Ministers are teaching both valid Biblical principles and some perversions of Scripture and doing it for personal profit. I think Jesus is angry. What concerns me is that to correct these misdeeds, concerned leaders are throwing out the baby with the bath water, and I don’t want that to happen. Keep the baby and get rid of the dirty bath water.
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The concepts of gender fluidity, trans-genderism, preferred pronouns, gender dysphoria, and other departures from nature have mushroomed in the last decade or so. I recently read that as much as 10% of the population is caught up in these delusions. I have my doubts about the statistics. The advancement of this agenda has become ubiquitous in the US Government and corporate policy. People lose their jobs if they don’t toe the line and participate in these delusions. This organized agenda is being forced upon the US population and other countries.
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It seems to be part of the universal human experience that we go through times when our life is mundane, dry, unfruitful, unfulfilling, and feels like a waste. I know I have times like that. I also know that most, if not all, of those time periods of dryness, are my own fault. There is a formula, if you will, for living a life that is fruitful, joyful, extraordinary, and fulfilling, an exhilarating life that we all want to live.
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Jesus calls us, his followers, to a standard that is impossible to meet: “Love one another as I have loved you.” Yeah, right! Anyone who thinks, “OK, I will do that,” simply doesn’t understand what Jesus just said.
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The people of God, the Jews, the physical descendants of Abraham, we looking forward to the Kingdom of God. Unfortunately, they had a misapprehension of the Kingdom of God. But then, one day, the time arrived. What they had awaited showed up. His name was John, and he was baptizing repentant people who were longing for the Kingdom. The problem was that most of them were anticipating a military/political/spiritual deliverer. Instead, they got Jesus.
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We who follow Jesus are referred to as branches in a vine, presumably a grapevine, although the text doesn’t specify this. Grapevines were common in Israel. Anybody who knows anything about producing fruit on vines or trees knows that it is healthy to prune the tree or vine periodically. Pruning keeps them healthier.
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