Miscellaneous Ramblings — Page 13 of 27 — Semi-random musings, cogent analysis & pithy commentary on God, mankind, pop culture & politics

Lauren Daigle Survives Touching the
3rd Rail of Christendom & Pop Culture

By Steve Willis | 27 Dec 2018

The Back-Story The incredible platinum-selling singer Lauren Daigle has been a relatively recent phenomenon in the Christian music industry. Entering the public eye as a 2-season American Idol contestant, since 2015 she has received multiple Dove awards and Grammy nominations for her work. Recently, she has appeared on national TV shows including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight… Read More »

The Rest of the Story

By Steve Willis | 10 Nov 2018

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Introduction In May 1976, a nationally renowned news commentator named Paul Harvey began broadcasting a 5-minute-or-so syndicated show on ABC Radio Networks called “The Rest Of The Story.” In each episode, he would recount a carefully-researched story containing fascinating, obscure facts about a famous person or significant moment in history, never identifying that person or moment until the… Read More »

Ask & You Shall Receive #14:
How to Pray When Your Life is on the Line

By Steve Willis | 8 Aug 2018

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On June 23, 2013, our brother in Christ, Nik Wallenda, established a new world record by being the first person to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope (actually a wire cable) without a safety net or tether. We watched the whole event with a strange combination of great suspense and spiritual joy as history was… Read More »

Freed From Shame!

By Steve Willis | 7 Aug 2018

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I’ve touched on this topic in passing in several articles here at Miscellaneous Ramblings, but I felt this needed a more thorough treatment to establish the Scriptural foundation for my teachings on this. We’ll start with a quote from Romans: There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according… Read More »

Divine Prosperity: Heresy or What? #5:
What is Success?

By Steve Willis | 30 Jul 2018

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I felt led of the Spirit to clarify this term which is used both by those who accept and those who oppose the doctrine of divine prosperity, often with little precision in what is meant by it by either side. The pro-prosperity side tends to say that God is not the Author of failure and that God rewards… Read More »

Socialism in the Church

By Steve Willis | 18 Jun 2018

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There is an epidemic of class envy and socialist sentiments running around the Church of late and, frankly, it is a shame and reproach upon the Body of Christ! This kind of attitude comes from the demonic lie that wealth is a zero-sum commodity. What do we mean by “zero-sum?” It is the fundamentally flawed assumption there is… Read More »