Posts Tagged ‘lies’
The False Witness
If you do not have adequate connections, people in powerful places, lying on the witness stand in a court of law can land you in a heap of trouble. And rightly so. The truth is important. God established that long ago. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.– Exodus 20:16, ESV God’s statement…
Read MoreOverrating the Tree
The bait and switch is a sales and marketing technique that is both widely employed and highly effective. You want X? Here, I’ll give you X for just $9.95 per month for the first twelve months – the bait. We take the bait and at month thirteen we find that the “small print” kicks in…
Read MoreContend Earnestly for the Truth? What Truth?
There is a phrase that has been growing in popularity, one you may or may not have heard, but one you most certainly will hear if you are paying attention. I am uncertain of the origin or first use of the phrase “post-truth,” but it seems to have gained momentum with the Oxford Dictionary’s choosing it as…
Read MoreWorshiping the Creation that Worships the Creator
The worship of nature is nothing new to humanity. The practice was so common at the time God gave the Law to the Hebrew people that he expressly forbade the worship of the sun, moon, and stars (Deuteronomy 17:2-5). The apostle Paul berated those who “exchanged God’s truth for a lie and worshipped and served…
Read MoreBattle Tactics of the Enemy (Part 2)
Last week we looked at Satan’s disruptive tactics as the “accuser,” accusing God to humanity and accusing humanity to God. We also saw him as the “enticer of lusts.” This week, we continue our look at this enemy, knowing that understanding one’s enemy is a precursor to defeating that enemy. …so that we would not…
Read MoreBattle Tactics of the Enemy (Part 1)
I know of only three occasions in scripture where we read of Satan actually speaking – those incidents wherein he is dialoguing with Eve, dialoguing with God about Job, and when he is tempting Jesus I recognize that some want to attribute Isaiah 14:14 to Satan, “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;…
Read MoreRed is the New Green
I was reading Psalm 43 this morning. It is a brief, five-verse psalm, and in the middle, verse three says this: “Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling!” (Psalm 43:3 – ESV) As I pondered that, I began thinking about…
Read MoreDashed Expectations
In the early 1970s, Dow Chemical Company came out with a new product named Dow Bathroom Cleaner (later sold to S.C. Johnson and re-branded “Scrubbing Bubbles”). With this amazing new product came a popular television advertising campaign featuring a gang of anthropomorphized bubbles with chainsaw-sounding engines and whirling scrub-brushes for feet. As a young lad,…
Read MoreThe “Sinful Nature”
This is Mister Bear. Mister Bear is a good kitty, but he can be a pest, and he’s a very headstrong regarding all those things about which kitties are typically headstrong. You know what I mean: lying on the keyboard when you are trying to type, sitting on your lap when you’re trying to read…
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