Please pray for Dan, my friend and brother in the Lord. He suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, and he recently experienced the worst attack of his life. It has had some severe effects that greatly affect the quality of his life and that of his family. The doctors have said that there is little to nothing that they can do at this point, but we do not place our faith in doctors. Please pray for the Lord to intervene and restore Dan to full strength. If you know any other prayer warriors or groups, please pass this request along to them. Praise God for the healing He is working in Dan's life!

A common interpretation of the Biblical description of the end of this age includes a common, worldwide religion foisted upon everyone. This sets the stage for the False Prophet to emerge and force everyone to worship the Antichrist as the god of this false religion. » read more »

In the Olivet Discourse, recorded in Matthew 24 and 25, the Lord prophecied about the signs that will mark the beginning of the last days. One of those signs is widespread famine:

⁷For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. ⁸All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Matthew 24:7-8 (NKJV) » read more »

A passage from Deuteronomy recently struck me: » read more »

You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.
Deuteronomy 8:5 (NKJV) » read more »

On a quiet morning, a hot cappuccino goes very nicely with the Word of God.

Is racial discrimination immoral according to God's Law? To put it another way (and I'm not actually certain that this is the same question), do we have the right to avoid discrimination by others based on our race? This is a question I have been considering of late, and I have not come up with a satisfactory answer.

I want to be clear what I mean by "racial discrimination." The only sense that I wish to consider is where a person adopts and acts on a bias based solely on the fact that a person is black, white, Asian, etc. A pair of examples may be instructive here. » read more »

As I was reading the Bible recently, I happened upon a passage that stood out for me. In 1 John, the author discusses "false spirits," meaning ostensible church leaders who in fact teach falsehoods. The author gives instructions for discerning these "false spirits": » read more »

The NCAA has announced that, starting with the 2010-11 season, messages on eye-black will be prohibited. I suppose that, across all of college football, various players put all sorts of messages on their eye-black. However, the player who is best known for this practice--by far--is Tim Tebow. He was, after all, the quarterback for Florida, one of the nation's preeminent programs. » read more »

I'm used to the rigerous intense study at an online yeshiva ( bible college ) . I recently left the study program because of some problems, also health issues, as well as a bit of instructor worship. My eyes were opened a bit, and I love the fellow, but I felt I needed to move on. In this lag, searching for Messianic Judaism studies, bibical history, I have found that I'm just pretty picky, I guess...lol..? » read more »