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As an educator, I'm home for the summer. I have no family or major responsibilities, a minuscule social life, and I don't need a lot of self care or personal maintenance. I take the way the Lord has structured my life to mean I should spend the extra time I have on Him, as Paul indicated singles should do. (1 Corinthians 7:17, 34). And as I want to. Lately I've been feeling like I could do more. To be sure, I attend church regularly and my weekly Bible Study Group, and any the fellowship meetings the elders set up. Online, I write a daily blog and a weekly blog, and I maintain two Facebook pages as well as do other social media activity. But could I do more? I feel I need to. When I ran my newspaper I was committed to presenting different kinds of writing. I felt the paper should be browsable. It ran the gamut of different styles of language, and the articles ran the gamut in length. Some were short, some long, some were photos with a long caption, and I was really fond of ...

We read one of many verses about the importance of slaying the sin that still dwells within us. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. ( 1 Corinthians 9:27 KJV). See also also Colossians 3:5. To that end, I strive to slay the sin in me. I pray constantly to the Lord for the Spirit's help in sinning less against Jesus today than I did yesterday. Sometimes, when I feel strong (boastful?) I think my war cry against sin looks and sounds like this: But I am such a puny human! Most days I am sure that my ferocious war cry really just looks and sounds like this: Praise the Lord for His strength, His constant love, and His faithfulness in keeping us in His hand!

Sinning. Every human on the planet, no matter his or her age, is good at sinning. Hands down. Me included. Look at this example from scripture. Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it. And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. (Matthew 23:16-21). What this section of scripture is about is Jesus pronouncing woes upon the Pharisees. The Pharisees were one of...

It says in 2 Timothy 3:13, evil men and seducers will wax worse and worse. The study note for that verse explains that "all the dangerous movements of the false teachers (cf. vv. 1-9) will become increasingly more successful until Christ comes. Cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:11)." This is a sobering thought. Very sobering. False teachers are a scourge and a plague. They are worse than locusts who sweep across the field and leave only broken and inedible crumbs in their wake. False teachers destroy souls. False prophets bring Jesus into disrepute and they steal His glory. Lest we believe that those who follow these false teachers and prophets are helpless victims, they are not. Followers of these locusts love to have it so. They actually heap up the false teachers to themselves. (2 Timothy 4:3). False teachers have been around since even before the world was formed and satan was spreading his evil merchandise in heaven to his companion hosts. (Ezekiel 28:16). Jeremiah wrote in around 6...

May 2nd was a very full day for us. We spent the morning at the Thorvaldsen Museum as I have already shared . The afternoon was spent exploring more sites and ended with a visit to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. We stayed at the Scandic Palace Hotel, right in the heart of historic Copenhagen and very close to one of the most famous Hans Christian Andersen sites in Copenhagen, the bronze statue of HCA looking at the Tivoli. Probably the Little Mermaid in the harbor is only more famous for HCA sites in Copenhagen. Sorry, I failed to get a good picture of the Andersen Castle at the Tivoli and hadn't realized it. You can see the statue to the left in the picture above.  The Tivoli is an amusement park and entertainment facility, one that charmed HCA when it opened. The gardens inspired him to write "The Nightingale" according to Tivoli's historical timeline : On August 15, 1843 the garden gates were opened for the first time and the guests were awestruck by the elegant and ...

Parents, I can't imagine how hard it must be to raise children in this sex-drenched, lascivious age. Millennials, I can't imagine how hard it is for you, between the ages of 18 and 25, to negotiate college, relationships, and the world in this age of sin and temptation. This is why I appreciated discovering Katie Gregoire's video channel. According to her " About " on Youtube, Katie Gregoire is, just a quirky, 19 year old, Christian university student who likes to talk to a camera every now and then. I also have atrocious parking skills and a slight obsession with Captain America. Stay awesome, and don't be stupid or make bad decisions. - Katie xo, James 1:2-3 Katie talks really fast. But she enunciates very well. OK, I got that out of the way. She is a college student who muses on Christian life. I've listened to two of her videos (only 2 cuz of the talking fast thing...) and I enjoyed them. I really liked her 'rant on purity' very much. Many othe...

