Category Archives: Peace with God

A Weird Coincidence

Posted on December 18, 2025 by salooper57

I feel badly for T and B. Their lives are a mess, and their future seems bleak. They are living in squalor and are determined to continue living that way. Continue reading →

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The Coming Invasion

Posted on December 13, 2025 by salooper57

When humans stopped acknowledging God’s ownership of the planet, they became squatters. When they refused to submit to his rule, they became rebels. At some point … God will take back what is rightfully his. Continue reading →

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Weeping When You Should Rejoice

Posted on November 15, 2025 by salooper57

I suspect that trying to figure out the Book of Revelation (what every image stands for, every biblical citation connotes—what the number 666 is all about!) is not the way to go about it. Continue reading →

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Should We Drop the Confession of Sin (and Buy a Hazer)?

Posted on November 1, 2025 by salooper57

From within my own body, looking out of my own eyes, I can appear spotless—or at least “good enough.” But I do not see myself as I really am. For that, I need your eyes, and especially God’s eyes. Continue reading →

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Why Can’t I Forgive?

Posted on October 18, 2025 by salooper57

If I am going to forgive you, I must not only forgive you for what you did, but for what you caused. This is often the missing link in forgiveness, and the reason for our seeming inability to forgive. Continue reading →

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Covenant: What It Is, How It Works

Posted on October 15, 2025 by salooper57

The God who would become a man – a descendant of Abraham – represented both parties on the perilous walk. God called the curse down on himself should the covenant be broken. And the One who sees the end from the beginning knew exactly where that would lead. Continue reading →

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John 3:16: The Bible’s Most Popular Verse

Posted on May 30, 2025 by salooper57

The words “believes in him” deserve careful attention. A strictly literal translation would go, “believes into him.” This is a Johannine phrase, used only in this Gospel and in the First Epistle, but used more than twenty times. What does it mean to “believe into” Jesus, and why did John latch onto this preposition? Continue reading →

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Seeing with the Mind’s Eye

Posted on March 29, 2025 by salooper57

…faith is not seeing the outcome we want but seeing the God we serve. Faith sees him who is invisible to the outward eye but perceptible to the eyes of the heart, and it sees him when circumstances are favorable and when they are ruinous… Continue reading →

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Is Your Gospel Missing Something?

Posted on March 22, 2025 by salooper57

I was afraid of the Judgment. I don’t need to search far to find things that I have said, thought, and done that exposed me as a sinner—and sometimes a fool. The idea that all that will be revealed—how could anyone speak of that as good news? Continue reading →

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Proof of Faith (I Peter 1:6-9)

Posted on January 28, 2025 by salooper57

God loves to praise his children. He will bring up things we have long forgotten. “Oh, I loved it that day when you stopped on the interstate to help that old couple from Missouri.” “I was so proud of you when you gave your little sister those beads that you wanted for yourself.” “But Lord, I was only 5 years old.” And he will say, “Yes! Yes! Wasn’t it wonderful?” Continue reading →

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