Did you know that crises is the plural of the word crisis... ever have more than one crisis in a year... maybe even in one  month....?  That is what changes the word crisis  to the word crises?   There were times in my life when we seemed to have that  plural version happening weekly!     :)

God really does have a predetermined plan... for all of us...part of that plan is what I have been calling recently...  the end of the world as we know it...  that world ...  as we know it.. comes to an end.... when the things we  believe  God is going to do for us... even predict  God is going to do for us...in fact  do not happen.....  every follower of Jesus needs  to get there...

Amazing what theologians  can do to mess up our understanding of things... we love to have experts   who tell us how to live... to have  Kings to rule over us and tell us what to do... theologians to explain to us the Holy  Word of God... because us... "the Idios " (the uneducated ones - the laity) must always have someone who is educated.... the Clerics....

 Yesterday I said I would say more about:     " ....how we have taken

"To write or not to write... that is the question...? "   Always pretty easy for the old fella to answer... He just sits down and starts writing.   :)

It really is pretty simple... not some complicated process..... why he does this... on the other hand ... is a little more complicated.... so tell us.... why does he do this.... why does  he write?

There are no "get out of jail...FREE"  cards in life... as much as we  in the Christian Community like to  preach that... along with preaching our other favorite... that prisons are only places to learn  our lessons and then escape  from ...  the purpose of being placed in a prison is not to escape from it...

I need to say some things about what it is like to be in prison.... from personal experience.... since...  I have been arrested... oh.... about a half dozen times, I guess... we all will get there ... some day... maybe you are already there... or if you have been around long enough (like somebody I know very well)....    :)     then you may have been there several times ... like me....

 But you don't understand,  Philip..... I am in the Ministry.... I am a Pastor... I am a Missionary... I am serving God.... God always does what we ask Him to do... we are standing on His promises... and God always answers  our prayers... hmmmm.... well.. that is true... He does answer... eventually... but not always the way we think He should or have asked him to... so.... maybe... we should just ask Dietrich about that...

First came the age of enlightenment... we all became so smart ... now we know everything... so .... that enabled us to move on... and we entered into our present age... the age of entitlement... I am so smart ... that I now know I am entitled to everything... you owe me... my wife  owes me.... the government owes me...

About 40 years ago... I prayed that God would heal a young 15 year old man with leukemia... he died.