Building on the Foundation

Updated: 4/1/2025 I'll just preface this article by saying that what one reader pointed out in the comments is true (mostly, as it regards authority in the congregation), and I'd recommend reading the post on Authority in the Church before you read this one. The leadership principles laid out in this post apply almost exclusively to the family structure rather than the congregation, since there is no hierarchy in the congregation. However, these principles are very valuable for leadership in the family structure, where there is a hierarchy. I was mistaken about that, and I tried to edit the areas where I mentioned authority on the congregation, but I might not have found all of them. That's why I recommend the article on church authority, because it will make it crystal clear that there is no hierarchy in the congregation. - KB  In modern Christianity, there is a fundamental misunderstanding surrounding the topic of leadership and authority, especially in the family, but i...

  We live in a world driven by pride, greed, and envy. A world focused on self and advancing oneself. “You need more!” society exclaims. More money, more power, more toys, more fame… whatever someone else might have that you don’t. Power, wealth, and fame are status symbols in this society. The more of them you have, the more important you are. If you have these things, other people will look up to you and think you’re someone special. But this isn’t the view of Almighty God! In the eyes of our Creator, one’s wealth, power, and social status have no bearing on his or her value. All are equal under God’s law, from the President of the United States to the homeless woman sleeping on the park bench. No one’s social status will matter when standing before the judgment seat of God. True Value Speaking through Moses, God commanded the Israelite judges, “You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man's presence,...

We have two Psalms left in this series, but that's not the end of our journey through the Psalms. We have another one hundred and forty two psalms to go once we finish with these first eight, and I fully intend to make it through them all by the time I finish. As I said in my first post on the Psalms, the Psalms are some of my favorite writings in the Bible. They are full of prophecy, poetry, pain, courage, worship, and love, with many of them being written by a man who God said was a man after His own heart. A man who loved God with everything he had and followed Him clear to the end because of that utter devotion. We are blessed that God preserved his writings for us today because there is much that we need to learn from them. I'm under no illusion that I am bringing you everything contained in these Psalms, but perhaps there will be one thing that you did not see before that is brought to light by my thoughts.  The seventh Psalm nicely corresponds to the first day of the Fea...

Prologue Me: Do you think this post will help people understand the issues with feminism and how it ties in with Satan worship and communism?  B: It depends on who's reading it. Feminists either won't read it, or will say you don't understand true feminism, or will claim those quotes don't represent most feminists, or will make some other excuse, as usual. People who already disagree with feminism should find value in it. That's my opinion, anyway. I think it's pretty clear how feminism ties in with communism and Satanism, though. Especially when you have their own quotes. Me: I guess I'm hoping that, like with any cult, a lot of them didn't do any study for themselves and just heard something that sounded good and followed it without knowing the truth about it. They are my target.  B: Well, you never know. It's God who opens people's eyes, not us. All we can do is speak the Truth . Where It Begins How does one begin to write about the history of...