THE ONE YEAR BIBLE CLUB

    Today the mantra is "Tolerance". This mantra is being shoved down the throats of the Church. You must have tolerance.  Well, that could mean a lot of things, couldn't it?!  We need to be tolerant of sinners, we are, we understand we are all sinners saved by the Grace of God.  It could mean we must be tolerant of each other; we are, so it can't mean that.  We must be tolerant of people who have different opinions, we are; so it can't possibly mean that.  We must be tolerant of people with attitudes, people who are unfaithful and uncommitted; we are, so it can't mean that. We must be tolerant of Catholics who come in with weird notions of worshiping Saints & The Virgin Mary; we are tolerant of that, so it can't possibly mean that. We must be tolerant of young Christians that are constantly falling and stumbling into sin; we are, so it can't possibly mean that. So when "tolerance" is being pushed upon the church and we are being accused ...

   ISAIAH speaks it out very plainly and clearly,  "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the the way you should go, if only..."   IF ONLY....those are not the best words to hear from a parent, an authority figure and most certainly God.  " If only " is usually a pre-cursor for what could have been.  " If only " you had chosen behind door #1..."  " If only " are the words that haunt us. If nobody else speaks them to us, we often voice them to ourselves; in our thoughts we wonder..." if only " I had taken a different path,  if only  I had married someone else,  if only  I had taken a different career path,  if only  I had or hadn't moved,  if only  ..if only if only...can haunt us to our grave; unless we just decide to let Jesus take control.  The quicker, the sooner we decide to let go of the wheel and let Jesus take over, the less " if only's " we will ha...

     Are you into Astrology? I've got some bad news for you today. God is not! What we learn about God today is that He does take notice of all.  We are not going to hear about every day, He's not going to bring it up every day, but today, He chooses to "let it out" so to speak. "Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions by the month, let them save you".  God is talking about all the little things that upset him, the stupid things we do, like fashioning an idol for ourselves and them having to pin it down so it doesn't  topple over, what kind of god is that and while God is on his rant about stupid things, He brings up the topic of Astrology. I grew up Roman Catholic and every Christmas, I knew I would get my new astrology, horoscope book for the coming year, I was so excited! I read that horoscope book religiously, it was my bible. I believed in it, but God is saying today, "I believed in a lie'. What sign are you...

WHAT valid reason does any genuine Christian have to exercise any tolerance towards this  LIE  that there are other gods and salvation through them?  It can only be through ignorance or cowardice that we would succumb to such a lie. Over and over Jehovah tells us in our text, "I am the first and the last and apart from me there is no God".  And if this is not clear enough we go on to read, "....Is not this thing in my right hand  a lie ?".  So there it is!  We can squirt around the issue, we can try to be fake, tolerant or politically correct but at the end of the day, what we are supporting is A LIE!  Yes, after much discourse, God finally comes out and just calls it for what it is...A LIE.  Any other God, any Idol, any carved image of a god or anything else outside of Jehovah, Jesus Christ, Yahweh....is a LIE.   There is no room for tolerance here . We have enough of a hard time making tolerances for things that are real for ...

     "A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering  wick he will not snuff out".   This is GREAT STUFF, great poetry, but it certainly is not us! In Football, we cut the weakest players, in Marine Corps Boot camp, you weed out the weak and in the corporate world, you fire or ax the weak and move on with the strong. The weak, put them in a home, the disabled, hire someone to take care of them, confused & depressed people.....I  don't know isn't there a drug you can give them, sedate them, anything, as long as we don't have to deal with day in and day it, give me a break!! There is nothing more frustrating than a smoldering wick, especially when you really do need that light, the electricity is off, you're trying to get some help, some light and that wick is flickering, spitting out more irritation than light; you and I both know, if that wick doesn't catch on soon we may just throw the wick and the candle, in the trash, after we snuff it out! ...

FIRST DAY OF FALL!!! “Open The Eyes of my Heart Lord, I want to see you” was a pretty popular Worship song back in the day. A catchy tune it was but how many caught its true meaning or where the song was inspired from? In our reading today in Ephesians 1:18 “ I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you”.  It was a selfless prayer “I pray…for you, that YOUR heart…” Today we sing open the eyes of MY heart”.  It’s about ME.  Paul understood that the birth of a Christian, was not the end all. That while Christians are Born Again everywhere and every day, not all will make it. Some will grow crooked and others will spiritually die off. Paul understood the importance of praying for new Christians and this is what he prayed for them, “I pray that The Father GIVE YOU the Spirit of Wisdom & Revelation, so that you may KNOW HIM BETTER.  I pray that they eyes of your heart be opened that you may K...