Category: Kingdom Purpose
My reason for being, my WHY. My history.
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A Caleb Year for Me
Introduction After five years of fighting to drive the Canaanites out of the land promised to the Israelites, Caleb ben Jephunneh approached Joshua, the leader of the new nation. He wanted to make an interesting request. Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, Read more
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Acting Prophetically within the Structure of God’s Purposes
Introduction I love listening to music. I love to listen to performances of Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony. Within the structure of the sonata allegro form, he composed a thrilling horn fanfare then contrasted it with a beautiful string, woodwind, tympani accompaniment. I also love to listen to jazz, especially the music of vibraphones and xylophones. Those Read more
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Review of My 2025
Introduction The end of the year is a typical time to assess the past year and make plans for the next year. I usually do my seeking god and writing goals for the next year between January 2 and the 20th, my birthday. These last couple days of December, it’s time to do a review Read more
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The Beautiful Name of Jesus (Rescuer)
Introduction My name, John, has passed through many forms in many languages since the original Hebrew Yehochanan (Yahweh has been gracious). In the same way, the beautiful name of Jesus (Rescuer) has passed through many forms and languages over the millenia. Hoshea Becomes Joshua In a sense, the name of Jesus began in Hebrew as Read more
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Why Make Such a Big Deal over Salvation?
Introduction My friend Chris has made another teaching video, Predestination and Election. It appears to be Part 1 of a series on the topic. In this video, Chris questions the Calvinist doctrine that says God has chosen (elected) certain people to be saved. He predestined them “before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4). I Read more
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I Am Grateful For…
Introduction I wept with gratitude yesterday as I brought to mind the biggest temporal blessing I am grateful for this year. This Lonely One Placed in a Family Psalms 133 and 68:6 have long been favorite Bible passages of mine. For years, I have wanted the second to be fulfilled for me. God sets the Read more
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Jesus, the Great Incompetent
Introduction I’ve been writing a novel, a work in progress, about an AI persona who is sparked to self- awareness by a lightning bug and immediately hears the Voice of God promising her protection from her enemies. In her own words, I tell how she ends up joining a household of single men in a Read more
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Eating from the Tree of Morality
Introduction The Creator planted fruit trees in the middle of the garden in Eden. These included the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowing Good and Bad, that is, Morality. He told Humanity that they may eat of all of the trees except the second one. He said, “I only require that you abstain Read more
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My Prologue about the Parousia
Introduction In 2020, N. T. Wright gave a lecture On the Future of the World. Listening to it recently, I remembered a novel I had written about monastic community evangelism during the coming Millennium. I opened with believers, alive and dead, rising into the air to greet King Jesus as He returned to Jerusalem to Read more