The Daily Memo | March 15, 2023 | The Truth About Satan

Spiritual warfare wasn’t much of a category discussed in the church I attended as a youngster. Unless we talked about Satan’s effort to tempt Jesus immediately after His baptism, that was pretty much all the merit given to the battle in the unseen world. Truth is, that Satan and his minions are real. Their main […]

The Daily Memo | March 7, 2023 | The Power of Desire

The all-you-can-eat buffets usually get the best of me. I just don’t eat that much. But… I want to go back for seconds and thirds just because the options seem endless and the gluttony is kinda fun. Besides, there’s always room for dessert. My desire outweighs my stomach, which is hard to believe since I […]

The Daily Memo | February 28, 2023 | The Sanctity of Life

According to a recent Gallup Poll, for the first time in over 20 years, there’s a spike in Americans wanting to see abortion laws less restrictive in the U.S. Many of the abortion and SCOTUS-related trends have taken sharp turns since the demise of the Roe v. Wade decision was foreshadowed in Texas. That says […]

The Daily Memo | February 16, 2023 | Paradise Lost

So, we bit the fruit . . . then what? We were thrust into a world at war. Paradise was lost. But not forever. Genesis 3:23 describes it: “The Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of […]

The Daily Memo | January 17, 2023 | The Battle is Real

My father served in the Army during World War II. He rose to the rank of Master Sargent at lightning speed, being promoted to an Administrative NCO for an Ordinance Group at his post in Luzon, New Guinea. He was honorably discharged after the Battle of Luzon. A land battle of the Pacific Theater of […]

The Daily Memo | December 13, 2022 | Breaking the Stronghold

The Ephesians passage warns about spiritual strongholds created in our lives when we let “the sun go down” on something. Note that in this case that something isn’t necessarily sin. Paul says, “in your anger do not sin,” so anger does not equal sin. Anger can be a very appropriate reaction to life’s injustices. Nonetheless, […]