Category Archives: Christianity

Dead Branches

I’m wondering out loud now … but … What would Jesus do about dead branches being thrown in the fire to be burned to ash? Do you think … if Jesus were alive today … he would say, “Oh no! … Continue reading

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Hope as Job and Paul

Today’s sermon on television (my favorite preacher) addressed the following elements of Scripture: hope; with Paul writing about it and Job displaying it. This boils down to why so many Christians miss the point of Scripture, which is plainly put … Continue reading

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A lesson in Hope

I watched a television pastor preach about hope this morning. What he said was confusing, as he was connecting hope to a promise from Yahweh (who he called “God”). The pastor spoke of Abram and Sarai being old in years, … Continue reading

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I will raise you up a prophet

Deuteronomy 18:15 states this, as is verifiabally translatable for the Hebrew written: “a prophet from your inward self from each to the other [all brothers] like me [Moses] , [he] will raise up in you Yahweh two eternal souls [elohim] … Continue reading

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The Rapture

There seems to be a fresh influx of commercials on television that are focusing on how much God loves you [a generic plural pronoun usage], and all you [an individual with money] have to do is say a simple prayer, … Continue reading

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The lesson of the Good Samaritan

[Please read this posting knowing I post it now because of the ongoing warfare in Israel, due to terror acts by Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinians (et al) and the surrounding and supportive Arab-Muslim world against Judeo-Christians that is long been the … Continue reading

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The Biblical Prophecy of Gaza versus Israel

If you want to see the end of the conflict that is happening now in Israel, look no further than 1 Samuel. The set up to 1 Samuel is the Book of Judges, where the lesson needs to be seen … Continue reading

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Nostradamus’ views on the 2023 attacks on Israel and Israel’s response

For as much comparison that has been made to the Hamas attacks on Israel to “Israel’s 911,” with the standard talking point for Israel being: “This is the greatest loss of Jewish lives since the Holocaust,” there is nothing specific … Continue reading

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Before I formed you in the womb I knew you

The local TV Baptist minister preached about Jeremiah 1 this past Sunday. In his sermon that compared Christians (I guess) to Jeremiah, he focused on God knowing ‘His own.’ He seemed to make Jeremiah be teaching Christians to stop thinking … Continue reading

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The duality of Adam and Eve

First of all, let me make it known that Eve was never named that in Genesis 2. The New International Version (NIV) gives a heading (not official text) that says, “Adam and Eve.” They place that heading before Genesis 2:4, … Continue reading

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