https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/ My heart, my doctrine, and the preaching of the gospel. https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-will-not-surrender-to-my-most-selfish-instincts-or-your-mo.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-will-not-surrender-to-my-most-selfish-instincts-or-your-mo.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:12:39 -0700 I will not surrender to my most selfish instincts, or your most destructive ones. We live in a culture obsessed with self preservation. We hide behind boundary buzzwords, retreat into quiet complicity, and call it wisdom. But protecting your own comfort at the expense of someone else's destruction is not wisdom. It is cowardice. We are not called to insulate ourselves from discomfort. We are called to love people enough to speak truth, even when it costs us something. The fact that many warnings https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/an-option-for-no-friction-is-an-option-for-no-growth.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/an-option-for-no-friction-is-an-option-for-no-growth.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:58:05 -0700 An option for no friction is an option for no growth. While the world panics about AI becoming conscious and taking over, we are completely blind to the real, immediate casualty: human souls going to sleep. We have already watched modern culture weaken our capacity for relational maturity. Social media algorithms fed our pride, while the normalization of "no contact," parental alienation, and cancel culture made severing ties acceptable when relationships grow painful. We hide behind the pages o https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/no-one-is-deceived-for-a-lifetime-without-their-own-consent.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/no-one-is-deceived-for-a-lifetime-without-their-own-consent.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:14:05 -0700 No one is deceived for a lifetime without their own consent and complicity. It is possible to be genuinely tricked or caught off guard in the short term. We all experience moments of confusion or false steps. But God will never allow a person to remain involuntarily deceived for an entire lifetime. The enemy offers a false foothold and a deceptive framework to believe instead of the truth, but we only stay there because we participate willingly. Over time, staying deceived requires us to repeat https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-are-unfortunately-a-lot-of-nicer-people-than.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-are-unfortunately-a-lot-of-nicer-people-than.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:30:21 -0700 There are unfortunately a lot of nicer people than me that are going to hell. As a matter of fact, I would even agree. It’s not very “nice“ or polite to tell people the truth that they do not want to hear. And nobody can be good enough for God. But the beautiful thing is we don’t have to.  https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/from-worship-to-the-stones-and-still-getting-up.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/from-worship-to-the-stones-and-still-getting-up.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:07:56 -0700 From Worship to the Stones — and Still Getting Up In Lystra, one moment the crowd was ready to worship them. Paul had just healed a man who had been lame from birth. The man leaped and walked. The people saw it and cried out that the gods had come down in human form. They called Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes. The priest of Zeus even brought oxen and garlands, ready to offer sacrifice to them. Praise was rising. Honor was being given. Everything looked triumphant. Then the hand of the enemy moved https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/do-not-put-the-doctrine-you-support-above-the-scripture-you.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/do-not-put-the-doctrine-you-support-above-the-scripture-you.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:10:09 -0700 Do not put the doctrine you support above the Scripture you claim it comes from. That is the whole challenge. Most long-standing arguments in the church do not continue because one side has a Bible and the other does not. They continue because both sides can point to verses. If we stop there, we pick a camp. If we drill into why both sides have support, we usually find a truth sharper and more distinct than either slogan. The real truth has nuance that many refuse to acknowledge. They have alrea https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/god-already-knows-the-full-truth-he-knows-it-about-you-and-h.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/god-already-knows-the-full-truth-he-knows-it-about-you-and-h.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:16:15 -0700 God already knows the full truth. He knows it about you and he knows it about me. The difference between you and people like me, is I want the truth, wherever it leads, and I want to be obedient to God, no matter how much it may hurt in the short run. You don’t want the truth you only want your version of it, and you don’t want to be obedient you just want to think you’re OK. And the scary thing is that if you want that, stubbornly enough God will let you have it. That does not lead to happy https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/most-of-what-we-call-love-down-here-is.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/most-of-what-we-call-love-down-here-is.