Truth can be understood.

-internet meme

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A Reality Can Open Minds to Truths

-internet meme

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 This speaks volumes.

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Storms of Life

 -2026 Spring

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This Spring seems like we have been in one dangerous storm after another.

"Pay attention to the weather", we say to each other as we all go on our different ways.

We all should know the precautions to take on an "iffy" day, especially because it could save our lives to find shelter.

Now-a-days our "weather apps" constantly warn us about the dangerous weather which "may" occur that day, and so we keep our eyes open so we can be safe.

Meanwhile, "lurking around" our very lives are other dangers which are even more dangerous than the weather. These dangers are after our very souls by keeping us from God's real Truths.

This is why we need to be in The WORD, The Bible so we can learn the Truth!

These dangers are spiritual. We do not realize that we are bombarded  with spiritual dangers every day.  This could be the WORD represented by false teachers or even from our friends, music twisting God's words, Bible studies with wrong meanings, and even our own selves if we pick and choose what we want to believe in His Word...

We do not desire to be lead down false trails away from the Truth of what the LORD God has said. Our lives are precious to Him! Let's become better stewards of God's Word so we can truly glorify Him rightly!

Be careful out there! Jesus died for us- so let's glorify Him by learning His Truth!

-1974 Xenia, Ohio

I was  about fifteen miles from this tornado which devastated this town. I was 18, my older brother was home on Spring Break. 

We had no idea what was happening, but even the cats were terrified, crawling across the floor on their bellies. When my mother saw this, plus the wind, she told us to head to the basement -even my brother came with us!

There were no tornado sirens then. There were no news programs telling us to beware. My mother knew this storm was very serious and she took action. 

Our little town was not damaged at all, but soon enough we began to discover what happened to that quaint town south of us.

For we Believers more danger lurks in the falsehoods taught by false teachers.  They only claim "truths" about our loving God, but they are wolves in sheep's clothing. 

Be careful out there!

2 Timothy 4:1-22

"I solemnly charge you in the 

presence of God and of Christ Jesus, 

who is to judge the living and the dead, 

and by His appearing and His kingdom: 

preach the word; be ready in season 

and out of season; reprove, rebuke, 

exhort, with great patience and instruction.

For the time will come when they 

will not endure sound doctrine; 

but wanting to have their ears tickled, 

they will accumulate for themselves teachers 

in accordance to their own desires, 

and will turn away their ears from the truth 

and will turn aside to myths.

But you, be sober in all things, 

endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, 

fulfill your ministry."...

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There is a Moral Truth

-Kinsman

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"We are watching a civilization decide whether it still believes in moral truth at all. 

A culture that abandons 

virtue for outcomes, 

truth for narrative, 

and conscience for consensus 

does not drift gently into decline; 

it slides into something colder and harder, 

where power masquerades as compassion 

and coercion is baptized as care. 

Once “fairness” replaces goodness, literally anything becomes permissible in its name."

-Michael Smith: A Civilization Losing Its Moral Compass

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The Importance of Knowing About History

-photo: Alistair Begg

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from Understanding the Times:

..."History is the study of the way people, based on various religious worldviews, act through time to accomplish their goals. 

The study of history is vital because by looking back on the past we can see how people’s decisions affected their fellow humans’ ability to flourish. 

As George Santayana famously admonished, 

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” 

We thus need an accurate view of the past if we are to sustain trends toward greater wealth, justice, and sustainability. 

History can guide us to learn from our mistakes, act rightly in our current circumstances, and get better over time."...

-Jeff Myers & David A. Noebel, Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews, pg.472

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Far Beneath the Bitter Snow...

 -internet

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"The Rose”

Some say, "Love. It is a river

That drowns the tender reed"

Some say, "Love. It is a razor

That leaves your soul to bleed"

Some say, "Love. It is a hunger

An endless aching need"

I say, "Love. It is a flower

And you its only seed"

It's the heart afraid of breaking

That never learns to dance

It's the dream afraid of waking

That never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken

Who cannot seem to give

And the soul afraid of dyin'

That never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely

And the road has been too long

And you think that love is only

For the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter

Far beneath the bitter snow

Lies the seed that with the sun's love

In the spring becomes the rose.

-Amanda McBroom

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Fly Away from Falsehoods

Liberty

What is liberty

 without wisdom and

 without virtue?

 

"It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.'

-Edmund Burke, cited by Jeff Myers & David A. Noebel, Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldviews, pg.366

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Galatians 5:13

..."For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another."...

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1 Peter 2:16-17

..."Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.

Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king."...

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Romans 8:5-8

 ..."For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God."...

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Just a few ruffled feathers

 -Blue Jay Blowing in the wind, meme

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The God of the Bible had a plan from the beginning of creation. 

It is spelled out in the Bible. 

