One reader in the community owns a restaurant in the St. Louis area. He would like to hire some people, especially those attached to this community who are looking for work. As he said, “If I can help someone, why wouldn’t I do it?” So, if you are looking for work and you think this…
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting. 2 John 10 NASB This teaching – John gets nasty. If someone comes to you with a message that doesn’t square with the truth of the Messiah, don’t let him…
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” Psalm 122:1 NASB Let us go – In a language without punctuation, emphasis is accomplished by word placement. Words that come first are more strongly emphasized than words that come last. So you won’t be surprised to find…
I recently posted a picture of the Enchantments, a series of glacial lakes above 9000 feet elevation in the North Cascades. I took the picture 40 years ago, but NOT in May. Those lakes are only open in the late Fall before the snow comes. Here is a picture of what they look like now….
Any one who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. 2 John 9 NASB Goes too far – There is one standard of correct understanding of God’s demands on men. That…
After I spoke with Andrew on the phone, I asked him to write up something about his journey. I think it may speak to many in this community who feel all alone in the walk. Here’s what he has to say: Even before we married in 2000, my wife Renee and I discovered that…
Watch yourselves, that you might not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 2 John 8 NASB Watch yourselves – Are you paying attention? That’s what the Greek term blepo means here. We are to carefully guard, to look diligently at ourselves. But notice what John has in mind. …
Derek Leman’s book, Yeshua Our Atonement, provides an Hebraic analysis of the idea of atonement, quite a bit different than our usual Christian view. I thought you might find some of his comments interesting, enlightening and, perhaps, challenging. In essence, the Babylonian ritual is about the danger of demons, the necessity of religion to protect…
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. 2 John 7 NASB Flesh – The Greek word translated “flesh” is sarx. It is quite clear that John believes Yeshua came en sarki, “in the flesh.” …
I shot this picture 40 years ago. It’s in the Stuart range of the North Cascades. A place called “the Enchantments,” for obvious reasons. The trees are Western Larch and, yes, that’s really the color of the needles. In those days, when the government didn’t require permits and there were few people who knew of…
