[Originally published 12 March 2009] Leadership is one of the key components to a successful team, unit or army. The US Army has had over 200 years of experience creating leaders that must influence young people to go to war and possibly die.
I kicked off the Book of Judges study series discussing the dual themes of lack of centralized control and lack of internal constraints. While the former was much of the impetus behind actually putting some of my own studies down on paper, there also is a Passover and Days of…
33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33, King James Version) What is a “kingdom”? I once heard GTA explain that a kingdom is a nation that has grown large, a nation is a tribe that…
There is a story in the Bible that pretty much sums up most of the world’s largest religions, including mainstream Christianity: 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,…
According to Wikipedia: Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is an American holiday honoring African American heritage. It commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. State of Texas in 1865. Celebrated on June 19, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth,…
Sometimes, life can just seem somewhat meaningless. You create things, only for them to fall apart again. You buy something, and it goes bad. Even your very life is temporary and comes to an end. We have the hope that comes with the knowledge that it will not always be…
Mainstream Christianity and critics of the Churches of God like to criticize the Church for teaching that we human beings were designed to follow the steps of our Elder Brother Jesus and literally become gods. Yet, the COG is not the only one that calls itself “Christian” and teaches that…
During a recent discussion on this blog, we were talking about how some thought HWA’s writings may one day be part of the Bible. Frankly, I don’t believe that for various reasons that I won’t go into right now. However, right around the time of that discussion, I had come…
Well, I helped to move my daughter into her new apartment yesterday. She is living off-campus now while she goes to school. School doesn’t start until next month, so she isn’t really gone yet, but it is a bittersweet event anyhow. Last Sabbath, our congregation heard a sermonette about family. …
COG Writer Robert Thiel wrote in reaction to a CG7 article about the purpose of man: The problem is that [“I was designed for the purpose of pleasing my Maker”] is incomplete at best. Actually, you were created because “God is love” (1 John 4:8;16). And because He is love,…