The Jewish people were the LORD God's chosen people to spread the good news about Himself and His Son, Jesus, who would come after Him to save all who trusted and chose to follow Him.

Jesus doesn't look at skin color or to what country you belong. He knows your heart--

if you are His or not.

Matthew 24

..."1 Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple...3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” 4 And Jesus answered them, 

“See that no one leads you astray. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. 

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 

13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, ...21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be... 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. 

23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand... 

30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 

31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other...

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only....44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect...

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Strength from God the Almighty

-meme

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Proverbs 3:5-6

..."Trust in the Lord with all your heart

And do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him,

And He will make your paths straight."...

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Search for the Real Truth

 -C-130 Hercules

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"There have always been ignorant people, but they haven't always had college degrees to make them unaware of their ignorance. 

Some people imagine that they are well informed because they have memorized a whole galaxy of trendy dogmas and fashionable attitude."

-Thomas Sowell

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John 14:1-6

“Do not let your heart be troubled; 

believe in God, believe also in Me.

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; 

if it were not so, I would have told you; 

for I go to prepare a place for you.

If I go and prepare a place for you, 

I will come again and receive you to Myself, 

that where I am, there you may be also.

And you know the way where I am going.”

Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” 

Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me."...

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Psalm 119:159-160

..."Consider how I love Your precepts;


Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.

The sum of Your word is truth,


And every one of Your righteous 

ordinances is everlasting."...

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John 17:1a, 13-19

"Jesus spoke these things...

..."But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.

They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth."...

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Joyful Garden -Joyful Words!

 -internet

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Ephesians 3

"...For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you; that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God’s grace which was given to me according to the working of His power.

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.

This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him.

Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory.

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen."

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Glorify the LORD with your life!

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God's Awesome Creation up Close!

It's True

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often 

that this great nation was founded, 

not by religionists, 

but by Christians; 

not on religions, 

but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!"

Patrick Henry.

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Sheeples with Freedom

"When the people fear the government, 

there is tyranny; 

when the government fears the people, 

there is liberty."

-Thomas Jefferson

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The Child within Mary

-internet photo

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The First Person to recognize Jesus was an unborn Child: 

His relative, John (the Baptist).

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Luke 1 & 2

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Babies in the womb

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You Don't Have to Defend the Truth

-Grizzly Bear;Yellowstone FB

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Truth is like a lion; 

you don’t have to defend it. 

Let it loose; it will defend itself.

-Augustine of Hippo (AD 354 to AD 430)

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Praise the LORD!

 Luke 1

"Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus; so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years....

...After these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying, 

“This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to take away my disgrace among men.”

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

And coming in, he said to her, 

“Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was.

The angel said to her, 

“Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God.

And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.” ...

...Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

And she cried out with a loud voice and said, 

“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 

And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me?

For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy.

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”...

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Tolerance

1 John 1

"What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life— and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us—  what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. 

These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.

This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us."

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The LORD alone is our Refuge from Treachery and Oppression

Psalm 62

"My soul waits in silence for God only;

From Him is my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation,


My stronghold; 

I shall not be greatly shaken.

How long will you assail a man,


That you may murder him, 

all of you,


Like a leaning wall, 

like a tottering fence?

They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;


They delight in falsehood;


They bless with their mouth,


But inwardly they curse. 

 

My soul, 

wait in silence for God only,


For my hope is from Him.

He only is my rock and my salvation,


My stronghold;

I shall not be shaken.

On God my salvation and my glory rest;


The rock of my strength, 

my refuge is in God.

Trust in Him at all times, O people;


Pour out your heart before Him;


God is a refuge for us.

Men of low degree are only vanity 

and men of rank are a lie;


In the balances they go up;


They are together lighter than breath.

Do not trust in oppression


And do not vainly hope in robbery;


If riches increase, 

do not set your heart upon them.

Once God has spoken;


Twice I have heard this:


That power belongs to God;

And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord,


For You recompense a man according to his work."

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Bondage in False Teachings as a Choice

This is a subject I have heard many times over these years where men or women have chosen to follow after wrong thinking into a life of spiritual bondage. 

Each instance has had Bible Believing individuals who have trusted the LORD and followed Him biblically in their life only to be swayed by certain "christians" on the "edge" of biblical theology into aberrant beliefs and ways of life. This usually turns into controlling rules, abuse, false righteousness, twisting God's Word, wrong thinking and beliefs, and damaged relationships.

The LORD has never been wishy-washy about what is required of His people, and, really, He did not give us behaviors we could not manage. 

We all need to look humbly at our Christian behaviors and make very sure we are not making up our own rules or following someone else's rules.

The LORD God is whom we should be following.

Micah 6:8

..."He has told you, O man, what is good;


And what does the Lord require of you


But to do justice, to love kindness,


And to walk humbly with your God..."

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D-Day on the shores in Normandy this June 6