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Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless.Not to speak is to speak.Not to act is to act. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In process:Summaries of summaries of the three excellent Bible book summaries: Larry Crabb’s “66 love letters” David Jeremiah’s “Understanding the 66 Books of the Bible” Ray Stedman’s “Adventuring through the Bible” Currently complete – Genesis through Lamentations (25th book)

1 Peter 3:15 – But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.  Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.   Why do you believe in God?  Ans. That is easy.  He has revealed himself trillions of times.  Let me ask you…

From Romans 6 – Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means What have we been doing for a 100 or so years? We are supposed to have been freed from sin which would also include silence? (Knowing the good we ought to do and not doing it is sin)…

Someone says, ‘My life is so busy I don’t have time to do anything more than a couple hours Sunday morning. God’s purpose for us is worship, so I am so blessed to have all my needs met by meeting with the best worship team in the area on Sunday mornings.” Would you have anything…

James says we shouldn’t doubt and if we do we shouldn’t expect to receive anything from the Lord. How does that all work? Ron’s answer:Without doubt we can expect to receive wisdom from God. We can be assured that God will give us needed wisdom to somehow find joy when facing many trials, which in…

Here are a few highlights from an article in the Christian Post, “Dinner Churches and how the coronavirus is shaking up the traditional model” The problem with most churches is that our living rooms look nothing like the front porch. What are known as “nones” are those who have no particular religious affiliation. “Dones” are…

People tell you that in polite company you shouldn’t talk religion or politics.  When you believe that, the pictures below are an INEVITABLE result. The more startling ones would be the piles of dead in the Nazi concentration camps.   Religion and politics are the two sides of the same coin.  YOUR RELIGION is ALWAYS played…

If there were a better way to do Christmas in America what might that look like? When we go to a birthday party, who receives the gifts or to whom do we give the gifts? Christmas is supposedly Jesus’ birthday, so why not give our gifts to him? So, how might we give gifts to…

Passage I Read Today as a result of sharing time with a younger couple who are learning to struggle well, primarily with difficult health issues:Philippians 4:11‭-‬12 NIV:I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and…