Historical Confirmation: Our State of Affairs
The world view battle continues as it has from the first generations. The mighty noise of naturalism or evolution was birthed a long time ago. It all happened by itself — undirected from the amorphous...
View ArticleHope Moon
Hope Moon. “I don’t see it.” I tell the man. “It’s there. The clouds are covering it,” he explains. “How can you be sure?” “It’s right above the sunset.” He searches in the binoculars. It takes him...
View ArticleBrave Mother
OPEN LETTER TO A BRAVE MOTHER This letter was written to my friend who just underwent a double mastectomy for cancer. Thankfully, there was no cancer found in her lymph nodes. She gave me permission...
View ArticleDeclare His Works — Even in a Messed Up World
‘What is there to declare of God’s works? You say the Lord reigns, but it’s a mess around me! A good god would not tolerate all this evil. You say that he made us? It took millions of years for us to...
View ArticleHeart Call to Return
Unfathomable love runs deep, but it’s hard to explain. We recently had a lunch meeting among friends, but one person had come to hear an answer to a question: “Why on earth we would devote ourselves in...
View ArticleThe Milky Way and Starry Foolishness
I slipped out of bed to look out the window on a November night. The stars were bright and steady. As I gently spoke of their beauty to my sleeping Bride, she stirred then rose quickly to take a look...
View ArticleA Little Volcano’s Touch
Within two days of the January 12, 2020 eruption of the Taal volcano, which is well within 50 km of our mission station at a Philippine ministry near Cabuyao, Laguna, there were ‘cries’ on the...
View ArticleThe Rescuing Creator
We had prayed for her several times. After a few times, we asked her to come visit us because we had been praying for her. Weeks later, when she finally came, she was already crying. We sat with her,...
View ArticleThe Virus and the Economy, Note 3: A Call to Biblical Principles for What is...
There is reason to believe that the Bible has actionable principles in a tough time, and we are in for a tough time. It is hard in WV to believe a tough time is coming. There are few masks and even...
View ArticleCut the Waters and Move Ahead — A Maritime Parable
I could see myself a few meters away from the axe bow of a ship. The grey hull was moving fast in normal seas. When the front edge of that cutting shape meets water, it is sliced. The force of the...
View ArticleThe Power of a Good Samaritan
A lethal mix of cultural forces continues in many parts of the United States. It includes racism, rudeness, and lawlessness that are demonstrated in actions and words. In this culture and with the...
View ArticleWhat Lives Matter?
What lives matter? I spent a few years with a project in Uganda, and made good friends with Gertrude, her daughter, a son, and many others who lived in a little village in near the Western mountains....
View ArticleFinding the Pearl
The boy’s question was straightforward. “Why did He create me?’ He was barely old enough to consider the question, but it was already present within him. Another boy from a half a world away had a...
View ArticleHe Remembers
It was early 2017. The little girl was sobbing on the stairwell. A father had already forgotten her for years, and she was temporarily separated from her mother. I loved the little one, who was...
View ArticleA Light Has Dawned
Darkness prevailed over the land. People were in bondage to both a governmental system and a religious system that choked the life from everyday people. Lawlessness had increased. Corruption in tax...
View ArticleThe Value of Observing and the Importance of a World View
Observation is critical to what we believe. We observe things to make postulations and conclusions. It generally governs what actions we take and how we see ourselves. What about historical...
View ArticleLeveling the Playing Field
A child squinted through the telescope. Some children were so short you had to hold them to the eyepiece, but everyone wanted to see, whether old or young. One time I was in a tiny village school that...
View ArticleYouTube channel public: CreationStudyHelps
A new YouTube channel called “CreationStudyHelps” is now public and goes with the free Android APP or the book, eBook, and iBook. It is for an introduction to the resource, those that want summaries of...
View ArticleThe Grandeur of the Heavens
The Grandeur of the Created Heavens In our neck of the woods, which is in the middle of the mountains in eastern West Virginia, we do not get clear nights very often during Winter. But when we do, it...
View ArticleParable of the River
We watched the standing waves near the roots of a large Sycamore tree. The steady rain for a day had raised the water level and quickened the current. As I pointed to the the fast stretch of the river,...
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