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Filmmakers are always looking for fodder to make their productions and of late they have discovered the narratives in the Bible. Since the people writing and producing these movies and shows are not saved, of course they get it wrong. This is because In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2 Corinthians 4:4). In the recent TV series The Bible, there came a moment when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were faced with a decision. Would they bow to a false god statue, or would they stand for Yahweh, thus losing their lives (as Nebuchadnezzar had aid those who disobey his decree to bow will die, Daniel 3:6). It's a dramatic moment when you see it in full visual force. Look, here is the clip: It is not so dramatic when you hear it though. First, read what the men really said, from the real Bible. It is all from Daniel 3. That's the first part of th...

God is sovereign of the entire universe. He plans what He plans and He does what He pleases. Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases . (Psalm 115:3). It's admittedly hard to understand how God can and does orchestrate all events at once, constantly, over the earth and throughout the stars, so that His plans providentially combine in perfect harmony to enact His will. But He is God and we're not supposed to understand it! It is also hard to understand how our personal decisions are still personal but also are part of His will and plan and the outcome is predetermined. That our decisions are our own yet are part of a pre-ordained plan that all leads to the cross and beyond is a tension our finite minds can't comprehend. It is a joy to ponder them though, because in so doing, we come up against God's power, omniscience, and will. Here are two things to consider when looking at God's providence and will, with our decisions and will. Esther The book of Est...

As you head to worship today, if you are reading this on a Sunday, raise your banner of the LORD before you and praise Him, exalt Him, and love Him. If you're reading this on a weekday, raise your banner of the LORD before you and share His Light in your sphere by your words and deeds. Chris Powers is an artist, animator, and Bible study writer who makes his products available for free. Please visit his page at fullofeyes.com, or support him on Patreon. Mr Powers is drawing an illustration to a verse per day. I will post them frequently, because they are beautiful, scriptural, and edifying. Visual theology at its beautiful best. Read below for artist's explanation. YHWH is my Banner Mr Powers said: Today's verse picture is more of a visual word study (thus the inclusion of verse references within the picture, which I don't typically do for these). You can take a look at the verses and how they intertwine below: ________ Notice the repeated Hebrew word for Banner/Signal ...

I've read most of the Bible. I've read through the New Testament all in one swoop, and then I've read different Books straight through several times. I've read all of the Old Testament Prophets and loved them. I love Genesis especially. I've read Lamentations and Ecclesiastes and loved them too. I'm fascinated by Psalms and Proverbs, even the verses I don't understand. I've never read Leviticus and Numbers. Until now. Going through the Bible in a 90-days Reading Plan does have its upside. I came to Leviticus early on and since this particular plan suggests reading 12 pages a day, I got through Leviticus quickly. I have to say that drinking the Word through a fire hose and moving on while still wet is quite a different experience than sipping it like a hummingbird and then meditating and studying while it digests. I loved Leviticus. Just as you put anything else off and then finally get to it and it turns out to be not only not bad, but easy and great, an...

I have always loved the sound of church bells. In the olden days when I was a child, we often heard some kind of bell from towers and steeples. We even heard the organs. No more. Not so much. One reason is the cost. Steeples and towers and bells require a financial investment to maintain them that is often cost-prohibitive today. Additionally, there aren't many men going into the profession of steeplejack these days. Church steeples, aging out of fashion, meet their maker Atop the tiny, white-columned 1842 church where Glen Likens was baptized, where he married his wife, where their children were baptized, where they still worship on Sundays, the steeple is rotting. St. Mark's Episcopal in Wadsworth, Ohio, hasn't dared sound the 2,000-pound bell, which has a broken carriage and patched hammer, for a year. It may not sound again � unless a congregation numbering 58 souls in a good week can come up with $30,000.  "It's no easy amount to raise. We absolutely considere...

My grandparents were born in around 1900. The emigrated to the US in their 20s and soon after had accumulated enough money to buy a car. They liked to drive. However they were not so great with directions. When my grandfather didn't know in what direction to go, my grandmother would helpfully advise, "Follow him. He looks like he knows where he's going." Have you heard of the phrase, 'herd mentality'? Wikipedia explains it, Herd mentality, or mob mentality, describes how people are influenced by their peers to adopt certain behaviors. Or this from The Royal Society, Herding can be defined as the phenomenon of individuals deciding to follow others and imitating group behaviours rather than deciding independently and atomistically on the basis of their own, private information. Article-  Herding, social influence and economic decision-making We see the follow-the-crowd mentality in stock markets and even in home design trends. Sociologists researched this phenom...

Martin Luther, 1483-1546 It is Reformation year 500. Five hundred years ago this October 31st, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Electorate of Saxony within the Holy Roman Empire. Luther wrote, Out of love for the truth and from desire to elucidate it, the Reverend Father Martin Luther, Master of Arts and Sacred Theology, and ordinary lecturer therein at Wittenberg, intends to defend the following statements and to dispute on them in that place. Therefore he asks that those who cannot be present and dispute with him orally shall do so in their absence by letter. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. Here are the actual 95 theses if you want to read them: The 95 theses History.com sums the Reformation up this way- Luther spent his early years in relative anonymity as a monk and scholar. But in 1517 Luther penned a document attacking the Catholic Church�s corrupt practice of selling "indulgences" to absolve sin. H...

