Thursday, January 17, 2019
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
A correspondence with the Minnesota History Magazine regarding the January 2019 issue:
Clarification
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In the January issue of Minnesota History Magazine there is an article about antisemitism featuring a photograph that has nothing to do with anti-semitism.
The Evangelical Free Church of America has been (in the past) primarily a "Dispensational Theology" proponent, which is, traditionally, a huge supporter of the Jewish people.
Arley Bragg, the then pastor of Central Free Church in Minneapolis, was a lover of the Jewish people. He was hardly an anti-Semite.
The sermon title pictured on the sign most probably refers to JESUS, the most hated JEW on the planet. It would be interesting to see the archives of Rev. Bragg's
sermons to discern whether or not this is the case here. Because I grew up in the Free Church, and I have only ever known an intense love for Israel and the
Jewish people, I am certain that Arley Bragg only meant to address the heinousness of antisemitism, ever.
I knew him as the elderly man with the deep voice who LOVED people.
Fake news is a real problem today.
Corgi
Minnesota
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Noted. As you will see from the caption, we were clear to note that this photograph was found in the papers of the JCRC. It was collected by them, at the time, as an example of anti-Semitism. This was their perception. This is not "fake news."
Time for a Post---
Twenty-Nineteen started with a frenzy of activity, and just today I feel I can take a breath and reset my stops and buttons---pipe organ imagery very appropriate in my thoughts.
Cherie has started "college." She's not sinking, she's swimming, and she is coming to terms with life outside the home-school cocoon.
The weather has cooperated with her driving, and she is able to manage the ice and newness of operating a motor vehicle fairly well. Is it going to snow?
Last night was the first Track and Field meeting, the upcoming spring sport, and it is almost remarkable that our lives are going to ramp up even more vigorously as training begins. Cherie is much more able to handle life on her own now.
The dogs are content. It's practically lethal taking them out on the icy snow around the back. They slip and slide happily. Yesterday Topaz the cat walked with us, and two eagles swept up in the sky from the south. I worried that they were looking for a snack, but they swooped away to the west when I called, loudly, to Topaz, who was trying to climb a tree at the time.
Ed received his Associates of Arts degree in Mathematics. He's still prepping for a transfer to the U, and some sort of computer science degree, but we take all the milestones and celebrate!
My grandson helped me celebrate my birthday last weekend. This was a priceless bonus to having him live in the area now! My dad turned 92 (we share birthdays) and he is in phenomenal condition for his age.
At the nursing home where Margaret and I did the music for Sunday service the preacher announced that he'd seen my dad the day before at the grocery store and he didn't look over 70!
I have to agree. Dad is getting older, but it's amazing how he gets around! #blessings :))))
We had a weekend filled with guests and fun, and much talk over puzzles by the fire.
My friends (who are like sisters to me) lost their mom in November. They are now orphans, as their dad passed a few years ago. It is touching to hear them work through the grief of losing a parent, the changes, the unexpected repercussions.
Grief, we know, is a long process, with many stages. There is eventually an acceptance, but many find that stage far off and long in coming. One must wait.
I read a blurb about an Alaskan couple who planned their suicides last September. You can't help feeling so terribly sad about something like that.
There is so little respect for life in this world. The godless worship the earth, and see themselves as the beginning and end of all things.
God calls us out of that to serve Him and serve His divine purposes----that which He made us for.
I'm reading in the January ICR magazine about red shift. It's always interesting to me. The article pointed out that God spent five days creating Earth, and one day creating the heavens.
Earth is special. The Alaskan couple surely felt that, but they neglected to see that Earth is the place for human life to thrive and exist. We are made for God.
Satan hoodwinked them into believing they were here for their own purposes and masters of their own fates.
Spiritual blindness abounds!
Are you watching American Politics with interest?
I am.
I observe with delight that those who promote abortion are thwarted by Trump's policies. I laugh with glee at the Deep State's demise.
I cheer the delay in globalism that is predicted in Scripture. Trump, "nationalist," (that dirty word!) is NOT a globalist. He agrees with God that there are and should be NATIONS.
God put our DNA in order that there can be beautiful diversities among the peoples of earth. Male and female he made them, genetic variety ad-infinitum. This is God's plan, His idea.
We are predicted, in Scripture, to be a part of the heavenly realm where the Tree of Life stands with leaves that are for the healing of the nations.
The Nations.
We aren't global, we are nations. Globalism and Nationalism are separate and distinct philosophies. "Globalism" is a unifying monstrosity that defies God, and has since the beginning of time. It cries out that it does not need God, rather that it can play God and survive without Him.
