Category Archives: Families

Some Divine Truths Can Only Be Illustrated by Human Absurdity

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Paul Harris

I’ll give you an example of this: David’s overwhelming love for Absalom which leads to his open rebellion, eventually hanging by his hair/head plucked from his running horse by a tree branch, and pierced through with many arrows, illustrates God’s … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Blog

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Paul Harris

I searched in vain for the sermon of bygone years where I said we really shouldn’t be too critical of the 1969 invented holiday of Kwanzaa since our American Christmas – the cards, the tree, Santa, and the snow-covered landscape … Continue reading →

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What the Devil?

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Paul Harris

From the above expression of surprise or annoyance, to ‘speak of the devil’, to ‘between the devil and the deep blue sea’, to ‘the devil made me do it’, and more, the devil gets a lot of airtime. Below was … Continue reading →

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State of the Arts

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Paul Harris

I don’t know whether or not to recommend State of the Arts, a 1991 book by Gene Veith. I’m not an artist. I appreciate art, but his book exposes the limited validity of thinking “I know what I like” is … Continue reading →

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Is Lust Sin or Not?

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Paul Harris

Rome would say it’s the tinder for sin, but not sin in and of itself, so go ahead and book a cruise on the Lust Boat. No harm; no foul, right? Wrong. It is sin, but then we have the … Continue reading →

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Fear This?

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Paul Harris
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The Word, The Word, The Word

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Paul Harris

In General Douglas MacArthur’s retirement speech before the West Point corps of cadets on May 12, 1962 he famously ended with these words: “Today marks my final roll call with you. But I want you to know that when I cross the … Continue reading →

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You just Thought the Plastic Raft in the Pacific was Bad

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Paul Harris
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Reconnect the 6th and 7th Petitions

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Paul Harris

The Pope made quite a stir when in 2019 he deemed, dared to, correct the Lord who said, “When you pray say…Lead us not into temptation” into “Do not let us fall into temptation”. I have preached a lot on the Lord’s … Continue reading →

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This Seems Just Plain Wrong

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Paul Harris

Go here to view the age of consent for sexual relations in 1880 America, and prepare to be shocked: https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/primary-sources/24.html . I first found this out from Marvin Olasky’s 2023 book The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History, 1652–2022. … Continue reading →

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