The entire ebook library of modern Fairy Tale anthologies edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling is on sale for $1.99 for each title for a limited time. They are usually in the $6 range. Four of the five titles have been on sale previously, but I have never caught Black Thorn, White Rose on sale previously, so I dare say it may be for the first time. Now in ebook format I am only missing Snow White, Blood Red since it has not been offered digitally yet. I have owned the hardcovers for years, of course. Black Swan, White Raven Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears Black Heart, Ivory Bones Silver Birch, Blood Moon

I don't have children of my own. Most women who keep blogs write about this important aspect of who they are in Christ, the role of Mom . Since I do not have children I would not presume to write about children or parenting or motherhood. I do teach children all day long and that's been my main career in life, but that is not the same as parenting. However I know that many women read the blog, and may have parenting concerns. I began teaching in 1983 and with a break for some years I took it back up 9 years ago. There has been a palpable decline in the family quality of childrens' lives over the past 34 years since I began working with children and families through my career in education. I see the culture's drastic effect on children, I see the fractured family's effects on children. I cannot imagine being a parent in this day and age, fraught with the evils, false religions, liberal doctrines, and general chaos and trying to protect your child. I'd go insane w...

Pastor Gabe Hughes at WWUTT (When We Understand The Text) had a 90-second video response to Franklin Graham's unwise comment at the Inauguration of Donald Trump. Here is a screen shot: Here is WWUTT's 90-second video. ( All their videos are 90 seconds, check them out!) As noted in the video, the rain that fell in Genesis was a judgment on all the people of the earth (except for the 8 faithful in Noah's family). Also as noted in the video, Jesus said in Matthew 5:45 that rain falls on the just and the unjust. God raises up leaders and He takes them down. (Daniel 2:21, Psalm 75:7). Just because President Trump won the election does not necessarily mean God is blessing him or America. God could be judging America by raising up President Trump. The same could apply to ex-President Obama. We don't know what was in God's mind when He raised those men up. We do not know why He allowed President Harrison to lead for only 30 days while He has allowed Queen Elizabeth II to r...

But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death . (Romans 6:21) Paul is asking this rhetorical question in the majestic section of "The Wages of Sin." What has sin profited you? What fruit, then, has sin produced? I'm a lover of art. I saw Caravaggio's Bacchus in the Uffizi some years ago. Caravaggio's Bacchus is a decadent painting, becoming more so as one gazes at it. Bacchus was the Roman god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual ecstasy, fertility and so on. Dionysus was the parallel Greek god. Here he is: How is it decadent, one asks? We see the heavy-lidded youth, the Bacchus, reposing against his dirty sheets, with his own covering having slipped off, exposing his fleshy upper torso. He fingers the opening suggestively. His face appears ruddy, from outdoor farm work in the vineyards, or perhaps more to the point, the florid blush of too much wine. On close inspect...

I have mentioned that there are few tales in which cats are true villains to be found in  Puss in Boots and Other Cat Tales From Around the World . The following tale is a rare exception. While that in itself makes the tale of particular interest, the fascination grows with the story's usage of elements that usually appear in ATU 510B: Peau d�Asne (Donkeyskin), one of the tales in the vast Cinderella Cycle of folktales. The tale deals with abuse and fear with elements that become quite modern--a stalker, the heroine escaping her stalker in disguise with name changing, for example--but has a happy ending. I decided to share this story in full since it is so very interesting. It also represents the wide range of tales to be found in  Puss in Boots and Other Cat Tales From Around the World . The Princess and the Cat India THERE was once a King who had an only daughter, whom he loved exceedingly. One day she went into the bazar and saw a man selling a kitten, which she bought and ...

Kay Cude poetry. Used with permission. Click to enlarge.

I love to read. With the New Year and all the 'Reading Challenges' that emerge as people make decisions at the start of the year, I'd decided to go back to reading for pleasure. This is an activity that had fallen by the wayside as I got busier, and my eyes grew more tired at night. Aging. It's not for sissies, lol. I also decided to read the books that were on my own shelves to start with, rather than going out to buy a bunch of new books. Shop my own shelves, so to speak! So as I'd picked up that novel or this novel I'd had on my shelf since before salvation, and began to read them, I became dissatisfied. Sadly, the secular novels of today, even the literary ones, contain things my sanctifying soul objects to. Especially if there is profanity or blasphemy. Are Christian books safer? Well, no. Take the book The Shack , for instance. This was a runaway bestseller back in 2007-2008 and onward. It was sold in Christian bookstores as a Christian book. Its author, W...

Our relationship with God is like a meal with Him at table. From my Ligonier class 'Understanding the Tabernacle', we read, We tend to appreciate a delicious meal enjoyed in the company of good friends. Such delight in a common meal should not surprise us, because the Lord in His Word describes many times in both the Old and New Testaments how our relationship to Him is like a meal we sit down to enjoy together with Him. In this lesson, Rev. Hyde explains to us the "bread of the presence" in the tabernacle and how it communicates to us God�s desire for intimate covenant fellowship with His people by way of presentation, preservation, and participation. Here is the main verse where God tells Moses what and how to make the items for the tabernacle. "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a molding of gold around it. And you shall make...