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When I think of the “righteousness of God”, I have always thought of his moral character.  The term has meant, to me, that God is pure, holy and upright.  In other words, he does not lie, watch pornography or eat sweets after 9 PM.  My goal has been to...

Dear friends of TPP, The last few months, amidst Covid confusion and societal conflict, we have seen a great need for the things that Jesus calls us to. There are three things our country needs right now that Jesus encourages: We need dialogue.   Our society...

You may not like what he says, but you have to admire the courage he shows in his new film PLANET OF THE HUMANS, (found on youtube)  I summarize this film with 4 assertions, 2 of which will make a lot of people very mad.... Let me summarize with these 4 assertions....

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo mentioned that New York is experiencing some relief from the covid pandemic, as the latest numbers show that New Yorkers are flattening the curve. He explained this good medical news in an interesting way on Monday April 13th, saying “God...

Spiritual power When we think of power, we naturally associate that power with some physical object.  We might suggest that a person is powerful when they are able to “pull strings”, that a machine is powerful when it is able to “lift heavy objects”, or that a...

THE GIVER OF LIFE When we think of great power we tend to think of the ability to do things we can do, but to do them better, faster or quicker. This is often how we think of God’s power.  He can do the things I do, but he does them with greater power!!  He...

He has the power … The Christian experience is to be an experience of power.  God’s desire is that our lives would not be boring or dull, and that walking with him would be a place where we encounter regular demonstrations and experiences of his power.  This...

Hope is something we receive This past weekend Rob Ryerson, at Eastern Hills, said “Hope is not something we achieve it is something we receive.”  I like that.  I need that.  I need to be reminded that Christ is ready to give me hope and that I can...

It is one of those verses that God put in the Scriptures specifically to drive engineers mad.  Those of us who pride ourselves in following directions, doing things right, and solving problems… have a real challenge with these words. Maybe you do to… The words I...

The current atmosphere has given me an opportunity to take a deeper look inside of my heart, as I talked about in my previous post.  In that post, I concluded and admitted to you that a part of me hates to trust God. It is not that I don’t love and strive to obey Him;...