By Elizabeth Prata
I discuss Psalm 115 using Charles Spurgeon’s commentary, The Treasury of David. I focus on the Psalm’s theme of God’s glory versus heathen idols. The Psalm underscores a fervent plea for God to receive glory amidst hardship. Modern idolatry can encompass things like money, social media, and a host of other personal idols. They all detract from God’s glory. I urge reflection on true devotion.
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Reflecting on two shipwrecks—the brutal chaos of the Medusa in 1816 and the unity aboard Shackleton’s Endurance in 1915—this post contrasts human nature under pressure. Where the Medusa revealed the depths of selfishness and disorder, the Endurance showed the power of leadership, sacrifice, and teamwork. The comparison invites a deeper look at how faith, morality, and love for others shape our responses in crisis.
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In a time of heightened emotion and spiritual activity—such as the Asbury Revival and recent cultural flashpoints like the Charlie Kirk memorial—Christians are often stirred to act. But is all zeal for God genuine? Drawing on Scripture, historical revivals, and the powerful preaching of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, this essay explores the critical distinction between true zeal rooted in knowledge and false zeal fueled by emotionalism, activity, or crowd-driven momentum.
By Elizabeth Prata
I like to get to work about a half hour early. There are many reasons for this. A practical reason is that I have the first duty at opening bell, and then I go right into teaching small groups. I need a few minutes to prepare the room and my materials.
I also enjoy seeing the school ‘wake up’. There are only a few people there when I arrive. Someone is in the front office manning the phones, but I go in by the back. I greet the lone custodian who comes in half an hour before I do, and we chat a moment. She is a Christian lady and we usually take time to pause and praise the Savior. The lunch ladies scuttling around in the kitchen, banging pots and opening oven doors, making breakfast ready for the kids who enter beginning at 7:10am.
The school’s lights are on in the cafeteria and on the other side of the building in the office but in between it’s dark, quiet, and calm. As more staff trickle in the school wakes up. It almost feels like an organism opening one eye, then the other, then stretching, then rising, then bounding over the meadows.
I enjoy watching the day wake up too. I admire the School District’s handling of money and how they maintain the campuses. Our school has a lower elementary with 3 playgrounds, an upper elementary with some raised gardens, the Board Office next to that, and the High school next to that, with numerous fields and outbuildings. Behind it all is the PreK school and the transportation garage with many buses starting up. All these are all well maintained.
So when I arrive I pause to see the floodlights streaming over the fields, the distant whistle at the high school as the football team practices, the transportation garage idling buses, the cut grass and rolling fields around the track.
But then I look up. It’s my favorite part. I see Orion constellation beaming down his starlight. He is embedded in a velvet blanket of purple as the sky begins to slightly lighten. It’s the gloaming time when as Yeats says, “The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light”. The moon is a crescent fingernail and just off the tip of the pointy edge, is bright Venus.
As I arrive each day I notice that Orion is moving to the right, to the east and rising higher. The planets in their courses revolve on the plane of the ecliptic. I marvel that God placed them there, hung them all on nothing. What a God we serve.
Pause in your day and look up. Look around. Find something to rejoice in. Discover what can be praised to the Lord. A towering evergreen you pass each day? A puffy cloud that looks like a mountain of sheep? The blue sky dazzling bright? A family of foxes scampering over the field? Dew glistening on the early morning grass? Hoar-frost on the fence?
By Elizabeth Prata
I discuss Alisa Childers’ shift toward engaging with false teachers to reach the lost. While some support this view, I warn against the dangers of false teachers, asserting they corrupt faith and lead believers astray. I emphasize the importance of avoiding such influences, offering evidences of biblical warnings regarding sin and temptation.
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In this post, I discuss the importance of maintaining theological integrity and not compromising the Gospel despite cultural moments that seem to indicate a softening or readiness for the Gospel. I critique Alisa Childers’ self-announced shift towards softening her stance on not associating with false teachers and indicating she may now do so in the future, if asked. I state that this undermines credibility and dilutes the message of Christ. We need clear separation from falsehood in ministry.
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The post reflects on the recent loss of notable Christian leaders, prompting questions about God’s purpose. While experiencing grief, the author emphasizes the importance of home ministry and discipleship beyond even public ministry. Encouragement in reminding readers of God’s sovereignty and the significance of every believer’s role in spreading light in the world.
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The NatGeo documentary “Endurance” employed AI voice cloning to recreate the voices of Ernest Shackleton and his crew from historical recordings and written diaries. While reanimating voices or likenesses has potential benefits, like aiding those who lost their voices, it also poses risks of misuse, including fraud and discrediting individuals, demanding vigilance and regulation. It is called ‘digital necromancy’ and necromancy is biblically forbidden. This article explores the ethical and theological issues of digital necromancy.
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At an event broadcast worldwide recently, numerous speakers were said to have given the Gospel to the attendees and remote hearers by video. We rejoice when so many hear the Gospel. We pray after these events that seeds will take root and break stony hearts into soft, loving, faithful hearts.
Some presentations of the Gospel were given more eloquently and some less eloquently. A few contained most of the elements of the Gospel and some contained less. So, what are the elements of the Gospel? What is necessary for the unsaved to hear in order for the gospel message to do its work?
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In this thoughtful and sobering reflection, I examine the spiritual implications of blending politics with ecumenical religion. Drawing historical parallels to past movements like the Moral Majority, I question whether the current surge of enthusiasm is rooted in biblical faith or emotional nationalism. With contributions from voices like Pastor Don Green and Jess at “Anchor for the Soul,” the piece warns of the dangers of Christian Nationalism, theological compromise, and spiritual confusion in emotionally charged moments. Readers are called to rejoice when the Gospel is preached, yet test all things by Scripture.
This is not a critique of mourning or conviction—it is a call to clarity. Revival is not measured by crowds, political energy, or emotional response, but by repentance, obedience, and fruit that remains.
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