Crazy world! But the sane world is coming, and Jesus will rule and reign. So we study end time prophecy in order to obey the command of Him who said to be watchful, sober, and vigilant; to encourage each other with these words, and to turn our eyes from this world in preparation for the next. And let's offer His world to as many as we can! Let's encourage fellow saints who are fainting, embroiled in besetting sin, or who are only lukewarm. We all need encouragement, and it's the one thing these days that is FREE. Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing . (1 Thessalonians 5:11). But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit , (Jude 1:20). Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up . (2 Corinthians 12:19). And soon enough, one of these days we will all really be physically going up,...

How can I hear God? What do you do to listen to God? Will God be giving me explicit instructions for my life, like He seems to be doing for so many other women ? Beth Moore book: Jesus, the One and Only, p. 48. Personalized whispers are not scripture, nor are they equal to scripture. "Personalized whispers" is not a teaching method Jesus uses. Yet women are being taught consistently and for decades that it is. The concerning part is that this generation of younger women has been raised on a steady diet of women in celebrity positions who, for decades, have 'taught' the above, that they regularly hear the voice of God. Therefore, women coming up now believe it is the norm to have a personal God in your pocket whispering instructions to you for every little thing, from career moves to audible instruction in theology. But this is most assuredly not the case. What these celebrity women leaders have done is create a discontent among female congregants who do not have a pe...

Full of Eyes is a support-based ministry of exegetical art that creates still and moving images intended to point people to the beauty of God in the crucified and risen Son. All art and animations are done by Chris Powers. Powers� goal is to help people see and savor the faith-strengthening, hope-instilling, love-kindling beauty of God in Christ. And he does this by creating free exegetical art in the form of pictures, animations, and discussion guides. His work is at https://www.patreon.com/fullofeyes, Youtube , and his website fullofeyes.com Chris' most recent work is below, with his artist's statement below the picture Members of the Body 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit were were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit." The short explanation: The bond of the Churc...

One of my favorite artistic mediums is sculpture which is fitting since my husband has discovered a budding talent for just that in the last few years. He is chagrined that it is one of the few visual art mediums he didn't study in school but has found it is one of his best. So May 2nd was a banner day since we probably saw more sculptures than we have ever seen in a 24 hour period.  We started our day with a visit to the  Thorvaldsen Museum  in Copenhagen. Bertel Thorvaldsen is one of our favorite sculptors. Our first day in Copenhagen and within hours of arrival we went to see Thorvaldsen's Christus and Apostles statues at the Church of Our Lady, the cathedral of Copenhagen . So we had already had a wonderful experience with his work. That was a meal. His museum was a feast.  But what about Hans Christian Andersen and fairy tales? Well, actually, this was a favorite day for me with very little HCA or so I thought. I actually learned that Thorvaldsen and Andersen we...

Dear Reader, As of yesterday I have published 4000 essays at the End Time. My goal has been to share thoughts on the three general topics of prophecy, discernment, and encouragement. Of late I added Poetry and Visual Exegesis. I've published daily (with only 3 exceptions) since January 2009. It's a privilege to study God's word and then write about it. It's even more of a privilege to have a sister in the faith click on the links to credible ministries that I offer, and become edified as a result. This is one of my goals - to point to solid ministries led by men so sisters can find good commentaries, sermons, and other material. Another goal I've had is to provide explanations about prophecy that aren't wacky. It's discouraging when I google prophecy ministries and the search results yield such a plethora of date setting, conspiracy theorist, downright insane websites. Prophecy is important, edifying, and interpretable. I hoped to add to the internet archive...

Phil Johnson, GraceLife Pulpit pastor and Executive Editor of Grace To You, also the editor of John MacArthur books, tweeted this: Accepting the challenge, I searched it. Ahem. These were a few of the results- It's the same on Google when you do a regular search. We don't read the news and match to the Bible, but instead we read the Bible and then understand how our sinful actions in today's news repeat the same old sinful behaviors of the past. We know that judgment of those actions came then and will come again. God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Shall we pray to our patient but wrathfully righteous God? May we pray for our nation to call out to Him in abject apology for thrusting Him aside and instituting false gods? We are a nation in dire need of repentance. Otherwise, we know the rest of the story...and there are still so many to be saved. Read the Bible, be a Berean! We need truth more than ever in these falling away, lying times. Meanwhile, enjoy His pr...

