Staying True to the Spirit of the Seder

Through all of the centuries since the Exodus for Egypt occurred, the Jewish people have handed down this story of redemption year after year through a celebration and ceremony that has changed little. It is like the glue that has held the Jewish people together, though oppressed and scattered across the globe. It is a common thread that makes us a people. No matter what the language, the culture, or the circumstance that exist in a given time or place, the experience is universal and connects us all. The story is retold… once we were slaves in Egypt,

The Changing Face of Web Ministry

Web Ministry –  The Humble Beginnings Back in the day… well actually not that long ago, the internet was new and we marvelled at how cool it was to be able to email instead of snail mail. At first it was small businesses that kick started personal use of computers, but as personal computers became…

We Are The Battlefield!

There has been an ever expanding allegory of countless struggles and wars since the fall of man in the garden of Eden. Human history is riddled with countless battlefields and countless sinister plans, and we mere mortals have been the focal point of these struggles both as individuals like Job, Jonah, Anne Frank, Abraham Lincoln, and Adolf Hitler, and entire communities, races, and nationalities of people like the blacks, Jews, Freemasons, Kurds, Palestinians, and Christians. We have been used and abused, wined and dined, fooled, tricked, enticed, endangered, and played against one another, as part of Satan’s campaign to convince God that we will fear, worship, and follow him in defiance of our Creator.

Enabling Behavior – Working Through the Gray Areas of Love

Enabling behavior is fueled by our feelings of love and friendship. It’s only natural to want to help someone we care about, but when it comes to certain life and growth issues or repetitive dysfunctional behaviors, our help simply allows the problem to persist. In other words we are doing more harm than good by allowing that person to avoid making the changes they need to make. At the same time, it is difficult to stop our enabling behavior lest we seem cold, calloused and uncaring.

Electronic Gossip

Upon close examination, you will find that much of the seemingly well intended email you receive is filled with gossip, rumors, and lies. It is designed to make masses of people believe something that is not true, and as surely as Satan is laughing at how easy we are to fool, it is working to dumb our society down into little more than sheeple who will follow anyone that speaks what they want to hear with more than a little charisma. (I am tempted, but I won’t name names.)