I have found that many believers, both those that are new in Christ and some who have walked with Him for some time, are confused about the nature of the soul and often think and speak of it as interchangeable with their spirit.  Hopefully the following will help clear up this crucial misunderstanding. Genesis 2:7 […]

Genesis 3: 22-24 – Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever” therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of […]

With the new “christian” administration’s War on Compassion (I’m reading between the lines here but you have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to see it), I feel compelled to take the Trumpet that God gave me and blow it very loudly to wake up the sleeping Body of Christ. Why are you more […]

I will admit that I am always perplexed and not a little disturbed when people who have heard me preach and even those who have come to know me, will say to me “now John, I know you are very religious…” This is the preamble, undoubtedly, to some observation about the nature of religion and/or […]

Luke 2: 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of […]

When my adult daughter Chelsea, was a little girl, from age 3 to around 8, she had a series of pet hamsters.  As most people who have had rodents for pets know, they don’t live very long lives.  There was one hamster whom we named “Spiffy”, who had a really strong and engaging personality.  Spiffy […]

Now that the 21st century is well into it’s 16th year, it is becoming increasingly more evident that the enemy of our souls, the prince of the power of the air, the god of this age, satan, to whom has been given power over the unbelieving world, has been ramping up for an ever greater assault on […]

It is Memorial Day 2016.  It’s a great day to remember, think and write about my dad, Bernard Raskin, Staff Sergeant, Communications, 507th Regiment, 82nd Airborne, Normandy on D-Day, 101st Airborne, Battle of the Bulge, American hero. This blog is a perfect place to remember this man as he not only lived his life as […]

Well… the Word of God says that it “rains on the just and the unjust”.  The storms of life do happen to everyone.   This saint just found out something this week that rocked my physical world.  As a commissioned Executive Recruiter, for the past 20 years, I have been blessed to have been successful enough […]

In previous blogs, I have mentioned my passion for the work that I have been specifically called for and privileged to do as a “Field Lieutenant” in the glorious Army of God.  It has been my joy, over the years, to be able to identify, raise up, and strap the Armor of God on many […]