https://soundcloud.com/musingthemysteries/simple-pleasure It surprised me to find that the term, “pleasure” is the Bible 34 times! So anyone who thought that God wasn’t at all interested in pleasure, for him and for us, was pretty much mistaken. Problem is we don't get what true pleasure, eternal pleasure, pure pleasure is. And we don’t know how to …
“If you confess with your mouth JESUS AS LORD…”
“If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.” Romans 10:9-10 This passage, a favorite of many, I propose is one terribly misunderstood and misapplied for the …
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Be Worthy!
We all know that our God, just by being himself, let alone such an amazing Self, is worthy of more praise, more love, more trust, more obedience than we will ever be able to give. He’s worthy! But I was surprised to discover that according to the Bible we’re obliged to live worthy lives more …
Simplicity and Stuff (Part 3)
“The inward reality of simplicity involves the life of joyful unconcern for his or her possessions.” Richard Foster https://soundcloud.com/musingthemysteries/simplicity-and-stuff-part-3 This 13 minute podcast is my final offering on Simplicity and Stuff. I trust that it will remind you of the Scriptural-ness, if not the benefits of living simply. The great circuit-riding evangelist and founder of …
Another “Man Card” Myth
The moment I hit the button to post about the preposterous marketing claim that men can get their “Man Card Re-issued” by purchasing a semiautomatic weapon a number of other examples of male bovine you-know-what that men buy into in order to feel like real man in our culture. The scam that stands out above …
