Tag Archives: Deception

The first year we lived here, the fig tree amazed me!  The fruit was abundant and delicious … nothing like a dried fig.  Late in the year, though, a pesky vine began weaving through the branches.  Friends alerted me to the vine being poison oak.  Logic told me, “Get rid ...

One day, there was nothing: no universe, no earth, no plants or animals and no people. Then, the universe sprang into existence as a “singularity.”  Experts admit that they do not know what a singularity is or where it comes from! A “singularity” is believed to exist in a black ...

There are various views of spiritual warfare in different sectors of the body of Christ. Some ignore it all together, while others make it a main point of emphasis. Some say it is wrong to focus on spiritual warfare because it gives the devil too much attention. Others see spiritual ...

We live in a world that is both physical and spiritual. Though invisible to the natural eye, the spiritual world is just as real as the physical one. And what happens in the spiritual realm has influence on what happens in the natural. The Bible depicts a world where spiritual ...

There really is pleasure in sin—for a time. It lures us in, making promises it knows it will never keep. It thrives on rationalization and justification. It tells us we will be the one to get by with it.  Sin would not be an issue if it came to us ...