Temptation
Your lust, your addiction, your lying, your sin will kill you. Proverbs 7 was likely composed between 971 and 931 B.C. That is around 3,000 years ago. So how does this passage apply to us?…
“Hello, my name is _____ and I am…
The Bible does not deny that we were various things—addicts, homosexuals, angry, prideful, pornographic masturbators—but that is what we were (past tense). The emphasis in Scripture is on what we are and what we are…
Is the Spiritual Realm Real?
The Apostle Paul reminds us that we live in a spiritual sphere, and not merely a quaint and calm one (Eph. 6:10-20). We are at war. Right now. Constantly. So, there is a spiritual realm and…
The Cosmic Comedy
Ironically, though the Bible covers every type of literature, in its final form the Bible is a cosmic comedy. And all throughout the biblical story there is one main character, even if not always on…
Your Guides Mislead You
“O my people, your guides mislead you” The blind tell you where to go And the deaf, they teach you Because they tell you to dig holes, and promise buried treasure, But you’re…
The End (is finished for some)
All shall quake; the earth shall shake for fear. Cacophonous[1] cries and weeps of fear. Who can persevere?! Who can persevere?! Darkness, plague, and plight are nothing now, an inch of rain to the…
The World she Whispers softly
She whispers her lies, to my demise O’ how the plague fills my ears But O’ how I listen, O’ how I listen Stop up my ears The world she speaks softly, sweetly And…
I don’t have to read in the Bible…
I don’t think we should have a legalistic drive to read Scripture (Yet, remember, a train is most free when it is where it should be; on the tracks). But Scripture is very very very…
“Give me understanding that I may live”
"Give me understanding that I may live" (Ps. 119:144) grabbed me as I was reading through Psalm 119 today. It's pleading. It's serious. It's a matter of life and death. But is it? I mean,…
Scripture is Sufficient to Address our Problems
The Bible gives us more than mere commands. It gives us the proper lens whereby to understand life.[1] The psalmist says that God’s Word is a light to our path (Ps. 119:105; cf. Ps. 1;…
