Posts by Don Johnson
Hear and Learn and Fear: It’s Bible-reading Schedule Time
[Editor’s note: this article is produced by AI from a transcript of a sermon preached Dec 28, 2025. More information and links to Bible-reading schedules appear at the end of the article.] The third time the Bible refers to “reading” is in Deuteronomy 31.9-13, a passage that reveals God’s purpose for his people regularly reading…
Read MoreChristmas Lights – an enduring symbol of Christian truth
This evening my wife and I visited the BC Forest Discovery Centre with our three-year-old grandson and his family. If you follow the link, you will see that they are featuring “The Christmas Express,” a ride on their old logging train around the Discovery Centre’s property.1 Our grandson loves trains and the evening was a…
Read MoreAI ‘Griefbots’ Resurrect Dead Loved Ones — Healthy or Harmful? | MedScape
Justin Harrison’s mother passed away in 2022, but he still speaks with her every week. While his mother was still alive, Harrison recreated her virtually using generative artificial intelligence (AI) trained on videos, audio recordings, text messages, and basic information about her. This virtual persona, or “versona,” interacts with him and speaks much in the…
Read MoreBible Memorization by Phone
One of the most important things Christians can do is commune with God through the Word of God, the Bible. We constantly make this an emphasis in our church, handing out Bible reading schedules in late December every year and regularly mentioning it in the preaching. When you are in the habit of faithfully reading…
Read MoreDo I have to Love THAT GUY at Church?
Do you love everyone in your church? It seems that many churches tend to reflect certain commonalities depending on the demographics and social and economic classes of their location. Most people are alike socially, economically, educationally and racially. Some of that is just natural because we live in communities that are relatively homogenous in these…
Read MoreTeach Us to Pray
“Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1b). The disciples voice an often heartfelt sentiment of Christians everywhere. Who among us really feels that we understand and practice prayer as God intended? Who among us would say, “I’m confident that my prayer life is more than adequate”? No mature believer…
Read MoreCreated for Good Works
Understanding Our Purpose in Salvation When we talk about salvation by grace alone, we’re echoing what the Bible itself emphasizes with tremendous force. Ephesians 2:8-10 contains some of the most important verses teaching this doctrine: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.…
Read MoreThe Great Feminization | CompactMag.Com
In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world. The author, writing under the pseudonym “J. Stone,” argued that the day Larry Summers resigned as president of Harvard University marked a turning point in our culture. The entire “woke” era could be extrapolated from…
Read MoreWhy are fewer young people identifying as trans? | Unherd
A surprising shift is taking place in the gender and sexual identities of young Americans. Data from my new Centre for Heterodox Social Science report, “The Decline of Trans and Queer Identity among Young Americans”, shows that since 2023 both trans and queer identification have dropped sharply within Generation Z. Source: Why are fewer young people…
Read MoreRemember NOW Your Creator
One admonition of The Preacher is this, “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.” The best time to remember one’s Creator is when your days are young and the sun still…
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