The Little Raindrop There once was a raindrop Believe it or not Afraid to fall from the sky. He looked down and said, “This is too high, I might get hurt, I might even die. What can I do, where can I go? How can I get to the earth below” “You could slide down on me,” said the rainbow….
Eternal Presence We enter this world with heart and soul We’re here for a while, then called to go. Death is passing through the door That leads us on to evermore Where loved ones patiently wait For our arrival at Heaven’s Gate. Then, we’ll walk together by sacred streams In beauty transcended beyond our dreams Where light and life are…
Sleep Tight In Heaven’s Light If God should beckon with outstretched hand I will be transferred to the promised land He may call my name in sleep some night And I shall wake in heaven’s light — C. S. Craig May 2021
The Unfailing Love of God God is the mature believer’s superhero on the stage of human history. Threads of spiritual heritage from the wisdom of ages are sewn together to form the mosaic of God’s love throughout the ages. God’s love for us was poured out for us in eternity past, with the result that our love for God is…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… We live today in a divided world and a divided country, and this is by design. God works even through our weaknesses, and for His purposes, which will eventually bring blessings to believers and glory to God through Christ. Christ must be first and foremost in our thinking….
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… A loving God does not reject the unbeliever, the unbeliever rejects the love of God demonstrated on the cross when Christ died as a substitute for all humanity. The sin nature remains active as long as we live (1 John 1:8), so God added 1 John 1:9. Throughout…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… We’ve all learned very well to listen to the world. It comes natural to us. But as believers, we must learn to listen to our bodies (health reasons), and we need to listen to the Holy Spirit. The world reveals human viewpoint. It also reveals divine viewpoint, which…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Truth in America isn’t what it used to be. Deconstruction of truth undermines the Bible and the Creator. Divine viewpoint is a God’s-eye view, a revelation from God that literally demonstrates truth as absolute (Romans 3:4; 2 Timothy 3:15-17). Intellectual indifference is the enemy of morality and virtue….
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… When one’s ego is inflated, one is without integrity. Kill… your… ego (and kill your TV while you’re at it). If this old house could speak, its stones would cry out from the walls, and the rafters would answer them from the woodwork. Flaming arrows, shining spears, and…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… The laws of nature (or, more properly, creation) are established by “nature’s” God. Believers are citizens of heaven, the kingdom of God, therefore the believer’s first loyalty is to the King of kings and Lord of lords—Jesus Christ. The transformation in the believer’s life is from physical to…
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… Removing anything from the Word of God is liberalism. Adding to the Word of God is legalism. The wisdom of God is there for the benefit of humanity. God honors our choices—God or self. Humanity prefers self on the throne with its self-satisfaction and self-desires and perverted insistence….
Thoughts to Ponder in Your Walk with the Lord READ, LINGER, PROCESS… I seem to hear the call of the wild in the impatient wind, and I yearn to connect with both mysteries. Even more as I see the northern lights, I long to merge into the beauty and the wonder of the splendorous—to be immersed and filled until we…
What… is Evil? Evil is not something that has a life of its own, rather, it is a corruption of a perfect creation. Evil is the addition of corruption that caused perfect to be imperfect. Good has always existed but is restricted—good is something less perfect because evil co-exists. Both exist, but neither is an entity. Evil is a perversion…
The Duality of Christ Jesus did not think of His deity as more important than our souls. The very nature of deity precluded the fact that any member of the trinity could be judged for sin. Eternal life can neither be born, nor die; holiness cannot have anything to do with sin; omnipresence cannot be reduced to one point (the…
Press On, Weary Warrior We all face the same choice at least once: Turn from God or turn to Him. Learn God – learn God’s perspective. God’s solutions to our troubles were determined before the world was created. God has a plan against evil (Galatians 4:4; 1 Peter 1:18-20). So, “the justified will live by faith” (Habakkuk 2:4). “Live by…
The Bright and Morning Star Christ is the faithful witness – Revelation 1:5 and 3:14 The first begotten of the dead The Prince of kings – Revelation 1:5 The First and Last – Revelation 1:17 He that liveth – Revelation 1:18 The Son of God – Revelation 2:18 Holy and true – Revelation 3:7 The faithful and true witness, the…
Return to the God of Our Fathers Constant exposure to infusions of untruth will exhaust the spiritual resistance and strength of the American people, so that untruth becomes truth (1 Corinthians 10:12). This is done on a massive scale by the education system and in all forms of media. It’s a constant bombardment, driven deep into the mind through propaganda,…
Find Your Way Back… Come Home Thirteen points on back-to-basics: Do you want to feel better about who and what God is? Then realize who and what you are. So, who are you? You, like everyone else, are a sinner saved by grace. So, what are you? You are a human being, meaning: you’re not God. Your being is human….
Divine Decrees and Prayer God created humanity with free will. We can and do make our own choices, proving volition. Therefore, we have the choice to respect and honor God, or to go our own way. Furthermore, God’s plan for creation and humanity was ordained, and history is being lived as God ordained. At the consummation of human history, the…
Humanity, Deity, Blasphemy Humanity is anointed. Deity is Eternal God. Blasphemy is rejecting Christ. God came to rescue humanity from sin-darkness, which is separation from God. Jesus, in His humanity, is the long-awaited Messiah—the Davidic Messiah of Israel. Jesus is the anointed one, sent from God, baptized for power by the Holy Spirit of God the Father, thereby uniquely empowered…