Church Denominational Positions on Homosexuality and...

On February 26, 2019, the United Methodist Church (UMC) Special Session of General Conference met to consider the UMC churchwide official doctrinal position on homosexuality. The group rightly voted to denounce homosexuality. They rightly declared homosexuality, same sex marriage, ordination...

General Nutrition and Weight

Nutrition is very important to our health and overall wellbeing. It is useful to understand what nutrients our bodies need, which nutrients should normally be consumed daily, and which nutrients our bodies can store thus supporting non-daily consumption. Oxidation, that...

Indigestion, Acid Reflux, GERD, Stomach Issues

Beware commonly prescribed indigestion medicine may lead to creeping undetected kidney disease until late in the process according to a Veterans Affairs database study. Click here for more info. For alternatives to medicine use small amount of apple cider vinegar...

Slave Codes, Slavery Abolishment, Reconstruction, Black...

American form of slavery was enforced under slave codes. The 13th Amendment abolishing slavery was passed in 1865. Those desiring to maintain superiority to and power over freed slaves and blacks in general created the black codes in response to...

Foster Care

The Federal Government has reportedly granted a waiver to a South Carolina Christian based foster care ministry. The waiver allows the ministry to deny foster care opportunity to same sex couples and non-Christians. I suppose this includes homosexual single persons...

Spiritual Warfare in America

The spiritual warfare is intensifying in America. Let us not think it is just about our lifetime. Let us consider our children’s and grandchildren’s and other family members lifetime. Let’s stand strong for Jesus and the Christian Faith! Our Constitution...

Immigration Laws and Enforcement

For some time, there has been much controversy over US Immigration laws and enforcement. People seem to differ over the following questions: Should the US have open borders such that anyone who wants to come into the US be allowed...

Christmas and Santa Claus

Santa Claus involves a fictitious man who lives at the North Pole, having elves as helpers, and reindeer that fly. In this sense Santa Claus is an unrighteous fable rooted in dishonesty. Of course history can be incomplete and uncertain....

Parables, Myths, Fables, and Fairy Tales

A parable is a short true story that also teach a good moral lesson. It may involve animals or other inanimate objects taking on human features as in the case of the donkey and rocks in parables given by Jesus....

Paul Participation in Mosaic Laws and...

Acts 21:18-26, Luke records how Paul participated in a ceremonial Jewish purification rite involving offerings under the law which I presume to involve sacrifice of some type of animal. The question arises as to why did Paul submit to this...

Biblical Feasts, Festivals, and Holidays Additional...

For basic info on biblical feasts, festivals, and holidays click here. Leviticus 23 provides a summary of each of the Old Testament feasts/festivals in the bible.  This includes identifying the weekly sabbath as a feast or appointed time (Leviticus 23:2-3)....

Biblical Feasts, Festivals, and Holidays

Being a Christian whose background is primary affiliation with Baptist, my background does not include observing the Leviticus 23 feasts. But as I have spiritually grown beyond being strictly “Baptist”.   I do consider observing the feasts in spirit to be...