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WHO RIGHTLY OWNS THE LAND KNOWN AS “ISRAEL”? Yahweh, the Most High God, said to Israel, “The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with Me.” (Lev 25:23). This episode discusses the land and the people known as Israel, and the complicated relationship between Muslims and those so-called “Palestinians.”

Real love & leadership has no strings attached (is not this-for-that). Loving and leading this way (God’s way…) means wanting more FOR those we lead, and expecting less FROM them. That said, a healthy & balanced relationship requires love going both ways. (Jesus loved us; He said, “If you love Me, keep My commandments”) Also, real love brings accountability— “don’t expect what you don’t inspect.” I offer this as one guilty many years of “loving” only to be loved back (…my needy, love-me-back kind of love resulted in the opposite of what I wanted).

God has a plan and purpose for our suffering and weakness. He calls us to partner with Him by faith. This episode discusses Paul’s “thorn in the flesh”, Satan’s role in human suffering, and the challenges of finding our strength and identity in Christ vs. our own.

False apostles snuck into the church—in their “stolen valor”, left un-checked by those who should have known better, they selfishly took advantage of believers in Corinth. However, one’s capacity for suffering is a great character-reveal. Paul’s resume’ (his afflictions, one trial after another for the gospel of Christ) validated his apostolic authority. While he’d rather lead with love and trust vs. referring his God-given position, it was time to talk some sense into this church duped by the lies of imposters bent on devouring the church.

Sharing to challenge Christ-followers to broaden their aperture when it comes to investigating the topic of extraterrestrials and the supernatural in general. The fact is the church has not always done a good job discussing issues like extraterrestrials, UFOs, and the paranormal (aliens, ghosts, big-foot, moth-man, etc.). Yes, we do well to filter what we see and hear by the Scriptures and Holy Spirit discernment, but many of us have presuppositions & paradigms that are not Biblically accurate, nor Spirit led. The inclination is to write these kinds of things off as “demons” when we really have little knowledge of what or who demons are. And we tend to limit our knowledge of rebellion to Adam, Eve, and Satan in the garden, when we are given clues in the Scriptures and elsewhere of several rebellions on behalf of both humans and heavenly entities.

Beware of wolves in sheep’s clothing! Some will come into our lives & churches, eloquent in speech, credentialed, good looking; claiming to be someone/something they aren’t. Their intent is to get, take, and mislead us. These are (like Satan) leeches…deceitful, spiritual vampires, sucking the life and resources out of us. We need God’s Word and Holy Spirit discernment to know the difference between those who look good and those who are good.