There are many types of false gods, and their popularity rises and falls. There's one that's in the ascendency now. Having lived most of my life in countries with a predominant Catholic culture, talking about idolatry in America requires a different approach. Unlike Portugal or Brazil, and countries like France or Poland, we have no national center of religious pilgrimage such as those commonly found in countries where the Virgin Mary is venerated, for example. Then there are

The favorite book of the Bible for many people is probably the book of Psalms. This collection of Hebrew poetry is the longest book of...

In my podcasts and sermons, I will rarely call out an individual person by name, and on the rare occasion I do, it’s never to pick a...

Dirty vs. clean is an easy choice; choosing between a good translation and a better one can be difficult. Jesus said, “ But I say to you...

I was so irritated with Rachel that I said I didn’t ever want to talk to her again. And one of the ladies at church said the same thing....

There is hardly a newscast that does not include some story related to immigration and immigrants. It’s a hot-button issue that upsets me...

AI - generated image In my previous blog, I described a trip when I didn’t know where I was going. And that was true on various levels....

For 50 years I never really knew where I went until I plotted our route on this map. There is a sense in which none of us know with...

This was the first full calendar year we were in Brazil, and I present the story in 3 parts. Part one tells about two major achievements:...

Also available in video format on YouTube Channel E R Potter Podcasts Captions in English and Portuguese In Part 1, I talked about...

Also available in video format on YouTube Channel - E R Potter Podcasts Captions in English and Portuguese “God’s Word for Our World” I...

Abraham Lincoln famously said it in 1858, but Jesus said it almost 2000 years earlier, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”...

YouTube video with Portuguese captions It’s been an interesting month. As I compose these lines, it’s been a month since the Trump...

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/zZ9GtuUm190 What I want to say today is based on what I believe is a poor translation found in...

The story of Jesus' birth, complete with angels, shepherds and kings with camels, centered around a baby in a manger is well known and...

Podcast This episode resumes the story I left off in Episode 11, interrupted by the account in Ep. 12 of the events of April 25, 1974,...

AI generated photo The Golden Age of Peace and Prosperity The 2024 Presidential Election is over, and the vote was fair. The campaign...

Of the various scenarios of the consequences of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, there's one no one thinks about.

“Apocalypse” does not mean “destruction” or “end of the world”.

The Bible is full of references to God’s intervention in the lives of individuals and empires, but do we recognize His intervention when...