A lie. A lie from the pit of hell, and Satan propagates it.
We are His workmanship, created for good works, in Christ Jesus, which God hath ordained that we should walk in them. Eph 2:10
Accept it, get it right, find balance, find peace.
It's that simple. The earth WILL pass away (and very soon, if the radiation, pollution, chemtrails, fires, earthquakes, asteroids, stars (!), wars, droughts, floods, etc. keep on pace!) as the Bible predicts.
In Revelation the sky will be rolled back like a scroll. The the seas will become sick and most of the marine life will die. Fire is predicted to burn everything, eventually.
We are called to be stewards of the earth, but there is a very mixed-up ideology going around these days that the earth is more important than the humans and life that it exists for.
Backwards philosophy, but typical of today's mentality. The earth will pass away, but we have souls that will live eternally in hell or heaven.
I am a steward of the earth. I am careful to recycle materials. I help the bees and the animals. I'm concerned about the seas and the radiation that seeps into the Pacific from Fukushima. I mourn the animal death statistics that continue to astound and horrify.
God loves life, and I trust that He will avenge the animals. He made a covenant with the animals, and they are His wonderful creations---He will take care of them, and we will see the splendor of His animal diversity for eternity, those of us who follow the Creator.
(It's in the Bible.)
Jesus is the only way, the only truth, and the only life---eternal. He said it, He means it, He's speaking truth to us all. Forsake your idolatrous religions, your works that are like filthy rags, your selfish ambitions!
As Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, in this manner, so was Jesus lifted up on the cross. The Israelites looked to the snake to live, (an act of faith!) so we are to look to Jesus to save. God isn't willing that anybody perishes! He's made a way to have eternal life. Read the book of John in the New Testament and find eternal peace.
Ask Jesus to be your Lord, Savior, Mighty God, then worship nothing but Him.
Forsake your sin, repent, and put your trust in the One who made you for the purpose of serving and adoring Him. You will find truth and rest, peace and joy. You will have come to the fullness of joy promised in Scripture.
Persecution will ensue, believe me! But God wins! God's ways are best.
Escape the global condemnation. We've been condemned since Eve bit the fruit. It's time to look to the Savior! The way is narrow, strait, and difficult to find, but it is ingeniously simple for anyone willing to find it and take it.
Time is short. Time is almost up. The ranks are being assembled, and the Lord of Glory is about to descend with a SHOUT!
MARANATHA!
Cherie has started "college." She's not sinking, she's swimming, and she is coming to terms with life outside the home-school cocoon.
The weather has cooperated with her driving, and she is able to manage the ice and newness of operating a motor vehicle fairly well. Is it going to snow?
Last night was the first Track and Field meeting, the upcoming spring sport, and it is almost remarkable that our lives are going to ramp up even more vigorously as training begins. Cherie is much more able to handle life on her own now.
The dogs are content. It's practically lethal taking them out on the icy snow around the back. They slip and slide happily. Yesterday Topaz the cat walked with us, and two eagles swept up in the sky from the south. I worried that they were looking for a snack, but they swooped away to the west when I called, loudly, to Topaz, who was trying to climb a tree at the time.
Ed received his Associates of Arts degree in Mathematics. He's still prepping for a transfer to the U, and some sort of computer science degree, but we take all the milestones and celebrate!
My grandson helped me celebrate my birthday last weekend. This was a priceless bonus to having him live in the area now! My dad turned 92 (we share birthdays) and he is in phenomenal condition for his age.
At the nursing home where Margaret and I did the music for Sunday service the preacher announced that he'd seen my dad the day before at the grocery store and he didn't look over 70!
I have to agree. Dad is getting older, but it's amazing how he gets around! #blessings :))))
We had a weekend filled with guests and fun, and much talk over puzzles by the fire.
My friends (who are like sisters to me) lost their mom in November. They are now orphans, as their dad passed a few years ago. It is touching to hear them work through the grief of losing a parent, the changes, the unexpected repercussions.
Grief, we know, is a long process, with many stages. There is eventually an acceptance, but many find that stage far off and long in coming. One must wait.
I read a blurb about an Alaskan couple who planned their suicides last September. You can't help feeling so terribly sad about something like that.
There is so little respect for life in this world. The godless worship the earth, and see themselves as the beginning and end of all things.
God calls us out of that to serve Him and serve His divine purposes----that which He made us for.
I'm reading in the January ICR magazine about red shift. It's always interesting to me. The article pointed out that God spent five days creating Earth, and one day creating the heavens.
