Posts Tagged ‘truth’
To Tell the Truth
From 1956 – 1977 there was a popular TV gameshow entitled “To Tell the Truth” that featured a little known individual who had done an interesting or outstanding thing, along with two people posing as that person. A panel of Hollywood stars was tasked with determining which contestant was the…
Read MoreThe Call to Arms
The account of Exodus 13:17-18 describes Pharaoh finally conceding to let the Israelites leave Egypt and includes a couple interesting details. The first is that they did not travel by the shorter route toward the Red Sea, and the second is that they left armed for battle. God addressed the…
Read MoreThe God of Things That Are Not What They Seem
The prophet Isaiah described the coming of the Messiah thusly in Isaiah 9:6-7: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders.And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.7 Of the greatness of His government and peace there will be no end.He will…
Read MoreThe Lie of Social Justice
Mankind has a long history of seeking justice and righteousness: the first dealing with the practice of fairness, and the second dealing with moral truth. It sounds like a very noble quest, except that a problem occurs when the definition of it changes according to who is defining it. Most…
Read MoreWhere Is God?
“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” These are the words Jesus spoke to His disciples in John 16:33 both to warn them of what lay ahead and to encourage them…
Read MoreNot Pedigree, But Heart
The book of Judges contains a disturbing account of a young Levite who became the priest of one man’s household hosting a shrine that was adorned with an ephod, household idols, a carved silver image and a silver idol. This family was Jewish, and the Levite was a grandson of…
Read MoreThe Same Forever
If you are tuned into the times, you know there is a great dichotomy between living through fearful world and national events, and experiencing the sweet supernatural presence of God invading a worship service as He did at the Asbury Revival. God made the sovereign decision to palpably inhabit the…
Read MoreThe Best-Kept Secret
Have you ever felt there is phenomenal existential revelation available that, if ever accessed, would blow the lid off all the major questions of life? Maybe not…but what if there is? We would be able to act with certainty and confidence. Fear and trepidation would practically cease to exist. The…
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