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October 14, 2020October 14, 2021

Stinking in the Sight of Pharaoh

They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; and they said to them, “The Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”
(Exodus 5:20-21) ESV

Bible study is our meat and potatoes at Matty’s Paradigm, it’s what we do. Daily Bible reading is also really important and many of our insights have come from simply following a routine.

October 12, 2020April 7, 2022

An Epidemic of Despair

Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
(2 Thessalonians 2:3-4) NKJV

Something startling is happening to middle-aged white Americans. Unlike every other age, racial and ethnic group, unlike their counterparts in other rich countries, death rates in this group have been rising, not falling.

October 4, 2020October 9, 2021

I’m Not a Scientist…

O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge— by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith.
(1 Timothy 6:20-21) NKJV

“I’m not a scientist…” is the response that we (that’s me and the Holy spirit) used to get whenever we tried to talk with a Pastor about science. It precedes an admission of ignorance.

September 30, 2020September 30, 2021

The Times of Refreshing

Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
(Acts 3:19) NKJV

The Bible tells us that, at some time in the future, the entire surface of the Earth will be flattened out, Jerusalem will be lifted up, and a river will issue forth from the summit of a mountain that fills the whole earth.

September 30, 2020September 11, 2021

Ichabod

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
(1 Samuel 4:21) KJV

We, me and the Holy spirit, have been working on this material since 1999. During this time, for whatever reason we’re not sure, we’ve been involved with a variety of churches which were in decline.

September 29, 2020September 29, 2021

Christian Atheists

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
(Galatians 6:7) NKJV

A competing strategy to the dogmatic Evangelical, which arose in response to the rise of popular science (SciPop) and its sidekick textual criticism, is the Christian Atheist.

September 28, 2020September 20, 2021

Restricted Speech

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
(1 Timothy 2:11-12) KJV

They didn’t have a Constitution or a First Amendment in Paul’s day, but it looks like the New Testament is unconstitutional. That’s ironic given that many Evangelicals are gun-toting advocates of the Second Amendment.

September 28, 2020December 25, 2020

Foundation vs. Structure

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 3:10-11) KJV

Here’s an interesting question for you about church doctrine: what’s the Church’s foundation, and what’s the structure?

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020

Church Custodian

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
(Psalms 84:10) NKJV

In September 1999, thinking that we were called to full-time Christian service we took a job as custodian of a large Presbyterian church. It was very disappointing as we met more and more people who knew nothing about the Bible, just how to play church.

September 19, 2020October 2, 2021

No You Can’t

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
(1 Peter 2:15-17) NKJV

Some would answer NO, you can’t be redeemed and be gay. We Christians are botching our outreach to the LGBTQIA+ community so badly that many people think that we’re mean, hateful people.