Earth is special. The Alaskan couple surely felt that, but they neglected to see that Earth is the place for human life to thrive and exist. We are made for God.
Satan hoodwinked them into believing they were here for their own purposes and masters of their own fates.
Spiritual blindness abounds!
Are you watching American Politics with interest?
I am.
I observe with delight that those who promote abortion are thwarted by Trump's policies. I laugh with glee at the Deep State's demise.
I cheer the delay in globalism that is predicted in Scripture. Trump, "nationalist," (that dirty word!) is NOT a globalist. He agrees with God that there are and should be NATIONS.
God put our DNA in order that there can be beautiful diversities among the peoples of earth. Male and female he made them, genetic variety ad-infinitum. This is God's plan, His idea.
We are predicted, in Scripture, to be a part of the heavenly realm where the Tree of Life stands with leaves that are for the healing of the nations.
The Nations.
We aren't global, we are nations. Globalism and Nationalism are separate and distinct philosophies. "Globalism" is a unifying monstrosity that defies God, and has since the beginning of time. It cries out that it does not need God, rather that it can play God and survive without Him.
A lie. A lie from the pit of hell, and Satan propagates it.
We are His workmanship, created for good works, in Christ Jesus, which God hath ordained that we should walk in them. Eph 2:10
Accept it, get it right, find balance, find peace.
It's that simple. The earth WILL pass away (and very soon, if the radiation, pollution, chemtrails, fires, earthquakes, asteroids, stars (!), wars, droughts, floods, etc. keep on pace!) as the Bible predicts.
In Revelation the sky will be rolled back like a scroll. The the seas will become sick and most of the marine life will die. Fire is predicted to burn everything, eventually.
We are called to be stewards of the earth, but there is a very mixed-up ideology going around these days that the earth is more important than the humans and life that it exists for.
Backwards philosophy, but typical of today's mentality. The earth will pass away, but we have souls that will live eternally in hell or heaven.
I am a steward of the earth. I am careful to recycle materials. I help the bees and the animals. I'm concerned about the seas and the radiation that seeps into the Pacific from Fukushima. I mourn the animal death statistics that continue to astound and horrify.
God loves life, and I trust that He will avenge the animals. He made a covenant with the animals, and they are His wonderful creations---He will take care of them, and we will see the splendor of His animal diversity for eternity, those of us who follow the Creator.
(It's in the Bible.)
Jesus is the only way, the only truth, and the only life---eternal. He said it, He means it, He's speaking truth to us all. Forsake your idolatrous religions, your works that are like filthy rags, your selfish ambitions!
As Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, in this manner, so was Jesus lifted up on the cross. The Israelites looked to the snake to live, (an act of faith!) so we are to look to Jesus to save. God isn't willing that anybody perishes! He's made a way to have eternal life. Read the book of John in the New Testament and find eternal peace.
Ask Jesus to be your Lord, Savior, Mighty God, then worship nothing but Him.
Forsake your sin, repent, and put your trust in the One who made you for the purpose of serving and adoring Him. You will find truth and rest, peace and joy. You will have come to the fullness of joy promised in Scripture.
Persecution will ensue, believe me! But God wins! God's ways are best.
Escape the global condemnation. We've been condemned since Eve bit the fruit. It's time to look to the Savior! The way is narrow, strait, and difficult to find, but it is ingeniously simple for anyone willing to find it and take it.
Time is short. Time is almost up. The ranks are being assembled, and the Lord of Glory is about to descend with a SHOUT!
MARANATHA!
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Friday, January 4, 2019
Church Issues
The church, the bride of Christ, is a body full of sin.
We get mad at each other, jealous, frustrated----
We have dirty laundry.
We are usually hypocrites, something we're often accused of, and it most certainly is true a lot of the time.
Let's face it: we have issues.
And we're forgiven!
We've been given a real gift the last 10 years in having a world-wide connection through different social media venues to observe the church on a grand scale across the entire globe.
I have found friends on every continent! (Okay, not Antarctica) I'm thrilled to connect with like-minded believers everywhere, and believe me, I've found many, many wonderful people. I look forward to meeting them in person ----in the near future.
I have also found that there are those I have known personally for awhile whom I cannot relate to on a spiritual level---we simply have traveled different paths, and that concerns me. I want EVERY person I know to be in kinship spiritually! Is that unreasonable?
I know Jesus wants it too. He desires that none perish, but He grieves that many perish for lack of knowledge.
Hmm. We need to do our part in getting the word out.
There is a great deal of deception and false teaching out there these days. The Bible predicted it, and we see it.
