http://joshuamountain.org/postings Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:53:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Religions may lay down their ideals, but over time religious leaders continually make changes and add new ideas and customs.  As members mature in their faith they soon begin to filter out unhealthy and merely human teachings from their personal beliefs and retain what is pure and godly in their ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2474 I pray for the day when our nation and all our people will become dedicated to truth.  We have lost our respect for the sacredness of truth.  Truth is the essence of God’s being, and  we as Christians must be dedicated to truth and honesty.  It is almost impossible to ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2466 Friendship is a wonderful gift that God gave us.  The ability to meet others and immediately begin to bond with them seems so magical.  Today most of my family came to a little gathering I arranged.  I hadn’t seen some of them in a long time, and I know some ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2464 When I read about Dr. Stephen Hawkings yesterday, saying that God had no role in the creation of the universe, I felt sad about the man.  I am sure he feels that way, but if he was logical, he would have been more correct if he said it is difficult ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2462 At the Last Supper, Philip said to Jesus, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip?  Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.  ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2460 As you live with Jesus over a long period of time, you sense things about his personality that were not noticeable before.  One that just struck me for the first time was how calm Jesus is in a conversation.  I have friends whom I have never heard speak in a ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2457 Why is it when people’s money is threatened whole countries turn to hate?  It happened in Germany before World War II.  It happens in countries in the Middle East where people live in harsh economic conditions and where their rulers are despots. And it is happening here.  I get sick ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2450 In difficult times like we are experiencing today, there is nothing more dangerous than fear.   I have had problems since my publisher dropped me, which created a very difficult situation for me.  At first I was concerned, especially at my age, but then I realized that fear accomplishes nothing.  It ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2445 If I were to deliver the following counsels in my sermons, would I be popular?  “If you have a difficult time with your brothers or sisters, or mother or father, don’t cut them off from your life, but talk to them and make peace with them, for they are your gift ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2440 I am surprised at how many supposedly intelligent people today make judgments based on perception rather than on facts.  It is so prevalent it is frightening.   We often make a judgment about a program or a company based on advertising or publicity rather than on solid knowledge based on facts.  ... http://joshuamountain.org/postings/?p=2438