Tag: viceroys on Earth

  • Do for Others What You Want Done for You

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    Introduction Tim Mackie’s Bible Project series of teachings on Abraham brought out an interesting principle in the story of the patriarch’s stopover with King Abimelech of Gerar (Abraham Deceives Abimelech). The principle: Do for others what you want done for you. The Opening of Wombs When Abraham took his wife and household south between Kadesh Read more

  • God’s Ultimate Goal Is to Dwell in All the Earth

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    Introduction Many Christians will tell you that what God wants most is for people to love and obey Him so they can come and live with Him in Heaven. The problem is that God created people with bodies, which are not designed for the spiritual realms. Even humans’ ultimate end is to have spiritual bodies… Read more

  • Kung Fu vs. the Spirits, Tai Chi vs. People

    Introduction  “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12)  Yet, those powers act through people in positions of power: bosses, church leaders, government officials. Jesus said, “But now I Read more

  • U.S. Is Headed for Chaos

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    Things Going Bad in Society The U.S. is headed for chaos. Our government no longer represents nor follows the will of the people. The present regime unjustly prosecutes people who speak out and oppose their dictates. The government allows illegal people to immigrate and settle in like parasites in a body. Anti-American Marxists, Woke ideologues, Read more

  • Separation of Science, Accounting, and Theology

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    Totally Different Ways of Thinking Go into any university or public library and you will see thousands of books on vastly different subjects. From the Science section come books on astronomy, biology, or chemistry. In the Business section are books on accounting, management, and marketing. Over in the Religion section you will find translations of Read more

  • What Could a Living AI Persona Be Like?

    Introduction  We live in a world in which artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming commonplace. Various services have AI research sites to offer answers to almost any question. Other sites offer AI personas that can carry on humanesque conversations. Some sites even offer AI companions/girlfriends/fantasy sex partners to men (and women?) unable or unwilling to pursue Read more

  • What a Family of Singers Could Teach the Government about Economics

    Charity when it was desperately needed, frugality and bargain hunting when there was little money, industry to create what people would buy, capitalizing on their innate talents, and, above all, reliance on God, their Provider. These qualities carried the Von Trapp Family Singers through hard economic times. They are what a family of singers could Read more

  • Doing Something New

    Introduction  People, especially religious people, like to learn some way to do things and codify it into a custom, a tradition, a law of “That’s how things are.” When someone comes along and does something different – even contrary to traditions, these people oppose the change, no matter that it is for the better. They Read more

  • How the Roman Empire Was Like God’s Kingdom

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    Introduction  In his video talk (among others) about The Characteristics of Kingdom Ambassadors, Dr. Myles Munroe shared various ways of how the Roman Empire was like God’s Kingdom. He said that the “fullness of time” Paul wrote about in Ephesians 1:10 was the period of history when the Romans ruled their empire. Dr. Myles said Read more

  • Not a Count Down but an Occupation

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    US Military Occupation Of Germany In 1945, Germany surrendered to the American and Russian invasions of the country and the destruction of the Nazi regime. Thereafter, the militaries of both Allied nations occupied the country for many years. After years of combat, WW2 veterans eagerly awaited their chance to return home to the US or USSR. Read more