There is so much of it that people that WERE seemingly rock-solid in their faith are showing signs of spiritual demise!
The deception has gotten to them.
There is this old adage that says we'll be surprised who IS in Heaven and who ISN'T.
I hate to think of that, but the Bible tells us to "work out our salvation with fear and trembling."
Clearly we can do no works to become saved in Christ Jesus, but there is a definite admonition to understand what it means to be saved.
We are saved by grace. Not works. That's Paul speaking. Jesus's death on the cross was sufficient.
There is this insidious snake of belief that the Bible is not God's inspired Word. There's a snake of hyper criticism that has pervaded most "Christian" colleges and seminaries. This undermining of spiritual authority has lent to complete estrangement from truth in most cases. People start relying on their own interpretations of morality and manufacture their own "truth."
We all have different experiences, and that is the beauty of God's multi-faceted creation, yet there IS Truth, and that is God's truth.
Arthur Holmes wrote a book called "All Truth is God's Truth."
Yes, truth belongs to God, and deception to the devil.
We are in an age of deception, privy to the attacks of the father of lies.
We are not above being deceived----not one of us. When we start to believe our own minds and manufacture things about God that are not in Scripture we've started down the path to deception and false teaching.
It's happened so many times in history it's almost pitiful.
You stray from the Bible, you end up in hell.
On my heart today I think of those that have succumbed to "cheap grace." I think of those that lean heavily toward any particular denomination's teaching, (not Scripture) or emphasize a teaching that even counters what is written in the Word.
I think of those that are in bondage to spirits that have masqueraded as light. People are taken in by the power and refuse to test or try the entity.
I think of those who refuse to see Israel as God's chosen people, a teaching that pervades Scripture, Genesis to Revelation.
I think of those who insist on seeing God's description of creation as metaphorical, unscientific, and only explained through modern philosophies.
I think of those who think everyone is going to be saved, or perhaps annihilated for eternity.
I think of those who don't believe that the mark of the Beast has any significance, that it is just a number and we needn't be concerned about it.
I think of those who think sexual perversion or fornication has little or no impact on one's being.
I think of those that are living in sin, completely in bondage, depressed, suicidal, broken, and believing that God cannot have the power to save them.
I think of those that cannot bear the truth of who God really is, and insist on creating Him in their own image, a god that is everything they like or want.
I think of those who are enslaved to a personality or preacher, a teacher they are enamored with, that they must follow. Perhaps that teacher/preacher is godly! Still adhering to a human being and his or her teaching is a devilish deception from knowing Christ.
I think of those who insist on maligning anyone who doesn't have the same experiences with God, even though there is nothing in Scripture to suggest that certain experiences sanctioned in Scripture are not necessary to salvation. God has made the gateway to salvation fairly simple, it's the Christ-like life that follows that is the mark of a true believer.
I think of those who criticize endlessly those who believe in the Rapture (Harpazo) of the church. It gets wearisome and old to listen to such hopelessness. Denying this Scriptural teaching (or explaining it away from its plain textual meaning) is fruitless to true believers. Scripture is plain. There is a catching away of believers.
I think of those who deny Christ's work in places where becoming a believer is lethal. The Lord is working supernaturally in places like that. People who don't have the written Word of God are still becoming believers through supernatural occurrence.
God is not limited, but He DOES define Himself in His word.
Accept Him as HE is.
It goes against the sinful human nature, but it really marks the true believer from the pretender, or the one taken in by deception or false teaching.
We live in an age of deception. False teachers abound. How are you going navigate these dangerous spiritual waters?
Read your Bible. It is God's word. It's really all you have.
The Holy Spirit will confirm His word in your hearts and you will have fellowship with true believers all over the world.
Jesus is coming soon, and all these discrepancies will vanish. We will see Him as He is, and there will be no more doubt, no more pain, no more deception!
We will know Him, as He knows us.
Walk in faith. Walk in Christ.
Be filled with the Spirit of Truth!
Obey Christ's commands, and test the spirits. Obey Christ, seek His teachings! Seek to know what He commands, and OBEY HIM!
We get mad at each other, jealous, frustrated----
We have dirty laundry.
We are usually hypocrites, something we're often accused of, and it most certainly is true a lot of the time.
Let's face it: we have issues.
And we're forgiven!
We've been given a real gift the last 10 years in having a world-wide connection through different social media venues to observe the church on a grand scale across the entire globe.
I have found friends on every continent! (Okay, not Antarctica) I'm thrilled to connect with like-minded believers everywhere, and believe me, I've found many, many wonderful people. I look forward to meeting them in person ----in the near future.
