Lookahead:  Well, I think that when we are talking about the Kingdom of Heaven, we can throw out all worldly frames of reference.  To realize our full potential in the Kingdom, we have to surrender more and more of our authority and control to God.  Plus forget about promotion. Demotion is actually the end game … Continue reading Kingdom Post #20 – KO Hiring and Career Advancement

Lookahead:  Strudwick’s book, entitled Spiritual Evolution, talks about his journey from New Ager to Follower of Jesus—and includes the results of a thorough, cross-generational/geographic investigative study of the New Age gods.  Results:  he believes that every New Age god he researched tracks back to the false gods that were revealed in the Old Testament!!  For … Continue reading Kingdom Post #19 – Demonic Org Chart

Lookahead: During the sermon, it came back to me that Dr. Graham had written a book about angels (Angels: God’s Secret Agents).  I had seen it on people’s bookshelves in the past, in fact.  But never cracked the book open, thinking that he might take a more conservative approach that would steer us away from … Continue reading Kingdom Post #18 – Angelic Org Chart

Lookahead:  I’m not trying to have a laugh at the former Vice President’s expense.  And I’m sure that a politician who was able to pragmatically reframe all the partisan backstabbing, forgave SNL long ago if/as necessary. During COVID I became much more deliberate about studying the Word, to the extent that I'm currently attending three … Continue reading Kingdom Post #17 – Wrapping Up KO Topic

Lookahead: (According to her daughter, who spoke up a few years later) “Mom did whatever he told her to do” with the abusive behavior described as including "a lot of name calling, yelling, putting her down, a lot of control over her…” When she tried to get out of the marriage, the husband begged for … Continue reading Kingdom Post #16 – New Millenial Slave Mentality

As wonderfully revealed in the Prisoners of Hope documentary, the prisoners also fought back spiritually.  Using the tap code, they shared their faith, prayed together, studied scripture, and learned the Word.  When the POW conditions eventually began to improve in 1970, Colonel Bud Day obtained permission to conduct a Prayer Service in a common area … Continue reading Kingdom Post #15 – KO Characteristics NOT