God Centered Dad

 I recently watched a clip from an interview with a man in which he shared a part of his testimony which should serve as a warning to all of us. In this clip, he tells of his experience after an accident that he had in 1979 at which the paramedics proclaimed him as dead. They transported him to the hospital, and some time after he got there, he came back to life. This man was clinically dead for about 15 minutes, and he tells of what he experienced during that time. While he was dead, he had the opportunity to watch the harvest of souls from the earth and see them as they found out their eternal destiny. This man states that in those 15 minutes in 1979, there were 2000 souls that left the earth, and the vast majority of them were met with rejection from Heaven. Only 50 of 2000 people gained access to Heaven; only 2.5%.  That was in 1979, when there was still a significant Christian heritage in this country. We have since wandered far from God as a nation, and that occurs one...

  Christianity holds that God is the ultimate power and authority in this world, and even this universe. Christianity also holds that God is the God of Love, and an expression of that love is that He made a way for us to be with Him in eternity, but He will not force Himself upon us; the choice is ours to make. God created humanity for relationship with Him. As such, He has given us free will to exercise whether or not we want that relationship. God does not force His will on us, though He does want the best for us. It is on this basis that I want to look at Jesus' short time that was spent in Nazareth after His ministry began, and examine why it is that we read that He was unable to perform many miracles in their midst. Realizing that eye witness accounts seldom line up perfectly, and never should, let's look at this story through the eyes of both Mark and Luke at the same time. While Luke's account indicates that Jesus went directly to Nazareth after His baptism and tempt...

  It seems like the entire first world is preoccupied with reducing the 'carbon footprint' of the people who live in it; or at least the leaders who live extravagantly and who jet-set around the world in pursuit of this are preoccupied with reducing the footprint of the people who can least afford it. The truth is that the preoccupation with the earth is a form of religious worship, though few would agree with that statement, but please, hear me out. As Christians, is it not our belief that God is in charge of everything that happens? Is it not our belief that God designed this wonderful world for us to live in and enjoy, and that He designed it for all eras and for all people? I think that it is pompous to think that mankind can have any effect on the climate of this planet simply through the consumption of meat, for example. This is one of the more egregious things that the elites of this world wants to limit for us plebeians. The entire movement to curb our ...

  I have been engaging with people in discussions about God for decades. It began with conversations with coworkers and, with the advent of social media, those conversations moved online with strangers. A common argument that I have heard from unbelievers is that a loving God would not send His creation that He claims to love to Hell, so either God does not exist or He is not loving. Of course, in the hearts and minds of those who do believe in Him, neither of these is the case.  I am not sure if these two arguments are a reason for someone to not believe or simply a convenient excuse for their unbelief. I have long believed that the main reason that people choose not to believe in God is simply that they do not want to submit to someone outside of themselves. This is obviously not the case for those who are caught in the lies of other religions; they have just chosen to submit themselves to the demons who created the doctrines that those people have chosen to believe. I have ...

Canadian politics is currently a mess of political spin by the government and media parroting of the talking points. The current Liberal government, which is an almost exact replica of the Trudeau Liberal government, has run the economy of Canada into the ground over the last eleven years. We live in a nation where our strongest asset is our natural resources, but the Liberal mindset is to leave those resources in the ground forever. We do not have a strong manufacturing base in Canada, nor do we have much in the way of innovation; at least not like we used to.  All of the manufacturing companies and innovating businesses have been leaving Canada in favour of other places where their efforts are better rewarded. On top of this the agricultural industry is getting pounded with extra costs largely due to the push to keep our resources in the ground and to tax whatever is extracted into oblivion, driving up the costs to produce our food. I present the possibility, and even the like...

 I am going to be completely honest with you, this article is not what I originally wrote on this topic. When I wrote my first version of this article, I felt like I was writing under inspiration and it flowed out of me with fluidity. Unfortunately, thanks to the wonders of electronic writing, that article got lost to the black pit of the ether. While trying to recreate that which once was, I have felt like I have been writing under obligation rather than inspiration. That first article was so much better than this one. Alas, what has been cannot be undone, and as a result, we are all subjected to an inferior cogitation on a subject that deserves better. I have written previous articles talking about my aversion to and concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) and how much people are diving into it. This is a concern that will never go away and will likely only grow as time passes. Besides the ways in which people seem all too eager to give away their God-given responsibili...