It’s been a while since I have updated this blog. Sorry about that. Nancy and I have been busy. We traveled to Ft Wayne, Indiana, to keep the last day of Unleavened Bread with United Christian Ministries. We had a wonderful time with the folks up there. Their friendliness, warmth, and hospitality were superb! I gave a sermon out there on Law and Grace. It should be available on our website any day now. I hope you will check it out. The title is “Grace Plus Nothing Equals Salvation?”
In the sermon, I pointed out that it is understandable how a Christian can get confused on the exact time table of events of Passover in 1487 BC and of Passover in 31 AD. Not all issues of doctrine are easily proven as we sometimes see through a glass darkly. But there is perfect clarity on Scripture on Law and Grace! God makes this one easy for those who are led by His holy spirit.
At this time, I don’t understand the confusion on this subject that currently exists among some in the Church of God. And even among men who claim to have been ministers of Jesus Christ since the 1960s! Why is there a need to have all these conferences and meetings on the subject? Could it be that there are those who are attempting to subtly do away with the Sabbath and the annual high days? He that hath an ear let him hear. Dynamic Christian Ministries not only has my sermon on the subject of Law and Grace; we also have an article if you want to have something to print out.
We have also completed two new puppet shows that will soon appear on this website. If you have kids or grandkids, I hope you are giving them an opportunity to watch these shows. These shows would be a great addition to your local Sabbath school class. They would be a good alternative to some of the inappropriate kids’ programming out there on TV these days. We apologize for the current quality of sound. We are working to improve it. We think we got it fixed on our most recent show. And we hope to make all future shows better as well. One more thought: It is also our desire to develop Buckaroo Bob coloring books for little kids!
We are also adding our first piece of recorded music to the website. It is a song sung by my good friend, Scott Allen. It is a piece he wrote and recorded for his mom. I think you will find it uplifting. It’s really good stuff. The melody. The instruments. The vocals.
We are also working on new recordings for broadcasts.
In the news lately, there has been considerable publicity regarding a Fundamentalist Mormon group of West Texas having all their children taken away by the state of Texas. (It is not my place to comment on whether or not the state was justified in its actions.)
I just found out that there is another group having similar problems regarding accusations of polygamy and child molestation. And these people are Sabbath-keepers! (Normally, I would say they are Sabbath-keeping Church of God people, but I believe they do not like the word “church” and I believe they don’t like the word “God.”)
According to last Saturday’s front page of the Dallas Morning News, this group claims to keep all 613 laws of the Torah. This is impossible! No one can keep all 613 laws of the Torah. For example, you can’t keep any Torah law regarding the Temple because the Temple doesn’t exist. For this reason, Christians must do their best to figure out which of those laws are in effect and which aren’t.
Again, no one keeps ALL of these 613 laws. But, then again, there is no one who does not keep ANY of them. No matter what religion you are, you keep at least some of these laws! If you are an atheist, you keep at least some of these laws!
But let’s get back to the group that is mentioned in a recent Dallas Morning News. If you can believe the DMN, the women in that congregation must wear latex gloves when it is that time of month! I can’t imagine asking a woman to do that. How demeaning! How humiliating!
All of this discussion goes back to one of the basics of Christianity: God called you to bear fruit; He did NOT call you to be a nut!
The good news is that God’s people can think for themselves. But sometimes the bad news is that God’s people can think for themselves. We are free to worship God in the way that conscience dictates. This freedom requires us to act responsibly. God does not want us getting side-tracked into goofy beliefs and practices.
Christians! Bear fruit! Don’t act like nuts!
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