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Women’s Roles and Misleading Bible Translations

FB Introduction The 2026 Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Annual Meeting took place June 7-10 in the Orlando Convention Center, preceded by the SBC Pastor’s Conference on June 7-8. A ban voted for in each of the last three annual meetings was strengthened by an...

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Judgment – By God or Man?

In reading my title, most folks likely thought to themselves, “God, of course!” Really? As humans, with our incredibly strong inclination to be self-enthroned egoists, we attempt to assume many roles of the Almighty. Sitting in the judgment seat judging ourselves and...

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A Line That Cannot Be Walked

Introduction We have all watched highwire artists walking some type of tightrope, an act that causes our nervous system to shout, “Danger!” Most of us will never attempt such a daring act and the very thought of it puts our anxiety level on high alert. But there is...

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Trust and Obey – or Obey and Trust? Part Two

Trust and Obey – or Obey and Trust? Part Two

A Sad Late Addition After writing what is now called Part One of this article, something much more current popped into my mind (and heart). Reading again that little adage regarding acting yourself into a better way of thinking rather than vice versa jogged my memory...

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Trust and Obey – or Obey and Trust? Part One

The old hymn has a popular stanza that puts it this way: “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way, to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.” It is obvious, of course, that the more we trust, the more likely we are to obey. But I definitely disagree with the...

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Why I Don’t Vote

Although I don’t mention it often, I have mentioned publicly a number of times through the years that I don’t vote. I recently received a letter from a good friend who has a hard time with me over my position and urged me to rethink it. I promised him and others on a...

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Agree on Everything? by Jonathan Lichtenwalter

As I have written elsewhere, I believe scripture is best viewed as a guide that leads us Christ, rather than as a rulebook to be uncritically applied to any and every context. I also am convinced that even the best of Christian traditions is full of failures and...

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I taught a class this morning via Zoom to students in the Asia Pacific Leadership Academy, a program I had the privilege of helping start nearly twenty years ago. Rolan Monje is now the very capable leader of the APLA program. He is an outstanding teacher and author, and a very special friend. The class began at 8pm Manila time, which meant I started teaching at 7am my time in Texas. Rolan said that 105 were engaged on Zoom for the teaching and over 1700 on Facebook live. Thankful. Every time I teach now, in person or on the internet, I start off with a question in my mind about whether my age (83) is catching up with me. It is physically for sure, with balance issues and weakness in my legs. I can stand and teach one regular length class for an hour, but anything longer than that would require a stool to sit on. When we started APLA almost two decades ago, I could stand and teach all day for many days in a row. Time marches on, with consequences. I worry most about how I am doing mentally, whether I have memory issues. I do have more trouble remembering names and terms at times, but thankfully nothing has evidently affected my teaching. Rolan summed up my teaching today with this comment: “all vintage Gordon.” Encouraging. My prayer list contains a growing number of friends who have some type of dementia. We older folks worry about that malady, trust me. Regarding my physical health, my recent annual cancer scan, four years after my cancer went into remission, was clear. So thankful. My prayer list includes over thirty who are presently fighting cancer. As I pray for many people with many maladies, I often wonder why I’ve lived this long and this well. I know all of the pat answers to that question, but only one answer is certain – OGK (only God knows). I just felt like rambling a bit today after having such a wonderful beginning to my day, spent in the cyberspace presence of my old and precious friends in Asia. God has been good to me. So thankful. ... See MoreSee Less
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Toney Mulhollan, owner of Illumination Publishers, asked me to post this reminder again. He especially was concerned that my book on Paul, one of my longest, has not sold well -- and yet he considers it one of my best!Seven days left on the 50% off of selected Gordon Ferguson Books and all his Kindle titlesAll of Gordon's Kindle versions are 50% for the next seven days! As well as the six books below. That is 16 KINDLE titles and they are $4.99 each. Now is the time to get all his books on KINDLE. Click here to go straight to the KINDLE VERSIONS.Don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions or request (And yes I will answer the phone). Toney Mulhollan, (toneyipibooks@mac.com or call me at 832-512-8235). ... See MoreSee Less
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