Knights and Ladies,

"As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day."
John 12:47-48

Who is Jesus? Who did He claim to be?

Jesus didn’t come to judge while here on earth, but to proclaim the kingdom of heaven, to save us and show us the way of salvation. He is the only begotten Son of God, the Savior that took the punishment for our sin. Believe it and have eternal life, do not believe it and His very testimony, His words, will be our judge.

Jesus I believe!

“Beholding in Jesus the glory of the Father, we learn to obey, love, and trust in him. By daily looking to Him, who came a Light into the world, we are more and more freed from the darkness of ignorance, error, sin, and misery; we learn that the command of God our Saviour is everlasting life. But the same word will seal the condemnation of all who despise it, or neglect it.”
(Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Bible)

Sunday, July 5, 2009 - John 17
Monday - John 18
Tuesday - John 19
Wednesday - John 20
Thursday - John 21
Friday - Acts 1
Saturday - Matthew 1

“During the first centuries of Christianity, the church was battered within and without. Pseudo-Christians distorted the faith and misled the faithful, while the powerful Roman Empire persecuted Christians with torture and death. The persecutions ended when, by God's mercy, the Roman Emperor Constantine had a miraculous conversion in 312 AD. However, a new distortion of the faith was about to arise. A priest named Arius proposed that, if Christ is the Son of the Father, he can't be the same age as the Father. Christ must have been created by God, at some point before the universe was made.

That theory may sound familiar to you; throughout the centuries, there have been many who find it more appealing to see Jesus as an exalted man than to recognize him as fully God. The teachings of Arius provoked great controversy, and Emperor Constantine summoned church leaders from around the known world to come to Nicaea, a suburb of Constantinople, to settle the matter (not to reconfigure the canon and burn the banished books, as many have claimed). The Council of Nicaea rejected Arianism and affirmed that Jesus is truly God — ‘begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father.’”
(“A Faith and Culture Devotional: Daily Readings on Art, Science, and Life” by Kelly Monroe Kullberg and Lael Arrington)

Accept the challenge, take the quest!

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)


A Faith and Culture Devotional: Daily Readings on Art, Science, and Life

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This is a short devotional I wrote to share with the kids.

Independence Day – July 4th

The American colonies were once ruled by a bad King, much like God warned Samuel about when we trust in and depend on earthly kings instead of God:

“’This is what the king who will reign over you will do: He will take your sons. . . He will take your daughters. . . He will take the best [of everything you have]. . . and you yourselves will become his slaves.’”
- Paraphrase of 1 Samuel 8:7, 11-18

Thankfully, the leaders of the 13 American colonies decided to declare independence from the rule of the bad King and rule themselves. In the Declaration of Independence, they declared:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
- The Declaration of Independence

These truths of our Creator God are self-evident, as the Apostle Paul says, “since what may be known about God [the Creator] is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.”
- Romans 1:19-20

The founding fathers also declared the role and limited power of government:

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,
- The Declaration of Independence

By God’s Providence and the leadership of General George Washington America became a free and independent nation!

George Washington said, “It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.”
- George Washington, October 3, 1789

Acknowledge and Praise God and then may God bless America!


George Washington's Sacred Fire

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Knights and Ladies,

"Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
John 3:36

The penalty, God’s wrath, for breaking just one of God’s commands is death!

We can’t get into heaven on our own! We can’t just be good; we can’t possibly be good enough; we can’t possibly do enough good works! We can’t design our own way in.

Have you ever told a lie? I have, that makes me a liar.
Have you ever stolen anything? I have, that makes me a thief.
Have you ever lusted after a man or woman in your heart? I have, Jesus calls that adultery, and that makes me an adulterer.

That means I’m a lying, thieving, adulterer, and that’s only 3 of the 10 commandments of God!

The only way to avoid the penalty is if someone that has not broken any of God’s commands took your penalty for you, and that is exactly what Jesus Christ did!