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:59:45 -0700 Most of what we call love down here is the need to be loved, or the belief that we are loved and needed. C. S. Lewis said it with terrible clarity in The Great Divorce. Sarah Smith looks at the man she once called husband and tells him the truth: what we called love down there was mostly the craving to be loved. In the main I loved you for my own sake, because I needed you. Then the turn that undoes almost every romance we have ever praised: What needs could I have, now that I have all? I am ful https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/to-mount-an-argument-against-the-validity-of-paul.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/to-mount-an-argument-against-the-validity-of-paul.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:45:02 -0700 To mount an argument against the validity of Paul is not merely to engage in bad history; it is to execute a total collapse of rational inquiry. The narrative proposing Paul as a fraudulent pretender or an ahistorical invention relies on a superstructure of demonstrably fabricated premises—an exercise in conspiratorial hyper-skepticism so methodologically bankrupt that it demands an absolute detachment from historical reality. To take this myth seriously, one must swallow an extraordinary series https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/choose-to-build-bridges-where-others-build-walls.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/choose-to-build-bridges-where-others-build-walls.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:25:38 -0700 Choose to Build Bridges Where Others Build Walls When I was a teenager, a prophecy was spoken over my life: that I would fight with the Sword of the Spirit and lean heavily on the Sword of the Word. Looking back, I believe God was revealing how He wired me. He made me a philosopher at heart—someone designed to think deeply, ask hard questions, and teach with a philosophical approach. But He anchored that mind directly into the foundation of His written Word. My heart's passion isn't to win intel https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-enemy-s-ancient-craft-is-subtle-and-ruinous-he.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-enemy-s-ancient-craft-is-subtle-and-ruinous-he.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:40 -0700 The Enemy’s ancient craft is subtle and ruinous: he whispers division until lovers become adversaries, turn children from the guidance of both earthly and heavenly fathers, and weaves blinders of quiet pride to keep us trapped in the fortress of self-protection. We build walls to guard our hearts, only to realize we have entombed ourselves in the dark. Yet the surrender of confession breaks the siege. To uncover our own sin is not a sentence, but a sudden, breathtaking liberation. The moment we https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/god-rejecting-your-rejection-how-the-discarded-become-the-he.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/god-rejecting-your-rejection-how-the-discarded-become-the-he.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:56:27 -0700 God Rejecting Your Rejection: How the Discarded Become the Heroes of Faith If you have ever been abandoned, mocked, forgotten, or thrown away by the people who should have loved you most, hear this truth today: human rejection is often divine preparation. The world looks at your past, your origins, and your scars to determine your worth. But God is the ultimate Judge—He puts one down and lifts another up. In His kingdom, many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. The w https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/did-your-parents-ever-tell-you-to-check-your-attitude.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/did-your-parents-ever-tell-you-to-check-your-attitude.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:16:14 -0700 Did Your Parents Ever Tell You to "Check Your Attitude"? If you were anything like me, hearing those four words as a kid was instantly triggering. It felt like a power move, a quick way for an adult to shut down my frustration without having to listen to my side of things. Part of growing up, if you are privileged enough to get there, is finally understanding why your parents said all those deeply irritating things. When you are no longer in the thick of it, reacting purely to how their words ma https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/why-doesn-t-god-see-me-why-doesn-t-he-hear-me.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/why-doesn-t-god-see-me-why-doesn-t-he-hear-me.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:08 -0700 Why doesn't God see me? Why doesn't He hear me? You sit in the quiet of your pain, wondering if your voice is just bouncing off the ceiling. You wonder if the God of the universe has somehow overlooked your specific grief, your specific marriage, your specific life, or your specific cry for help. He has already seen you. He has already heard you. He knows what you need before you even find the words to ask Him. You do not have to scream to get His attention, and you do not have to perform to mak https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-erosion-of-marital-grace-recognizing-one-sided-relationa.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-erosion-of-marital-grace-recognizing-one-sided-relationa.html Sun, 06 Sep 2026 06:57:21 -0700 The Erosion of Marital Grace: Recognizing One-Sided Relational Frameworks Modern relationship advice often sounds clinical, authoritative, and empowering on the surface. But beneath the polished vocabulary lies a dangerous trend: the systematic erosion of marital grace. When long-term commitment is reduced to self-actualization and personal comfort, the relational framework shifts from covenantal endurance to a lawyerly accounting of faults. Signs of a One-Sided Relational Framework * The Diagn https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/wrongly-dividing-the-word-of-truth.