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Thought from my first post –

Jesus interrupts our thinking that life is burdensome or ordinary.

Every moment has the possibility for a miraculous interruption of interaction in the will of God.

Life Interrupts Life – August 6, 2013

Follow Me.

Thought 10 years later: Twitter is now brand X – Facebook is now Meta – JESUS IS still ONE with GOD!

Series of thoughts about EMPIRE

We live in a FALLEN world where Christ followers are aliens (not truly citizens) in FALLEN EMPIRES.
Roger@TalkofJesus.com – 21 August in the year of our Lord 2023

The lessons of history and specifically Scripture sound the trumpet of warning in these last days. Is the United States of America any less likely to fall than the EMPIRE of Rome know to JESUS?

EMPIRE Fallen; Church Divided traces the beginnings of CHURCH HISTORY as related to historical events also linked to Christian faith.

The concept of the Falling CHURCH has been food for thought since my early posts. Here is a quote from an early series RE-Posted as a Summer Rerun in A.D. 2021:

8 August, 2013 A.D. – This time in history.

Genesis 1:2a King James Version – And the earth was without form, and void…

Creation, mankind, nations, the church, families and individuals ALL have a history.

“Most history is untold and unknown to most.
Roger@TalkofJesus.com – Thought from a 3 min. introduction to a 3-part series EMPIRE Fallen; Church Divided

Roger writes for Christian believers

false – for it is intolerant of Christ and Scripture

GOD Allows Violence

“Sin against God Almighty will be judged. Sin of false prophets will be judged. Sin of godless religious and national leaders will be judged. Sin of godless men will be judged. – August 17, 2013 AD

Paul and his Christian brothers write to the churches. They are not claiming to write to everyone in Galatia or Corinth or EVERYONE anywhere else in the idol-worshiping gentile world. Is that OUR approach?

Isn’t it nice to watch some preacher online (or on T.V.) and conveniently claim to the culture that you are ‘a christian?” ARE YOU? Simply because YOU watched some christian preacher saying graceful things?

But Not ALL Preaching is Scripturally motivated
Distinction between the Kingdom and the Church of Christ – 9/24/2022 AD

ONLY Scripture – Sola Scriptura

An ongoing thought & caution:

True of False Teaching?

a 2 minute read, BUT do my ‘christian’ ‘friends’ bother to HEAR Scripture & respond?

AGAIN, the challenge of 2013 remains among the challenges of A.D. 2023. What is true of false teaching? What source can you trust for TRUTH?

How is it that you can listen to false teachers for hours, yet will not READ your Bible even for minutes?
Do you believe the Bible? How will you know if your teacher is false?
Roger@TalkofJesus.com – August 13, 2013

Thoughts about gods and COUNTRY

And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
Luke 20:15 LSB – thought from JESUS

Don’t you just love all the DEBATE every four years trying to buy a NEW Caesar for the Palace?
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Roger has generally not take political sides nor does he avoid the debate as some of the arrogant leaders may spin their own outcomes.
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Supposing that WE THE PEOPLE elect our Caesar’s as Idols of our EMPIRE only to carry daggers of assassination into hate week debates of NEWSPEAK every four years.

#2024NoTrumpNoHarris
Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”
The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.” – Gospel of John 19:15 LSB
– YET the ‘christian’ right & ‘catholic’ ‘choice rights’ radically claim ‘religion without Christ’

The Unfaithful City

for the US election in the Common Era of 2014

JUSTICE is not only blind, but crippled by unrighteousness.
LAW is lost without AUTHORITY of GOD.
Roger@TalkofJesus.com – August 14, 2014 CE

FORGET POLITICS & RELIGION, CHRIST

IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC!

You may have heard of the Trinity before,

but it will not impact your faith until you receive the Holy Spirit.
Roger@talkofJesus.com – June 12, 2021 Doctrine – GOD IS HOLY

About Roger + some theological thoughts

Job 27:11

A ‘life verse’ from Job, a righteous man questioning Almighty God.

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain,
When God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry,
When trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty,
And call upon God at all times?
11 I will teach you concerning the hand of God;
That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Job 27:8-11 ASV

Many of His Disciples Left Him – John 6:66

updated TODAY – is this a post-Covid christian direction?

A man of too many friends comes to ruin,

But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24
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I have neither too many nor a friend closer than a brother.
For I have not been one to more than a few.

Lack of response by these here will verify the lonely truth of this. - RH
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more about Roger
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Written for this 'celebration' of my mortal life 3 years ago with some personal events and milestones available to ALL as one of my 1000+ posts written for my 'brothers & sisters' in Christ for 10 years. (I suppose not much has changed, but who really wants to hear what.)
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70 Years (or so)?

Thought of this celebration: Today I have reached the ‘or so.’

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August 21, 2023
Susan Boyle – Dreams can come true

The Unauthorized Biography by Alice Montgomery

Christian Biography – Review by Roger Harned

NOTE: As part of our focus on reviews of books for Christian Readers, I have made a commitment to post regular reviews in addition to the reviews of others on this site.

This book about Susan Boyle caught my attention because of her public witness for Jesus Christ by choice of her music in a hostile environment of secular television. Her gentle heart and tremendous talent now have the attention of millions.

Alice Montgomery catches the flavour of Susan’s meteoric sudden rise to fame after years of humble service and preparation. Here is a sampling of her story:

“It turned out that Susan, like so many single women, had become the primary carer for her mother Bridget, and Bridget’s death three years earlier had left a terrible gap in her life.”

Going back to age 25, the London Daily Mirror had discovered Susan singing “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

Later Susan would be sought after by the likes of Lloyd Webber and numerous others.

Montgomery details the adventure of Britain’s Got Talent and other shows that brought Susan into the public eye. Her biography also includes several color photos from Susan’s life and many stories from different eras of Susan Boyle’s most unusual life.

Montgomery points out many revealing facts like this one:

“The first issue Oprah tackled was the makeover nonsense, which had attracted such criticism from some quarters, as if a woman shouldn’t be allowed to make the best of what she had.”

Millions heard Susan’s performance of “Ave Maria” for the Pope.

One story of humility that touched me was this quote by Susan:

“’I was a cheeky little girl at home,’ Susan told the Sunday Times. ‘You had to fight your corner in a family the size of ours.’”

Her story is compelling, interesting, and in her own personal way, a witness of Christ and example to many insecure young women who just want to say: I dreamed a dream.

September 24, 2013
Bruce Atchison – Christian Author

We are pleased to welcome Christian author and blogger, Bruce Atchison. His Christian Social Witness could be a wake-up call for some of you who blindly follow false teachings.

Roger Harned

Bruce wrote on our Author Comments:

I gave my life to Christ in 1969 but nobody mentored me. Consequently, I lacked discernment skills. I joined a cultic house church in 1971 and learned what I thought were advanced truths. Now I know that those teachings were blasphemous. I wrote how the Lord set me free in How I Was Razed: A Journey from Cultism to Christianity. People need to know the real Jesus and the real gospel, not false gospels and false Christs.

From Bruce’s blog you will be interested to know:

Bruce Atchison is a legally-blind freelance writer and the author of 3 published memoirs. Bruce live in Radway, Alberta, Canada.

Deliverance from Jericho: Six Years in a Blind School is the story of Bruce Atchison, one such child. Shuttled between a dysfunctional family and an uncaring asylum, his feelings and experiences are related here in a candid fashion. Through his partially-sighted eyes, readers are given a glimpse beyond the manicured lawns and impressive facades into the daily life of Jericho Hill School for the Deaf and Blind.

September 24, 2013