Tag Archives: hope

Denethor’s Palantir

Posted on 1 March, 2013 by Jon Gleason

In 1989, Dilbert gave us “generic news.” The news rarely really changes, yet we spend our days and hours constantly looking into “Denethor’s palantir.” Continue reading →

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Rightly Using I Peter 3:15 — “Be Ready Always” — Part Five

Posted on 14 February, 2013 by Jon Gleason

When you “believe in something,” when you are a man of courage and integrity, people will know it. They will know you have something real, something solid, something they don’t have…. Continue reading →

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Homosexual Rights and Reorientation Therapy

Posted on 2 February, 2013 by Jon Gleason

The homosexual rights agenda isn’t about freedom and rights at all, and the despair of those who want out is a sacrifice offered on the altar of the validation agenda. Continue reading →

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On Grief

Posted on 13 October, 2012 by Jon Gleason

When we live the Christian life as the Bible teaches, we accept (and even embrace) grief as a teacher, but it will not rule us, for our God is the God of all comfort. Continue reading →

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Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part three)

Posted on 12 September, 2011 by Jon Gleason

Yet the truth of our Lord’s Second Coming is not just a glorious truth. It is also a motivational truth. It is a truth that should motivate us to live aright even now. Let us consider passages from Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. Continue reading →

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Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part two)

Posted on 5 September, 2011 by Jon Gleason

Yet the truth of our Lord’s Second Coming is not just a glorious truth. It is also a motivational truth. It is a truth that should motivate us to live aright even now. In fact, this promise of our Lord’s Second Coming is employed as a principle of motivation at least once in every book of the New Testament except Galatians, Philemon, 2 John, and 3 John. Let us consider such passages from Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, and 2 Corinthians. Continue reading →

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Motivated by the Promise of His Coming (part one)

Posted on 29 August, 2011 by Jon Gleason

Yet the truth of our Lord’s Second Coming is not just a glorious truth. It is also a motivational truth. Continue reading →

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