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/wrongly-dividing-the-word-of-truth.html Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:11:35 -0700 Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth This graphic illustrates a fundamental danger facing the Church: the "wrong dividing" of the Word of God, which inevitably leads to separation, division, and error. Scripture is not a buffet where we can select the truths that make us comfortable and ignore the rest. It is a seamless garment, a complete and perfect body of doctrine that is never in competition with itself. Yet, a common mistake believers make is to emphasize one clear biblical truth to the lite https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/what-the-early-church-fathers-taught-about-women-in-ministry.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/what-the-early-church-fathers-taught-about-women-in-ministry.html Sat, 22 Aug 2026 02:46:16 -0700 WHAT THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS TAUGHT ABOUT WOMEN IN MINISTRY (AD 30–500) DISCLAIMER & PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE This is an AI assisted gathering of information for distribution, compiled regardless of whether or not the historical findings support my own personal position, which has been under transition over the last four years. I believe humility dictates this posture, because these issues contain deep nuance that even the early Church fathers wrestled with. We are not bound to agree with them or d https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/we-throw-around-the-popular-slogan-love-is-love.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/we-throw-around-the-popular-slogan-love-is-love.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:28:11 -0700 We throw around the popular slogan "love is love" as if it settles everything. Technically, the phrase is a tautology, a circular statement that repeats the same word without actually defining what it means, and in practice, it is often used to blur crucial distinctions, reducing love to whatever feelings, desires, or earthly attractions a culture chooses to validate at any given moment. It is time to elevate the standard: Only love is love. Much of what modern culture labels as "love" consists https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/if-you-look-at-modern-culture-through-ephesians-6-12-wrestli.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/if-you-look-at-modern-culture-through-ephesians-6-12-wrestli.html Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:51:21 -0700 If you look at modern culture through Ephesians 6:12—wrestling not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, and rulers of darkness—what looks like a simple social trend on the surface is revealed as a calculated attack on the family, covenant, and legitimate authority. God explicitly commands leaders to rule their households well: "One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shal https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/understanding-the-relationship-between-faith-works-and-salva.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/understanding-the-relationship-between-faith-works-and-salva.html Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:32:58 -0700 Understanding the relationship between faith, works, and salvation is essential for true peace in Christ. There is a subtle but critical line between human effort and what the Gospel actually teaches. Works are the fruit of salvation, never the fuel that maintains it. It is true that God is sovereign and forgives whomever He will forgive, but praise God, He hasn't left us guessing! He has revealed in His Word exactly who He promises to forgive. First John 1:9 promises that if we confess our sins https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/exposing-the-sacred-name-heresy-another-gospel-straight-from.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/exposing-the-sacred-name-heresy-another-gospel-straight-from.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:32:23 -0700 Exposing the Sacred Name Heresy: Another Gospel Straight from Hell A strong caution must be issued regarding the gatekeeping of the narrow path through an insistence on modern interpretations of ancient Hebrew script, which is a central error of the Sacred Name heresy. Are we kept from His grace and mercy by a petty insistence on the phonetics of fanatics? Certainly not. All who will may come, not just those who pronounce His name a specific way. One of His many symbolic names is the Rose of Sha https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-have-addressed-all-punctuation-spelling-and-grammatical-er.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-have-addressed-all-punctuation-spelling-and-grammatical-er.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:06:33 -0700 I have addressed all punctuation, spelling, and grammatical errors in the text. I removed the extra comma and the made-up word "Jernce" to ensure the first paragraph is grammatically sound, corrected the capitalization of "Himself," "His," and "He" to appropriately refer to the divine, and restored "self sacrifice" to "self-sacrifice" with the necessary hyphen. I also added a citation for the first quotation to attribute the words from Isaiah. Here is the corrected draft: The core message of the https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/yeah-but-we-speak-the-truth-and-love-to.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/yeah-but-we-speak-the-truth-and-love-to.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:30:13 -0700 Yeah, but we speak the truth and love to them and often times they don’t wanna hear it because they’re under this way of the wicked one, they would rather remain in darkness because their deeds are evil. It creates a weird situation where the ones we love hate us, because we love them enough to speak the truth in hopes that they will turn to God. https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-danger-of-lord-lord.