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WALK
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 11, 2017 – One day, Jesus went for a walk and never went home.
Sure, he visited Nazareth a few times, but he never lived there again. He never lived there again because although he was welcome in Nazareth as Jesus, the son of the carpenter, he wasn’t welcome as Jesus, the son of God. And if he wasn’t welcome as Jesus, the son of God, he wasn’t welcome at all, full stop.
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YES
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 10, 2017 – I often think about Jesus teaching in the synagogues and market places. Those in attendance wanted to be there; it wasn’t like religion class or Sunday school, where most are in attendance because they’re obligated to be there. No. In Jesus’ school, everyone wanted to be there.
He taught them what they needed to know to make it through each day and not get caught in the snares. It wasn’t a pep talk; it wasn’t about how God wants you joyful; it wasn’t about tapping into God’s blessings and living the high life here and now. No. It was about how to make it day by day in a fallen world that will drag you down if you let it. It was about how to get to Heaven. It was about how to avoid going to Hell.
It was spiritual mother’s milk for the spiritually starving, because then, as now, the religious establishment was all but useless when it came to proper feeding. (more…)
YOU
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 10, 2017 – In the surveillance state, every word you speak is being recorded either by your own or someone else’s devices. These data are then filed via voiceprint recognition for future use.
The state has a file on you. That should come as no surprise. It’s already being used to target you for ads and for evidence of potential terrorist activity. That, allegedly, is the reason why your “data” is being harvested, whether via voiceprint, text, viewing habits, or camera imagery. Even your retinas have been catalogued, along with your foot print (at birth) and maybe even your fingerprints.
Every square inch of some cities is under surveillance through internet-connected personal devices, CCTV cameras, and satellite imagery. There is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
Some say: “It doesn’t bother me because I have nothing to hide.”
But stay with me here, and I’ll show you why it should bother you. (more…)
LOVE BOMB
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 10, 2017 – What does it mean to love one another?
The simple truth is that you can’t really love anyone unless you let God love through you.
That’s the love Jesus was talking about, and that’s the only kind of love. Everything else is fake. (more…)
VOTE FOR JESUS
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, October 30, 2016 – It should be of no surprise to any born-again believer that the events of the world perfectly align with scripture. We know from Daniel and Revelation that the world’s populations are marching steadily towards global totalitarianism or what is popularly known as the “new world order” or “one world government”. Make no mistake about it – this is Satan’s kingdom that is in the final stages of being set up, to be ruled over by what Paul called “the man of perdition” and Daniel referred to as the “King of the North”. This is not Jesus’ thousand-year reign, though it will someday be sold to nominal Christians as such. (more…)
BE GOD-FEARING AND WORK HARD
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, October 23, 2016 – I have had a few lively discussions lately on the topic of political leaders and the state of nations. As I can’t help but come at this topic from the perspective of a born-again believer, I invariably have grated against the nerves of nearly everyone I’ve spoken to. I’m used to being attacked (water off a duck’s back), so that aspect of it doesn’t bother me, but what does stick a bit in my craw is how people refuse to take personal blame for anything that’s happening in their country. It’s as if they have no life experience at all, and only know how to point a finger of blame at everyone but themselves. (more…)
SON OF MAN
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, October 23, 2016 – One of the most insidious lies perpetuated by modern-day churchianity is that Jesus is God.
Jesus is not God. Jesus was never God and never will be God.
Only those who don’t know Jesus would call him God. (more…)
SANCTUARY
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, October 23, 2016 – The world is a mess, or at least the American and Canadian parts that I toured recently. I have spent the past three months immersed in that mess, flowing from one metropolis to another, listening to conversations, watching people move and interact, drowning in mindless chitchat that goes nowhere and makes a mockery both of our ability to think and to speak.
What a waste of God-given time and space! (more…)
SIMPLE
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 16, 2016 – A few years back, I dropped in on a church service in suburban Toronto. The “church” was a small dilapidated building (a converted cottage, I think) and only a few people were in attendance. The service was short, but at the end of the official proceedings, the minister asked if anyone had any prayer petitions they’d like to present. There was an awkward silence, and then a middle-aged woman sitting a few rows behind me slowly got to her feet. She nervously cleared her throat, cupped her hands palms upward in classic Muslim prayer style, and started to recite a litany of words. (more…)
A BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER 