General posts that are not about any topic in particular.
Regarding “On Prophets and the Prophecy,” Jesus warned that one of the primary signs of the end of the age was false prophets and mass deception: Paul, echoing Christ, wrote that the great apostasy is driven by mass deception of the faithful. John identified false prophets with the spirit of …
It will take weeks to go through the photos from the family vacation to Ecuador and the Galapagos. I have gone through a lot of the 18,000 photos, deleting them down to 13,000, with more to go. While this process continues, here are a few of my butterfly photos, from …
Part 1: On Prophets and Prophecy At the end of “A Decree to Rebuild,” I noted that prophecy is subject to validation by the church as a whole and that I take part in this obligation. There is some confusion on what prophesy is. Put simply, prophecy is the direct …
Here are some photos of the textures and colors found in the Mariscal Artisanal Market in Old Town, Quito, Ecuador. As usual, click on the photo for a larger version. And here is a teaser for the Galapagos (photo taken from a boat navigating through the Los Tuneles, Isabela Island, …
Over on Twitter, some are disheartened that we have walked away from the Olympics: But the New Testament instructs us to flee evil: to have nothing to do with it. It is worth considering why the Christian athletes—our Brothers and Sisters—are not stepping away from the Olympics. As Christians we …
While I sort through my photos from my recent trip, which is eating into my normal writing time, here is an uncoordinated smattering of a dozen of my previously unpublished photos from 2021. (NOTE: click on the photos for a larger version)
Gunner Q has posted a fantastic article: “An Olympic-Sized Victory Lap For Christ.” Please read it. I just want to highlight one thing (emphasis added): Amen! My response to the Olympics is not to fight back but to walk away. I have previously written about this topic in “Fighting Evil …
Since my kids were very young, I would make a tradition of watching the Olympics. This generally involved unplugging a TV and moving it to the kitchen where it would be on for most of the day for two weeks. It has always been a major time commitment, but I’ve …
I just got back from a family vacation to Ecuador and the Galapagos. It was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of trip. We took around 18,000 photos using seven different cameras (excluding phones!), and I’ve been in the process of sorting through them all. While I do that, here are a small …
On July 7, 2024, Catacomb Resident said: On July 13, 2024 a gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump. A couple days later Ed Hurst posted this (emphasis added): Meanwhile, one of my favorite bloggers wrote this: I wrote about my thoughts back in April of 2023 in “Fighting Evil or …