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-danger-of-lord-lord.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:01:25 -0700 The Danger of "Lord, Lord" Not everyone who says "Lord, Lord" will enter the kingdom of heaven. In Scripture, every single time the double address "Lord, Lord" is spoken in the New Testament, it comes from people who claim relation, piety, or ministry—yet end up turned away. Why? Because repeating a title without surrendering your will creates a dangerous disconnect. "Lord" means Master, Controller, and Decision-Maker. Title without obedience is an illusion. Agency vs. True Freedom We are obsess https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/what-if-biblical-confidence-isn-t-about-pretending-we-ve-alr.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/what-if-biblical-confidence-isn-t-about-pretending-we-ve-alr.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:32:24 -0700 What if biblical confidence isn’t about pretending we’ve already arrived, but resting in the authority of God's Word while remaining teachable? I am confident in the Scriptures. My conviction isn't rooted in personal arrogance, but in the full counsel of God—reading Scripture in context, comparing text with text, and letting the whole truth speak. Yet, having confidence in God’s clear answers is not the same as claiming self-perfection or complete mastery. To claim we have no area left to be ref https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/1-peter-4-8.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/1-peter-4-8.html Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:33:07 -0700 1 Peter 4:8 * NKJV: "And above all things have fervent love for one another, for 'love will cover a multitude of sins.'" * KJV: "And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins." * NIV: "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." * ESV: "Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins." * NASB 1995: "Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, becaus https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/a-berean-heart.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/a-berean-heart.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:33:09 -0700 A Berean Heart The difference between a genuine seeker of truth and someone protecting an illusion comes down to the grueling work of excavation. Like the Bereans, a person serious about truth welcomes a challenge because they are not trying to defend their pride; they want to make sure their feet are on solid ground. When their current position is challenged, they dig down deep into the scriptures to verify reality. Jesus laid out the exact formula for this kind of unshakeable life. It is not e https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/eternal-security-the-debate-over-whether-you-can-lose.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/eternal-security-the-debate-over-whether-you-can-lose.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:45:10 -0700 Eternal Security? The debate over whether you can "lose" your salvation is largely a semantic misunderstanding. It entirely depends on how you define the word: As a Potential Destination (Our Perspective): From our linear timeline, salvation is a lifelong journey. A person retains their agency and can actively choose to abandon the path. As a Completed Work (God's Perspective): "Saved" is a past-tense word. Because God exists outside of time, anyone who is genuinely saved is already secure with https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/that-s-not-a-light-that-s-a-dark.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/that-s-not-a-light-that-s-a-dark.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:05:42 -0700 🎬 “That’s not a light... that’s a dark.” If you’ve ever watched the 1962 classic comedy Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, you know the hilarious, mounting frustration of Jimmy Stewart trying to survive a disastrous family beach rental. The house is a complete wreck, anchored by that monstrous, temperamental water pump inside a tiny wooden shack outside that he has to wrestle with just to get a basic drop of water running. But the peak of his frustration happens right in the front room. Jimmy Stewart t https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/socialism-versus-capitalism-and-why-politics-are-not-really.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/socialism-versus-capitalism-and-why-politics-are-not-really.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:18:48 -0700 Socialism versus capitalism and why politics are not really just politics: Communism and socialism are not compatible with biblical Christianity because they systematically destroy personal ownership, which is the foundational framework for biblical morality, stewardship, and voluntary charity. To understand why this compatibility fails, we have to look back at the foundational blueprint God established in the scriptures. In Genesis, God calls Abraham, the father of faith, and makes a profound https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-nothing-demanding-about-reality-it-doesn-t-yell.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-nothing-demanding-about-reality-it-doesn-t-yell.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:49:04 -0700 There is nothing demanding about reality. It doesn’t yell, argue, or aggressively fight for our compliance. It has no ego, and it doesn’t need to build walls to protect itself. It simply is. All the friction, the exhausting debates, and the complex psychological mazes we build, including the modern walls of no contact, come entirely from human resistance to what is true. Self-deception is like a cul-de-sac. Some people like the cul-de-sac because it feels safe, enclosed, and predictable. But the https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/an-open-letter-on-responding-to-the-sacred-name-movement-wit.