On February 26, 2019, the United Methodist Church (UMC) Special Session of General Conference met to consider the UMC churchwide official doctrinal position on homosexuality. The group rightly voted toRead More
The spiritual warfare is intensifying in America. Let us not think it is just about our lifetime. Let us consider our children’s and grandchildren’s and other family members lifetime. Let’sRead More
Santa Claus involves a fictitious man who lives at the North Pole, having elves as helpers, and reindeer that fly. In this sense Santa Claus is an unrighteous fable rootedRead More
A parable is a short true story that also teach a good moral lesson. It may involve animals or other inanimate objects taking on human features as in the caseRead More
Acts 21:18-26, Luke records how Paul participated in a ceremonial Jewish purification rite involving offerings under the law which I presume to involve sacrifice of some type of animal. TheRead More
Feasts and Festivals are similar to what we call holidays. There are three categories of such holidays: Old Covenant Feasts and Festivals; New Covenant Feasts and Festivals; and Christian HolidaysRead More
It is useful to note that God established commandments and laws prior to the laws God gave Moses. Indeed, God speaks of Abraham obedience to God’s commandments, statues, and lawsRead More
In the Old Testament, God gives a number of instructions concerning what humans can and cannot eat. These are called dietary or Kosher laws. The word kosher derives from thisRead More
Matthew 21:12-13 says: 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of theRead More
Matthew 15:36 in speaking of Jesus says: “And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciplesRead More
