Spirit of Truth/The Bible on Trial

Scarcity: the shortness of supply, or and insufficiency.  The scarcity of anything drives up the cost of whatever is scarce. Rare metals such as gold, silver, platinum are costly because they are rare. The shortage of a commodity drives up the cost of that commodity. This is why the Chicago Mercantile Exchange exists, to buy and sell futures on commodites. The people that guess which commodites (c...

Join us for our program today, where we test Truth against the words of Jesus that He gave to His own eyewitness disciples. This provides a unique and perilous understanding of Scripture that will challenge your paradigms about salvatiion and eternal life.

One of my mothers famous statements to me was, "God hates the sin, not the sinner". And this is true, from her understanding of 'sin'. To her, sin was doing anything that separated you from God. And this idea came directly from the pastor of the church we attended as a family. Again, it is true, as far as it goes. But my concept of sin has changed a bit since I was a child. Then, sin was doing a '...

'FACTS'~ We hear a lot about facts in the news today. The two sides of the same political coin argue incessently about which facts are correct and which arn't. "Fake News" is the order of the day. The huge number of religious denominations all claim to have the 'truth' from God; especially those religions that claim to have 'Divine' guidance via prophets. So how do we KNOW for sure what is real an...

"Settlers"~ Do you remember old cowboy movies where people in Conestoga waggons would leave their homes in the East, get together with other like minded families, and drive accross the plains to begin a new life in the West? The movie would track their trip through hostile territory where either renegade indians, or robbers would set upon the 'Wagon Train', and try to stop these people from gettin...

Imagine Heaven!  What do you see in your minds eye when you think about what Heaven will be like? Are you living inside the City of God, the New Jerusalem, or do you have a place out in the country with a nice log home nestled amidst rolling hills, surrounded by beautiful trees, near a bubbling stream that feeds a crystal clear lake? (My idea of heaven.) What about the people? Do you envision larg...

Occasions~ My father would occasionally use the following phrase when dealing with a son (me) that would occasionally challenge his fatherly authority: "Son, we can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way; you choose". Mind you, on only two occasions did using this expression engender a physical result from my response, which ended up being the really 'hard way'. The other fairly comm...

Today marks the Twenty-fourth anniversary of the Bible study class that eventually became Spirit of Truth Ministy. Our exsistence as a ministry gives evidence to the love and concern that God has for the Truth. Join us today for a 'remembering' of all that God has done for His Kingdom in the past, in the present, and in the future.

Truth is NOT ubiquitous, that is, universal. Oh yes, people believe that what they know is the truth, but as we have discovered in our own research here at Spirit of Truth Ministry, this is simply not the case. People that actually KNOW the truth about anything are rare as hens teeth. And sadly, in the world of Christian belief this idea they Christians know the truth simply because they are 'Chri...

"No One Knows the Future." I hear this phrase a lot these days, especially with regards to political issues. And that may be true, as far as it goes. But what about spiritual issues? Is there a source with which the future can be defined? Even the source for all truth said, "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone" (Matt. 24:36). What...

"New Year New Outlook!" We are five days into the new year, and I don't know about you but for some reason life just seems the same as the end of last year. The sense of optimism brought about by the 'holidays' has quickly settled into the normal routine of life. Get up, dress, eat, go to work, walk dogs, shop for food, fix dinner, watch a favorite TV show, shower, get ready for bed, go to sleep;...

This is the final program of 2017 (Sabbath, December 30), and we will not only be taking a look at what we learned this past year, but also what we MAY be learning and experiencing in the months ahead. We hope you will join us for this very special program.

What if you saw a job offer from God, and it went like this?: "My faithful servant, I want you to come work for me. Here is the job description: The hours are long, and you will be paid nothing. You will be responsible for everything I own, but you will personally own nothing. You will be in constant grave danger, and will suffer much physical and emotional pain, and no one will know, and no one w...

Christmas is here, and people are still running to and fro, buying presents, and preparing the Christmas dinner, and doing all the things necessary to make the Christmas holiday a special time. We take great care in this because we love our families, and want the best for them. There is a LOT to do; so we also divide the responsibilities in making the day special between family members, and rely o...

Christmas tradtion is a lovely thing; the celebration of the birth of our Saviour, God born as a human being. We celebrate Christmas time with wonderful carols that describe the birth of the Baby in the manger, surrounded by farm animals, with kneeling shepherds and Wise Men from the East in attendence, Mary and Joseph looking lovingly into where the Baby lays. "Angels We Have Heard On High" singi...

"No one said this would be easy!" My Dad was a 'sage', and I think he got it from his dad, on backward ad infinitum. He was a physician (radiologist), a teacher in his profession, and a all around nice guy. I believe that he was truly a Renaissance man, because he also could build a house, lay bricks, put in underground galvanized sprinkler systems and pipes, dig a perfectly square ditch, install...

Fantasy is a big part of media today, wherein fantasy is portrayed as reality. Fans watch Star Wars and dream of themselves living in that universe. Alternative Universe is a standard modality for artistic expression; from straight science fiction, to a world view modified by just one thing out of place that changes everything. And in these 'worlds' time travel and time manipulation are common the...

It appears that in comparing what the Christian church teaches as an aggrigate (noting fairly minor differences between denominations) is unrecognizable as truth when compared to what Jesus taught His own disciples while here on earth. The principle that what Jesus taught (His words as received from His Father) is the unadulterated standard for truth is no longer considered as viable when seen in...

It is amazing to me how many Christmas songs involve timing. Think of it . . ."Santa Claus is coming to town" . . . "T'is the season to be jolly, Fa La La" . . . "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" . . . "Come they told me, pa-rum-pa-pum-pum" . . . "Christmas day is coming, the geese are getting fat" . . . The beauty of the Christmas season is not actually the fact that Christmas day arr...

We have entered the 'Christmas Season'; the time of year that is a picture of contradictions. You hear the songs of the season on the radio, and wonder, "When will this Christmas spirit hit me?" There is the stress of preparing for the 'Big Day', with putting the strings of lights on the house, buying and decorating the tree (and WOW have tree prices gone up), shopping for presents (don't get me s...

Was Israel a rightous nation when God finally took them into the 'Promised Land"? Was the land into which they were to enter made clean by God so that His rightous Kingdom could enter? The answer may surprise you, because God had promised Abraham that He would make a 'Great Nation' out of his decendants, and admonished Abraham to "Walk before me and be blameless. I will establish My covenant betwe...

You have certainly heard the expression that goes something like, "I will let NOTHING stop me." We take this to mean that we won't let anything desuade us from our goals. This is a noble sentiment. And yet, almost everyone has literally put this expression into practice, because they have literally let NOTHING stop them. Paul puts it like this:  "For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is,...

Continuation from earlier

Today the Bible On Trial will be presenting a 'Best Of' show from October 21, 2017 where Rick shares the idea that the thing that we have named 'the heart' is in reality the INTELLECT, and how this dramatically affect how we need to look at salvation. Will be live 'on air' tomorrow with the Spirit of Truth Ministry team for The Revelation of Jesus. 

What do corn husks, nut shells, avocado and banana peels, egg shells, chalf from wheat (et al) all have in common? All of these things are packaging material that protects what is inside from harm as it grows, until that plant has matured, and is ready for harvest, when that packaging is removed and what is now out in the open can be eaten. Yes, most of this packaging has alternative uses, yet non...