Are You Afraid of Jesus?

In 2010, a man named Barry Glassner published a book entitled The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things. While I cannot endorse all his ideas, I agree with his view that people and organizations (like politicians, advocacy groups, the marketing/advertising industry, and news outlets, including weather reporting) manipulate our perceptions…

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Coming to Grips with the Fear of the LORD

The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. Psalm 36:1 The psalmist indicated his own insight as to why there was so much wickedness. They sense no fear because of their sin. They are part of those who say in their hearts “there is…

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Do These Thoughts Make You Fear?

Don Johnson Sometimes concepts seem to come together for me all of a sudden. I may be studying one subject, a book of the Bible, say, for a series of messages and at the same time reading another book for personal interest or some other study project. In company with this comes some life experience…

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