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The class I’m taking on Revelation is quite a study. This week’s lecture was about five different ways that the Book of Revelation has been understood by various theologians throughout history, with examples of each: two “Preterist” ways of reading it, and Historicist, Idealist, and Futurist My brain already hurt by that point. Fortunately theContinue reading “Studying”

This has been a rough week for me. 2 of my relatives passed away, one quite unexpectedly. Another is seriously ill, struggling with rapidly progressing vascular dementia. Another just received a life-threatening cancer diagnosis. And another is chronically depressed and struggling with hopelessness. I know that everything is part of God’s plan, the totality ofContinue reading “Transitions”

Ever since I tried reading the Book of Revelation on my own I’ve been afraid of it. I know it seems really weird to be afraid of one of the books of the Bible, but for some reason my previous attempt at reading Revelation turned out to be kind of traumatic. I wrote (here onContinue reading “Book of Revelation”

I feel so grateful for the attentive guidance of the Holy Spirit. I wouldn’t know how to live the new life I’ve been reborn into without Him. Two different but similar experiences this week of His clear guidance. Both had to do with sharing my testimony of coming to Jesus. In the first, I wasContinue reading “Letting God Lead”

I assume that since we are all sinners, we all actually do sin. (Thank you Captain Obvious.) A common sin is making promises to God that we can’t keep. In the Jewish religion, this human failing is just assumed to be one that we all commit – so much so that it is addressed asContinue reading “Broken Promises to God”

I originally wrote about my baptism here. ————————————————————– Baptized! Yesterday I was baptized in one of God’s beautiful lakes and streams that dot our landscape and have served as fountains of Life for untold generations. (see, I told you I was a brand new Christian!) My faith — which I know differs from some othersContinue reading “A Year Ago Today I Was Baptized”

The news from Haiti is heartbreaking. You want to let them know that the world cares. But before you start gathering up stuff to send to the beleagured victims of the recent earthquake and tropical storms, please read this. And please ask your church, your school, your employer, your radio station, your grocery store, orContinue reading “Responsible Generosity”

First I want to thank God for teaching me about spiritual dry spells. The first experience I had with a spiritual dry spell came when I’d never heard of such a thing, and it terrified me. Spiritual dry spells happen, and they don’t mean you’re a bad person. God may be trying to teach youContinue reading “Spiritual Dry Spells”

Paraskevidekatriaphobia is fear of Friday the 13th. Paul writes in 2 Timothy 1:7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. But despite this teaching, many of the superstitions surrounding fear of Friday the 13th apparently have Biblical roots. Many believe that The Fall occurred on aContinue reading “Paraskevidekatriaphobia?”

 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.  Genesis 1:31 Five times God looked at what He had created and saw that it was good. But at the end of the sixth day He looked at everything that He had made and it was very good. We read theContinue reading “It Was Very Good: Genesis and The Pandemic”