023

Lady Equity Is All Too Often A Meretrix

Equity in its purest form fulfills all the demands of righteousness (which is the highest...

September 2023

September 25, 2023

The Great Truths Are Not Truisms

It is true that the older one becomes, the truer the great truths of life...

September 18, 2023

Slogging Toward the New Jerusalem

It’s the long slog through the desert that is the most depressing and debilitating for...

September 11, 2023

Christ’s Promise of … Sadness?

There is a meme currently making its way around social media that sounds appealing –...

September 11, 2023

Christ’s Promise of … Sadness?

There is a meme currently making its way around social media that sounds appealing –...

September 04, 2023

The Power of “Not Me”: One Man’s Opinion

Beloved brothers and sisters, let us reflect for a moment on the extraordinary magic and...

August 2023

August 28, 2023

How Long Will God “Discipline” A Follower of His?

In John 16:33, Jesus tells His followers that “in this world” they will have troubles...

August 21, 2023

The Virtue of “Negative Capability” in Christian Life

“Your ‘if’ is your only peacemaker: much virtue in ‘if’” -- Shakespeare     This...

August 06, 2023

When It Comes To God’s Will, Who Knows?

In the second book of Samuel, in chapter 12, we read the story of how...

July 2023

July 31, 2023

Yes, We Should “Fear” God

Imagine you and a friend are hiking through a large Northern California forest, and the...

July 24, 2023

A Long-Dead Frenchwoman Tells Us How To Nurse At God’s Bosom

G.K. Chesterton once wrote that a person who relied entirely on his own spiritual resources,...

July 17, 2023

God’s Providence? What’s That, Exactly?

It doesn’t seem to be true at first glance, but the words provision and providence...

July 10, 2023

The Natural vs The Unnatural

One of the earliest of the operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan is The Sorcerer, which...

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