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Photo by Mohammed Ibrahim on Unsplash We are accountable for what we do and what is done in our name or under the banner of our corporate authority. That includes what nations do as we direct them, authorize them, or support them. That includes what businesses do with our support. And, of course, it includes our own individual…

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. – Colossians 4:4 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. – Ephesians 5:16 Would you like your very own time machine? You will have to invent one because  it is yet to be  invented. We cannot adequately manage time. Time is beyond us…

Do You Have Eyes in Your Head? Then, you are wise. “The wise have eyes in their head,but fools walk in darkness.” What is the principal difference between wise people and foolish people? It is perception. Of course, once something is perceived, it must be processed, but the processing functions are often crippled by lack of critical…

Staring at the stars and gasping at the wonder of our own miniature stature, even as there is a universe inside of us. We sigh. MORE Friend link if you are not a Medium member. It is free! – https://medium.com/@tomsims/how-big-is-big-e64c396c9e9d?sk=daccf84cb2aba8a744d2fc0ffc6a110a Member link. If you are a Medium member, use this link and help me make…

    Ephesians 4:17-24   New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer walk as the gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds; they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart. They…

  Call it poetic justice or slapstick comedy, but it is dead serious with the emphasis on "dead." When we throw too many darts, they boomerang. God is not necessarily singling us out; it is simply the divine law of sowing and reaping. Haman ended up on the gallows he built for Mordecai. It is…

They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. When they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; so, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. During the night Paul had a vision:…

  Psalm 58 Photo by Jimmy Jiménez on Unsplash Do you indeed decree righteousness, you rulers? do you judge the peoples with equity? No; you devise evil in your hearts, and your hands deal out violence in the land. A righteous man is praying, and he is not pulling any punches. He is praying from the…