By Jesus voluntarily taking our punishment for us we are granted eternal life after our time in this world ends.

By faithfully accepting this gift from Jesus we are saved! Do you know Jesus?

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - John 10
Monday - John 11
Tuesday - John 12
Wednesday - John 13
Thursday - John 14
Friday - John 15
Saturday - John 16

“With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, ‘Surely this man was the Son of God!’ (Mark 15:37-39) . . .

During Jesus' lifetime crucifixion was used by the Romans to exercise and gruesomely display their authority over others. This tortuous execution was viewed by the Jews as a cursed form of death (see Deuteronomy 21:23). Who would have imagined that the Holy One of God would voluntarily take upon himself the curse that should have been ours? This emblem of shame has thus become the symbol of our salvation.”
(Archaeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History
and Culture)


“It is always best to drink at the well and not from the tank. You shall find that reading the Word of God for yourselves, reading it rather than notes upon it, is the surest way of growing in grace. Drink of the unadulterated milk of the Word of God, and not of the skim milk, or the milk and water of man's word." ("How to Read the Bible" a sermon by C. H. Spurgeon)

Accept the challenge, take the quest!

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)


The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
Archaeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture


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Fathers, I am making a special call to arms!

Before the church or governments, God ordained the family. (Matthew 19:4-6) It is your duty to lay the foundations of the faith within your family. The latest statistic I have heard is that 74% of children walk away from the faith by the time they reach college! 90% of young people that leave the faith went to public schools, and 61% attended sunday school regularly. Are you leaving the salvation of your children up to the church and sunday school? If so, you may just loose them!

I would encourage you, exhort you, to prepare yourself to answer the hard questions of the faith and lay the foundations in your family!

The number one method God uses to evangelize the world is through Godly families! Godly parents raising Godly children that become Godly parents to raise Godly children. . . .

Do you see? God's small group design from the sixth day of creation is called a family!

The very first commandment is for families to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28), the greatest commandment, quoted by Jesus, is to love the Lord our God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength, and how, by impressing God's commendments upon your children! (Deuteronomy 6:5-7)

This is so awesome, our God is so awesome!!

Apologetics: [Greek Apologia] "'Apologetics is the discipline that deals with a rational defense of Christian faith' (Geisler, 1999, p. 37). "

Just last night I was heavy with the burden of laying the foundations of the faith for my family. It can sometimes feel like an impossible duty in these troubling times. So I prayed. I prayed that God would show me how and provide the tools.

And today, I stumble across this article, “Ready Always to Give an Answer”
by Caleb Colley, B.A., B.S. It evaluates the different styles of apologetics and offers 3 steps to get started.

"But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect," (1 Peter 3:15)

1. Study the Bible
2. Study Apologetics Resources
3. Engage Others

I was heavily burndend because of the lack of resources and ministry within the chruches of God, but don't fear! There are many resources available, and many Godly families to draw teaching and encouragement from!

Fathers, Be Prepared!

Be ready to give your children the answers and teach them to find and defend the faith!

If you are in the Peoria area and want to learn more or need help getting started, please email or call me today!

Please watch this one hour free web presentation by Ken Ham regarding the spiritual decline and the loss of our children in America:
"It is important to realize that although America has more Christian resources and Bible colleges than ever in its history, the nation is on a spiritual downward spiral. What has happened? Why is the church not reaching the culture today as it has in the past? Don’t pass up this opportunity to hear firsthand from co-authors of the new book 'Already Gone'!"


Already Gone: Why your kids will quit church and what you can do to stop it


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CURE, the Coalition for Urban Renewal & Education

I have read, and have been very impressed with, Star Parker's commentaries in the past. I just learned that she is "the founder and president of CURE, the Coalition for Urban Renewal & Education, a 501c3 non-profit think tank that provides a national voice of reason on issues of race and poverty in the media, inner city neighborhoods, and public policy."

She has also become a contributor for Family Security Matters.

Both appear to be great organizations, and I felt I should share.


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Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It

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