A Unique Believers Manual. For those who want to learn the TRUTH of God's Word

There is something happening in our generation that makes me think about a warning Jesus gave His disciples nearly two thousand years ago. We have reached a point in our technology where people can manufacture images, voices, and videos that appear remarkably genuine. A person can look at an image and believe that he is seeing an actual person in an actual place, or hear a familiar voice and believe that the person himself is speaking, when in reality what he is seeing or hearing has been artificially produced. We are learning that an appearance of reality is not necessarily reality itself. We are also learning that what our eyes see and what our ears hear cannot always be accepted as sufficient evidence of what actually happened. That may seem like a problem created by modern technology, but the principle behind it is much older than technology. The Bible has been warning God's people about deception from the very beginning, and Jesus gave us a particularly sobering warning...

    There is a difference between knowing about God and actually truly seeking Him.  A person can know Scripture, know the stories, know what is right and wrong, and still not have a heart that is truly turned toward God.  We can have knowledge about Him without actually desiring Him.  We can know what the Bible says and still resist what it is saying to us personally.   “Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart,” Psalm 119:2 .  Seeking Him is more than gathering information about God. It is wanting Him.  It is wanting to know His ways, understand His heart, hear His instruction, and live according to what He shows us. The Bible says, “Blessed are those who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart,” Psalm 119:2.    Notice how those two things are connected. They keep His statutes, and they seek Him with all their heart. The Hebrew wording is especially interesting here. The word t...

  This teaching is intended for mature, responsible adults who are willing to consider some serious and even uncomfortable subjects with an open mind, a little common sense (even though, in my book, sense is far from “common”), and a willingness to think things through. ✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️ There is a particular kind of arrogance that has infected human society from the beginning, and it can be summed up in five little words: “I can, but you can't.” It is the attitude of the person who believes that whatever he wants is his to have, whatever he does is his business, whatever rules apply to everybody else somehow do not apply to him, and anybody who objects simply needs to know his place. It is the attitude of somebody who wants freedom for himself and restrictions for everybody else. He wants privacy while demanding access to everyone else's business. He wants his money protected while helping himself to everybody else's. He wants to speak while silencing anyone who disagree...