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“He who hates, disguises it with his lips, and lays up deceit within himself; when he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.” (Proverb 26:24-26) It is a sad fact that satan, the enemy of God and of human souls, is often successful at causing people to do things to one another that ends up with one person hating another. Sometimes the person h

“Do not eat the bread of a miser, nor desire his delicacies; for as he thinks in his heart, so is he. ‘Eat and drink!’ he says to you, but his heart is not with you. The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, and waste your pleasant words.” (Proverb 23:6-8) Before we even begin to break down this Proverb let me point out that some who read what I have to write will cry out stridently, “This is judgment and judgement is bad!” Ignore them. These are fools (since they don’t r

I was discussing a popular book with someone recently. The book is an allegory, which means that it is “an expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; a symbolic representation” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). The book addressed spiritual ideas and issues symbolically. Because of this it did not attempt to present Biblical ideas in a strictly Biblical way. My friend cautioned me and others to be wary of the b

I was reading the paper the other day and happened across this cartoon. Beetle Bailey rarely posts anything controversial or anything in support or against any political stances or religious concerns, so this caught my eye. It immediately reminded me of a true story about a congregation in a large city quite a few years ago. The ministers of this congregation would meet once a week to pray. They were all relatively young men and had formal ministry education. They truly were