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I do not think I have ever done fund-raising on this blog However, I am doing so now. I am passing on this appeal to my friends as chairman of the CWO board. The work that CWO does is vital to our community and so many young people and families. Find out about CWO here.…

So… here is Jonathan's inventory …Audacious, if yet, tentative faith in God to save by many or by few. One sword. A friend. That was it and that was enough. What is in your inventory? " Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of…

  Photo by Rehan Syed on Unsplash O beautiful for patriot dreamThat sees beyond the years.” America is not a static entity. It is more of an evolving organism. Its DNA is encoded on our collective consciousness, but is not stable. It is subject to the whims and wished of each generation and that generation’s level of investment…

No Good Thing (THAT IS, IN MY FLESH) “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.” – Romans 7:18 As I struggled with my humanity this week, I was confronted…

"I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer. I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices, because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations." – Isaiah 56:7 "Has this house, which is called by My name, become…

Basic Policy Standard on Personal Apologies: 1. Never ask for one. 2, Never reject one. 3. Always assume it is sincere. 4. Watch what happens next to see if my assumption was correct." I Apologize" 5. Be glad if I was right. 6. Revise my assumption if I was wrong. 7. Resume correction if #6.

Photo by Mark König on Unsplash By What Authority or …. WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD DO THAT? or … Who Gave You Permission? “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” The church is part of a brand new order in God’s Kingdom where human authority is not required to legitimize…

Sin Is an Opportunist "But sin, seizing an opportunity in the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness." Did sin take advantage of the commandment to create all kinds of covetousness or is Paul saying that sin is inactive without the law?. It seems that both statements are somewhat true, but must be considered…