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/an-open-letter-on-responding-to-the-sacred-name-movement-wit.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:45:13 -0700 An Open Letter on Responding to the Sacred Name Movement with Love and Truth I recently had a conversation with an honest and genuine believer named Winnie who had fallen into the "Sacred Name" movement. Below is the response I shared with her. I wanted to post this publicly as an open letter and an example of how we can confront this specific heresy with absolute biblical truth, intellectual honesty, and Christlike love. Winnie, I truly appreciate how honest, genuine, and kind you are in your a https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/we-don-t-engage-in-intellectual-disputes-with-skeptics-just.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/we-don-t-engage-in-intellectual-disputes-with-skeptics-just.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:30:52 -0700 We don't engage in intellectual disputes with skeptics just to score points or win arguments. Most of the time, the objections thrown at God and His Word are lightweight smoke screens, which are intellectual bait designed to distract from personal accountability. But there is an arrogance and a lack of compassion in the argument that we should never lower ourselves to engage. It is entirely possible that people are simply tangled up in the deceitfulness of their own intellect, which is large eno https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/sometimes-i-am-tempted-to-be-impressed-by-my.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/sometimes-i-am-tempted-to-be-impressed-by-my.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:38:24 -0700 Sometimes I am tempted to be impressed by my own words, but then I remember that they are genuinely not my own. I find myself amazed by what comes out of me, knowing full well I do not possess the ability to produce such depth or beauty on my own. I am often learning from the truth of those words at the exact same time they are being spoken. Like the story of “Roxanne”, where the speaker in the shadows is merely delivering a masterpiece written by a deeper source, we are called to be vessels. It https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-realize-that-i-am-a-romantic-but-so.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-realize-that-i-am-a-romantic-but-so.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:07:58 -0700 I realize that I am a romantic, but so is God. He places supreme value on those who seem entirely out of reach and completely unwilling. But unlike God, we do not know the end from the beginning. I just know that we are the apple of His eye, and He understands the human heart. He is not jealous that the sons of man are the daily delight of His Son, and He is not jealous when we fiercely pursue another for His kingdom, because we love them and do not want to see them perish. He understands what i https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-social-currency-of-victimhood.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-social-currency-of-victimhood.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:00:36 -0700 The Social Currency of Victimhood Exactly when did weakness become a virtue, and when did a false claim of grievance become the most valuable legal tender in the modern world? We are watching a massive, coordinated psychological inversion play out across our entire culture. In this broken system, actual merit, objective truth, and protective leadership have been completely demonized, while the status of a victim has been turned into a highly lucrative social currency. If you can successfully cla https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/exactly-when-did-control-become-evil-regardless-of-its-purpo.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/exactly-when-did-control-become-evil-regardless-of-its-purpo.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:32:40 -0700 Exactly when did "control" become evil, regardless of its purpose? We live in a culture that has pathologized the very definition of leadership, protection, and parenting. A sinister linguistic shift has taken place right under our noses: the ancient, righteous responsibility of appropriate parental influence has been systematically relabeled as manipulation and control. For thousands of years, wise fathers and teachers used guided, deductive reasoning, the Socratic method, to lead children to t https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-currency-of-the-kingdom-the-great-exchange.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-currency-of-the-kingdom-the-great-exchange.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:10:51 -0700 THE CURRENCY OF THE KINGDOM: THE GREAT EXCHANGE When we talk about the "currency" of the Kingdom of God, we are not talking about earning or buying God’s favor. The Kingdom economy is entirely fueled by Grace, which is freely given. Instead, the currency is an exchange: it is the willing trade of the worthless, counterfeit paper of our own self-justification for the priceless, eternal gold of the righteousness that comes by faith in Jesus Christ. The world we live in is completely obsessed with https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-no-such-thing-as-paul-s-gospel-versus.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-no-such-thing-as-paul-s-gospel-versus.