I have also found that there are those I have known personally for awhile whom I cannot relate to on a spiritual level---we simply have traveled different paths, and that concerns me. I want EVERY person I know to be in kinship spiritually! Is that unreasonable?
I know Jesus wants it too. He desires that none perish, but He grieves that many perish for lack of knowledge.
Hmm. We need to do our part in getting the word out.
There is a great deal of deception and false teaching out there these days. The Bible predicted it, and we see it.
There is so much of it that people that WERE seemingly rock-solid in their faith are showing signs of spiritual demise!
The deception has gotten to them.
There is this old adage that says we'll be surprised who IS in Heaven and who ISN'T.
I hate to think of that, but the Bible tells us to "work out our salvation with fear and trembling."
Clearly we can do no works to become saved in Christ Jesus, but there is a definite admonition to understand what it means to be saved.
We are saved by grace. Not works. That's Paul speaking. Jesus's death on the cross was sufficient.
There is this insidious snake of belief that the Bible is not God's inspired Word. There's a snake of hyper criticism that has pervaded most "Christian" colleges and seminaries. This undermining of spiritual authority has lent to complete estrangement from truth in most cases. People start relying on their own interpretations of morality and manufacture their own "truth."
We all have different experiences, and that is the beauty of God's multi-faceted creation, yet there IS Truth, and that is God's truth.
Arthur Holmes wrote a book called "All Truth is God's Truth."
Yes, truth belongs to God, and deception to the devil.
We are in an age of deception, privy to the attacks of the father of lies.
We are not above being deceived----not one of us. When we start to believe our own minds and manufacture things about God that are not in Scripture we've started down the path to deception and false teaching.
It's happened so many times in history it's almost pitiful.
You stray from the Bible, you end up in hell.
On my heart today I think of those that have succumbed to "cheap grace." I think of those that lean heavily toward any particular denomination's teaching, (not Scripture) or emphasize a teaching that even counters what is written in the Word.
I think of those that are in bondage to spirits that have masqueraded as light. People are taken in by the power and refuse to test or try the entity.
I think of those who refuse to see Israel as God's chosen people, a teaching that pervades Scripture, Genesis to Revelation.
I think of those who insist on seeing God's description of creation as metaphorical, unscientific, and only explained through modern philosophies.
I think of those who think everyone is going to be saved, or perhaps annihilated for eternity.
I think of those who don't believe that the mark of the Beast has any significance, that it is just a number and we needn't be concerned about it.
I think of those who think sexual perversion or fornication has little or no impact on one's being.
I think of those that are living in sin, completely in bondage, depressed, suicidal, broken, and believing that God cannot have the power to save them.
I think of those that cannot bear the truth of who God really is, and insist on creating Him in their own image, a god that is everything they like or want.
I think of those who are enslaved to a personality or preacher, a teacher they are enamored with, that they must follow. Perhaps that teacher/preacher is godly! Still adhering to a human being and his or her teaching is a devilish deception from knowing Christ.
I think of those who insist on maligning anyone who doesn't have the same experiences with God, even though there is nothing in Scripture to suggest that certain experiences sanctioned in Scripture are not necessary to salvation. God has made the gateway to salvation fairly simple, it's the Christ-like life that follows that is the mark of a true believer.
I think of those who criticize endlessly those who believe in the Rapture (Harpazo) of the church. It gets wearisome and old to listen to such hopelessness. Denying this Scriptural teaching (or explaining it away from its plain textual meaning) is fruitless to true believers. Scripture is plain. There is a catching away of believers.
I think of those who deny Christ's work in places where becoming a believer is lethal. The Lord is working supernaturally in places like that. People who don't have the written Word of God are still becoming believers through supernatural occurrence.
God is not limited, but He DOES define Himself in His word.
Accept Him as HE is.
It goes against the sinful human nature, but it really marks the true believer from the pretender, or the one taken in by deception or false teaching.
We live in an age of deception. False teachers abound. How are you going navigate these dangerous spiritual waters?
Read your Bible. It is God's word. It's really all you have.
The Holy Spirit will confirm His word in your hearts and you will have fellowship with true believers all over the world.
Jesus is coming soon, and all these discrepancies will vanish. We will see Him as He is, and there will be no more doubt, no more pain, no more deception!
We will know Him, as He knows us.
Walk in faith. Walk in Christ.
Be filled with the Spirit of Truth!
Obey Christ's commands, and test the spirits. Obey Christ, seek His teachings! Seek to know what He commands, and OBEY HIM!
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