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11 Oct 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Yttrandefrihet $0.04
Skeptics used to argue that Mark 7:31, which describes Jesus leaving the vicinity of Tyre and going through Sidon down to the Sea of Galilee, was absurd. That just didn't look right when looking at a map. Tyre is in the north, the Sea of Galilee is t...
6 Oct 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05
“And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and castit from thee: it is better for thee to enter intolife with one eye, rather than having twoeyes to be cast into hell fire.”Matthew 18:9 You know a place is temporary when your neighbor owns a yipp...
4 Oct 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Yttrandefrihet $0.04
In the enlightenment era, rationalists like Voltaire and biblical critics like Strauss used to have a field day with this one: And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. And when he came to th...
25 Sep 2026 4 minute read 2 comments Nathan Payne $0.08
"Let us sit together in the dark until the moment comes."Nick Cave "Hey, Jesus of Rio?It's when I'm with youI miss you the most."U2 In the carnal and lukewarm alike, the Jesus hangup dies hard. The reason for this is that the soul cries out for God,...
22 Sep 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02
"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,but that which is good to the use of edifying, thatit may minister grace unto the hearers."Ephesians 4:29 Comprised mostly of uninteresting travel content from the "Runaway Truck Tour" in 2011...
17 Sep 2026 3 minute read 4 comments Nathan Payne $0.06
"Where there is no meaning, we ourselves cancreate it. Thus we are not creatures,but creators. We are gods."Michael Aquino So what you're saying is, man can only become a god in a vacuum of purpose and meaning. Because I am an entitled, ungrateful...
11 Sep 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04
The Arizona Deliverance Center in Phoenix changed my life. Or did it? Victorious Mark means well, and he's right. But he misunderstands the reasons I wrote "My broken heart is my only weapon." If you've followed this blog for any length of time, y...
19 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02
I just had a dream about the people I stayed with in Arkansas. True Christians though I do believe they are, the lack of faith they displayed toward me in the dream was painful. Another gringo-grade rejection. What a nightmare. I hesitated bringin...
15 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02
If you're like me, and have spent decades "doing time" in the wilderness as opposed to waiting on God, this video is for you: The church in this town in the Baja is clearly not interested in my offer of free English lessons in exchange for nothing. ...
7 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05
I like signs, especially handpainted Mexican business signs. From the tire shop to monkey toys to an outlaw haircut, you can get anything in Mexico. I visited the ruins of an 18th-century skate park today. Built in 1774 by a bunch of 18th-cent...
