Today is September 25, 2025, and we’re still here. So, are you. As well as our readers around the world.
So, why is this so remarkable? Because the “rapture” was predicted to occur either September 23 or 24. Continue reading
Tag Archives: C. S. Lewis
Ps 119:71– When Affliction is Good
There are many apocryphal stories and quotes floating around about C. S. Lewis. This may be one of them.
I read where a man who was dealing with doubts once questioned the British author asking, “Why do the righteous suffer?” Continue reading
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“I Don’t Mess With God”
Next Saturday and Sunday, I’m presenting a four lesson Bible series at the Northside Church in Pompano Beach.
To advertise the series, several brethren met last Saturday morning to pass out announcements in the neighborhood surrounding their meeting place. One of the brethren, Percy, shared an unusual and interesting reaction from one individual. Continue reading
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“If There Was a God…”
My good friend and preaching colleague, Ralph Walker recently sent me an article by Judd Garrett about Megan Rapinoe, a “highly decorated member of the US Women’s National Soccer Team.”
If you watch women’s soccer you may remember she “became a controversial figure due to her protests of our National Anthem.” In her final professional match, Rapinoe tore her Achilles tendon in the first six minutes.
In the post-match press conference, she said, “I’m not a religious person or anything and if there was a god, like, this is proof that there isn’t.” Continue reading
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John 8:48-59
While revered and respected in history, Winston Churchill had his share of opposition as indicated by his personal and political enemies. However, he was the master of a witty rejoinder to his critics.
George Bernard Shaw once invited Churchill to the opening night of one of his plays. Shaw sent him two tickets with the note, “One for yourself and one for a friend–if you have one.” Continue reading
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Heaven: Fantasy or Fact?
“What’s in the future for us?” Danny DeVito recently asked fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The 75 year old politician, actor, and former bodybuilder retorted, “It reminds me of Howard Stern’s question to me. ‘Tell me, governor, what happens to us when we die?’ I said, ‘Nothing. You’re six feet under. Anyone that tells you something else is a (expletive deleted) liar,’” Continue reading
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Forgive Yourself #3
“Choosing not to forgive yourself is like being the judge, jury, and defendant of your life all at once,” wrote Dr. John Delony a mental health expert who earned two Ph.D.’s from Texas Tech University.
“We put ourselves on trial on an almost daily basis and write our own sentence of condemnation,” Delony observed. “Most of us talk to ourselves in ways that we would never let someone talk to our kids or our neighbors. But we have no problem condemning ourselves. The good news about self-forgiveness is that you can choose to slam down the gavel, dismiss the court, and let yourself off the stand.” Continue reading
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Do You Want To Live Forever?
From Futurism.com is this recent headline:
SUPER WEALTHY FUND MYSTERIOUS LAB TO UNLOCK IMMORTALITY
A group of billionaire investors, led by Amazon founder and ex-CEO, Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, are exploring the secret of living forever. Or at least, extending life well beyond our current expectations.
Multiple new sources including the MIT Technology Review are reporting that Altos Labs, funded by Bezos and others is a startup company pursuing breakthroughs in biological reprogramming technology. Continue reading
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Sunday Seed Thoughts: God Is.
On Friday my friend, preaching colleague, and fellow blogger, Roger Shouse posted a piece reflecting on the 1966 Time Magazine cover question “IS GOD DEAD?” I recommend you read it.
We survived the turbulence of the 1960’s unrest. In the ensuing years, we’ve experienced many more periods of civil, social, and political confusion, controversy, and crisis.
As Roger noted, during the past 55 years many people and sadly most modern churches have given up on God’s Way. Deviated from God’s work. And abandoned God’s work Continue reading
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A Reason To Rejoice
“Man is made for joy and joy is for man,” wrote the 16th-century Catholic bishop Francis de Sales.
“I think joy is not joy at all unless it is in man’s possession,” de Sales continued. “The human heart is so dependant upon joy that, without joy, it cannot find rest. Joy is true joy only in so far as it is possessed in the heart of man.” Continue reading
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