As I mentioned in my last travel post about our day visiting the national art museum, Hans Christian Andersen at Frederiksborg Castle , the final destination by design is the gift shop in a museum. Well, we visited this one and I found a few treasures--badly photographed here--to share. First discovery were the little glass Frog Kings pictured above. Which made me laugh since Frog Kings are so ubiquitous and have nothing to do with Hans Christian Andersen. But it's not surprising that the Frog King is the first tale to be found in the Grimms' collection. I liked this version of the frog since he also holds the gold ball that is rarely remembered from the story. Moving on, I found some Hans Christian Andersen candy. I didn't buy any--my purchases for this entire trip were minimal and well, it wasn't chocolate. :) Besides, if the label didn't tell you, it would be hard to know this was HCA themed candy. The silhouettes aren't very distinct. There were a few HCA fa...

Uprooted by Naomi Novik is on sale today only for $2.99 in ebook format, the first time it has been discounted to my knowledge. I owned it in paper format and am happy to get a digital copy, too. Book description: WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL � Naomi Novik, author of the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a Grimm fairy tale. HUGO AWARD FINALIST � NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR | BuzzFeed | Tor.com | BookPage | Library Journal | Publishers Weekly �Uprooted is confidently wrought and sympathetically cast. I might even call it bewitching.��Gregory Maguire, bestselling author of Wicked and Egg & Spoon �Our Dragon doesn�t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that�...

Today's essay explores the notion that if Jeremiah, John the Baptist, and Paul had been Arminians, how would their testimonies sound? Using today's vernacular, let's see how it reads when these eminent Christians say they "chose God" of their own free will. -------------------------------------------- Photo from Pixabay.com The Sovereign call of Jeremiah to speak YHWH's words becomes: Jeremiah asking Jesus into His heart and making a career decision, "When I was a youth, one night I couldn't sleep. I walked around for a while outside, unfamiliar with this restless feeling. I felt young and inept at whatever I tried my hand. I remember clearly, it was the third of Tishrei, a cool September morning. I was at Sabbath at the synagogue. I was overcome with Avital's lyre playing of the ninth repetition of "Just As I Am." It all came together in my heart. I made a decision to walk the aisle toward the rabbi, and I knelt down and sincerely asked...

Do you ever wonder why American society is fascinated with death? From movies to entertainments to conversation to society in general, it's a culture of death. I'm old enough to remember life, culture, and entertainment before our national fascination with death. In the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, Movie posters used brighter colors. Blood and gore were normally absent. Discussion about death or dead people were done in reverent tones. It was a serious subject. If a character on a highly rated television show died, it was a cause for "a very special episode." When the 1983 television film " The Day After ", a film depicting a nuclear war on American soil, was broadcast, warnings about the devastating emotional effect accompanied it, along with telephone numbers for people to call counselors. Back then, people were sensitive to death. It wasn't sought out. It wasn't treated lightly. It certainly wasn't light entertainment. By now, in 2017, it is. One of t...

Full of Eyes is a support-based ministry of exegetical art that creates still and moving images intended to point people to the beauty of God in the crucified and risen Son. All art and animations are done by Chris Powers. Powers� goal is to help people see and savor the faith-strengthening, hope-instilling, love-kindling beauty of God in Christ. And he does this by creating free exegetical art in the form of pictures, animations, and discussion guides. His work is at http://patreon.com/, Youtube , and his website fullofeyes.com Upholding the Universe, by Chris Powers Hebrews 1:3, "He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature, and He upholds the universe by the word of His power." I've been teaching a small Wednesday night study at our local church and for the last few months we've been walking through the ecumenical councils. Last night we were discussing the council of Chalcedon--which substantially solidified orthodox Christology for t...