Being a christian I see music as a wonderful way to communicate ideas to each other.
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Mar
2026
Month: March 2026
11
Mar
2026
Deceived or Discerning?
A World Shaped by Manipulated Reality
Look closely. What do you see? In the picture above, there are two versions of the same photo. One is genuine, the other has been modified. The photo on the right, released by MSNBC in the wake of Alex Pretti’s death has been photoshopped. Notice the tanned skin tone, brighter and more visible smile, darker eyebrows aligned with the top of his glasses, less elongated face, wider jawline, and added muscle definition. Clearly, there is a difference between these two images, but why would any news agency do this? Because you are in a propaganda war, and they want you to see the specific version of reality that they want you to see. The question that you should be asking is, what motive lies behind this contrived version of reality? What might be gained from using deceptive tactics like this?
11
Mar
2026
Philemon 1:1 – Philemon and Slavery
Problem: American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer, Frederick Douglass, himself a former slave, was invited to deliver a speech in 1852 (eight years before the Civil War) to a women’s anti-slavery society in Rochester, New York. His assigned subject? “What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?” His remarks demonstrate forcefully that the Bible and the Christian religion were not to be blamed for the existence or perpetuation of slavery. In his brilliant oration, Douglass demonstrated that those “Christians” and churches in America at the time that used the Bible to sanction slavery were misinterpreting and misrepresenting it. He stated:
10
Mar
2026
10 Bible Verses That Prove Jesus Is God
There’s a quiet comfort in knowing who Jesus truly is. Some say He was just a good man. Others, a prophet. A wise teacher. But when we open the Bible and take a closer look and we REALLY look; it tells a different story. A deeper one. One that’s both astonishing and incredibly personal: Jesus isn’t just someone who talked about God. He is God.
That truth isn’t tucked away in just one verse or one chapter. It’s woven through the entire Bible; from the opening lines of Genesis to the final words in Revelation. It’s in the words Jesus spoke, the miracles He performed, the way others responded to Him, and the titles He accepted. Over and over again, Scripture lifts the veil and reveals His divine nature.
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10
Mar
2026
Titus 2:13 – Is Jesus Christ Identified as “The Great God”?
“Looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great Godand our Saviour Jesus Christ.” (Titus 2:13 KJV)
Problem: Who is this glorious One who is going to appear? The glorious One who is going to appear is described as “the GREAT GOD.” When He comes again, His deity will be quite obvious. And who is this GREAT GOD? He is further described as our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the great God who shall someday appear. What a clear affirmation of the deity of Christ!
09
Mar
2026
Instant Fish
Imagine that you want to catch some fish, but all you see before you is dry sand. It hasn’t rained in some time, and there is no sign of life. Now imagine that you also have a large tanker truck of water. So you pump the water out of the tanker and let it run into a depression in the sand. Let’s say it takes you ten minutes to shut off the water and pull a net from the front seat. By the time you get to the small pool you’ve created, you can net fish.
09
Mar
2026
Titus 2:10 – What does it mean to “adorn the doctrine” of our God?
Problems: “Adorning the doctrine” is the opposite of God’s Word being blasphemed by the ungodly conduct of God’s people (see verse 5 and Rom. 2:23-24). But when God’s people put to practice the clear principles of God’s Word (whether it be older men, older women, younger women, younger men, slaves or any believers), then the doctrine of God is adorned. The word ADORN (kosmeo–Eng. word “cosmetics”) means to arrange, to put in order (Psalm 119:133–“Order my steps in Thy Word”). It is used of furnishing a room (Matt. 12:44) and of trimming lamps (Matt. 25:7).
07
Mar
2026
The Glories of Romans 8:28
The sons of God are under the sovereign watchcare of God (Ro. 8:28). “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
– For those who love God in Jesus Christ, this promise is one of the most precious and amazing promises in all of God’s Word. Just 13 simple words in Greek; 25 words in English, only two of which are more than one syllable, yet the teaching encompasses God’s plan of the ages and eternal election, God’s omniscience and omnipotence, God’s love, God’s redeemed people, and the earthly lives of every soul on earth. It is a companion to the teaching of Romans 5:3-5.
07
Mar
2026
Titus 1:12 – Epimenides’ Paradox: A Logical Discrepancy in Titus 1:12?
Problem: Paul was a well-educated man. He was trained by the highly respected Jewish teacher, Gamaliel (Acts 22:3; 5:34), and was knowledgeable not only in Jewish Scripture and literature, but also in classical Greek literature. While lecturing a group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers in Acts 17:22-34, Paul, in verse 28, quoted from Epimenides’ Cretica (“For in him we live and move and have our being”) and Aratus’ Phaenomena (“For we are also his offspring”), using these two pagan poets to make a point. In 1 Corinthians 15:33, Paul quoted from Menander’s comedy Thais (“Evil company corrupts good habits”). However, when Paul spoke to Titus concerning his mission on the island of Crete, some critics have suggested that the apostle committed a logical fallacy by quoting the Cretan poet Epimenides: “One of them, a prophet of their own, said, ‘Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.’ This testimony is true” (Titus 1:12-13a).
06
Mar
2026
Scientists Learn from Flies
Your eye is a miraculous system of individual parts, all of which work together to provide vision. Light must be collected, focused, interpreted and then translated into signals that are sent to the brain, where the information is further processed and turned into the images we see. For as much as we know, modern science still isn’t quite sure how the whole system works.
06
Mar
2026
2 Tim 3:8-9 – Who were Jannes and Jambres?
Problem: Paul refers to “Jannes and Jambres” who “opposed Moses” (2 Tim. 3:8). However, the OT never refers to either of these men. Who were they?
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05
Mar
2026
Nothing Else but Sin
If the leprous disease has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease.
(Leviticus 13:13)
05
Mar
2026
2 Tim 2:16-17 – Biblical Consistency and the Believer’s Treatment of False Teachers
Problem: If Christians are to be kind and loving to everyone (Luke 10:29-37), some question why 2 John 10-11 teaches, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine (‘the doctrine of Christ’—vs. 9), do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.”1 Also, why did Paul instruct Timothy to “shun profane and idle babblings” (2 Timothy 2:16; 1 Timothy 6:20-21)? Are Christians to shun those with whom we disagree, and even go so far as not to greet them or allow them into our homes?
04
Mar
2026
Restoring the Literal Interpretation of Prophecy
The literal, imminent return of Jesus Christ was the heart and soul of the fundamentalist movement of the turn of the 20th century (last part of the 1800s and first part of the 1900s).
04
Mar
2026
2 Tim 2:15 – Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
Problem: This verse of Scripture ought to be very meaningful to those of us who are accountable to the Chief Shepherd of the flock. God has committed unto us sixty-six infallible, inerrant Books which we are to faithfully study, allowing the truth of His Word to become part of the very fabric of our being. We are then to teach others also (2 Tim. 2:2). “My brethren, be not many masters (teachers), knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation (judgment)” (James 3:1). We are certainly not to take this awesome responsibility lightly.