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Resilient Faith #1

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Cultivating the Heart From the beginning, the expectation of God was for humans to cultivate the garden and keep it. After the fall, humans were still tasked with cultivating the ground – however, the earth would now put forth “thorns and thistles” making humanity’s work more difficult. Humanity was also tasked with cultivating and guarding the Garden of Eden; now we are tasked with cultivating...

A Witness from 1861

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I continually search for those who have seen the Kingdom throughout the present age and was blessed to discover this brother named Horace Bushnell. Horace was a deep spiritual thinker who shared some revolutionary things for his day. A prolific writer, Horace published over 20 books and brought out some things people in his day had never heard. He definitely had a heart for Zion and is worth...

Cultivating Our Heart

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Following is an excerpt from my book “Resilient Faith: Overcoming Digital Babylon.” Click Here to order it in Kindle or paperback from Amazon. From the beginning, the expectation of God was for humans to cultivate the garden and keep it. After the fall, humans were still tasked with cultivating the ground – however, the earth would now put forth “thorns and thistles” making humanity’s...

You Have Heard It Said, “Obey Your Leaders…”

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One of the most misapplied verses in the entire Bible is Heb. 13:17. It reads… “Obey your leaders and submit to them, since they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.” The emphasis typically placed when reading this verse is on the word “Obey.” I offer...

We Are Not Strange Enough

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As citizens of the Kingdom we are no longer of this world. We should not think like the world, we should not be friends with the world, we should not align with the world. We are called to live as strangers and aliens in this present evil age. We have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of light. To the unbeliever, our Kingdom is strange. But the truth is, most...

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All artwork and images on my site are used either with permission or have been purchased through Adobe Stock. The cover image is of the sculpture titled “Sodbuster” by Luis Jimenez.