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Why this old battle again?
When someone first experiences the salvation of God from sin, there is great joy. Even the angels rejoice (Lk 15:10). Then the “honeymoon...
Rick LoPresti
Sep 18, 20196 min read
Hidden in the house
There are two responses to danger. We can hide or fight. We can hide in place or hide somewhere safer if we can move there. What...
Rick LoPresti
Sep 11, 20194 min read
Draw out the staves
When God spoke to Moses on Mt. Sinai, it was not just one encounter for the ten commandments. It was eight trips, and Moses received over...
Rick LoPresti
Aug 28, 20194 min read
Needs and feelings
Needs and feelings are two of the most popular words in the world. They sum up the self-centered bent that many people are on. People are...
Rick LoPresti
Aug 7, 20196 min read
The New England Primer
More people are getting college degrees than ever before, yet we have the most poorly educated society in many generations. How is that...
Rick LoPrestiIt is neither unconstitutional nor
Aug 3, 201910 min read
Dirty ashes
The law of Moses had three components – ceremonial, civil, and moral. The ceremonial laws had mostly to do with the rituals surrounding...
Rick LoPresti
Jul 17, 20195 min read
The darkness of atheism
Faith versus atheism is more than a difference in personal choices. It is a contest of light and darkness, truth and lies, and life and...
Rick LoPresti
Jul 7, 20193 min read
Don't add or take away
“There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. Therefore if I know not the...
Rick LoPresti
Jun 7, 20196 min read
Beware of infiltrators
The history of the nation of Israel in the Old Testament is a battle between faith in the one true God and idolatry. The teachers of...
Rick LoPresti
May 31, 20196 min read
The fruits of your labor
What is the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the word responsibility? For most people it is something negative. It is...
Rick LoPresti
May 5, 201920 min read
Toxic masculinity
Toxic masculinity has become a popular catch-phrase. Google searches for toxic masculinity have climbed steadily since May of 2016. Over...
Rick LoPresti
May 4, 201915 min read
Priority function
We live in a world of misplaced priorities. One of the greatest needs of society is a reordering of priorities. In the worlds of...
Rick LoPresti
Apr 19, 20197 min read
Righteous and blameless, but barren
To be called righteous by people is a compliment. To be called righteous in the Bible is better, because the Bible is the word of God....
Rick LoPresti
Apr 15, 20194 min read
Rivers of living water
Water is essential to life. It is 60% of the weight of the human body. Without it one day’s activity would raise our temperature 300...
Rick LoPresti
Apr 2, 20195 min read
Nothing too big or too small
On May 25, 1961 President John Kennedy announced plans to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. This was a very ambitious...
Rick LoPresti
Mar 25, 20194 min read
Why use the King James Version?
There are more interpretations of the Bible than ever. Some think this is a good thing. Others bemoan the departure from "tradition"....
Rick LoPresti
Mar 8, 201949 min read
When some is not good enough
“The good outweighs the bad” is a famous saying used to express acceptance of someone who has been less than hoped for but not an...
Rick LoPresti
Feb 24, 20194 min read
The man in the mirror
The Bible describes the word of God as mirror in which a man can see himself (1Cor 13:8-12, Jam 1:22-25). This is most often viewed as a...
Rick LoPresti
Feb 2, 20195 min read
From servants to sons
The critics of the Bible like to assert that one of the reasons the Bible is not a good book is because it promotes slavery. The opposite...
Rick LoPresti
Jan 25, 20198 min read
The dual nature of Jesus Christ
There is a term in the King James Bible used to describe God. It is the word Godhead. It appears in three verses – Acts 17:29, Romans...
Rick LoPresti
Dec 28, 201814 min read
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