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:11:19 -0700 There is no such thing as "Paul's Gospel" versus a separate gospel in Matthew through John. The Bible does not have multiple, divided gospels. There is only ONE eternal Gospel, and it belongs entirely to Jesus Christ. Here is what Scripture actually says to clear up the confusion in this post: 1. The Gospel Existed Long Before Paul (Abraham Heard It First) The graphic in the post claims that "Paul's Gospel" is a completely separate mystery found only from Romans to Philemon. However, Scriptu https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/authority-order-and-the-full-counsel-of-god-a-response-to-th.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/authority-order-and-the-full-counsel-of-god-a-response-to-th.html Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:37:27 -0700 Authority, Order, and the Full Counsel of God: A Response to the SBC Decision The recent 3 to 1 vote by the Southern Baptist Convention to advance a constitutional amendment banning women from pastoring or preaching forces a crucial conversation. It requires us to move past superficial proof-texting and examine the intersection of cultural history, the fallen human condition, and the upside down Kingdom authority established by Jesus Christ. To understand why the blanket disenfranchisement of ca https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/my-gospel-in-the-greek-text-is-to-euangelion.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/my-gospel-in-the-greek-text-is-to-euangelion.html Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:06:17 -0700 "My gospel" in the Greek text is "to euangelion mou." Multiple Bible translations clarify that Paul is talking about his preaching assignment, not a private doctrine: Romans 2:16 * New Living Translation (NLT): "And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone's secret life." * The Message (MSG): "The Message from God that I proclaim through Jesus Christ takes into account all these differences." * Good News Translation (GNT): "...A https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/what-would-outrage-the-spirit-of-grace-more-than.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/what-would-outrage-the-spirit-of-grace-more-than.html Thu, 28 May 2026 06:48:40 -0700 What would outrage the Spirit of Grace more than failing to be gracious with others while expecting God to be gracious with you? It is one thing to delay reconciliation temporarily while wrestling with emotions, navigating the confusion of personal hurt, and seeking clarity through godly counseling to see where faults may lie on both sides. It is another thing entirely to step into the role of judge, jury, and executioner, scapegoating a family member or a spouse while completely acquitting ones https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-stoning-of-stephen-in-acts-6-and-7.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-stoning-of-stephen-in-acts-6-and-7.html Sun, 24 May 2026 12:15:45 -0700 The stoning of Stephen in Acts 6 and 7 is one of the most powerful, pivotal moments in the New Testament. It was a calculated spiritual and intellectual clash. When the religious establishment couldn't defeat his wisdom, they resorted to destruction, unknowingly triggering a moment of profound cosmic significance. The conspiracy against Stephen began because his opponents completely ran out of arguments. Acts 6 describes him as a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit. When the religious elite ch https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/have-you-ever-noticed-how-the-most-destructive-ideas.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/have-you-ever-noticed-how-the-most-destructive-ideas.html Wed, 20 May 2026 10:06:03 -0700 Have you ever noticed how the most destructive ideas online don't look evil? They look like empathy. They sound like justice. They speak with the vocabulary of love and compassion. But if you look just beneath the surface, you find a slight pollution. A minor twist. A hairline fracture in the truth. When you call out these subtle differences, people often get angry. They accuse you of "nitpicking," being petty, or causing division. But it isn't petty. It’s a matter of life and death. A person wi https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-deception-of-protect-your-peace-and-the-myth-of-the-peac.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-deception-of-protect-your-peace-and-the-myth-of-the-peac.html Wed, 20 May 2026 09:20:12 -0700 The Deception of "Protect Your Peace" (And the Myth of the Peacekeeper) If you spend any time on social media, you’ve seen the phrase. It’s plastered over aesthetic backgrounds, shared by self-help gurus, and repeated like modern scripture: "Protect your peace at all costs." It sounds healthy. It sounds wise. But if you look closely at what it actually produces, it is one of the most toxic, self-absorbed products of modern social engineering. The world defines "peace" as the absence of conflict, https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-giver-s-trap-why-asking-a-taker-only-breeds.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-giver-s-trap-why-asking-a-taker-only-breeds.html Wed, 20 May 2026 09:11:10 -0700 The Giver’s Trap: Why Asking a Taker Only Breeds Resentment (And Why We Must Keep Giving Anyway) If you are a natural giver, it’s evidence of your character. It means you operate with an open heart. But there is a brutal psychological trap waiting for you if you aren't careful. If you let your history of giving turn you into an asker, even if what you are asking for is incredibly light, perfectly reasonable, and a mere fraction of what you’ve already poured out, you will be resented. And that re https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/it-is-actually-really-sad-people-cannot-move-closer.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/it-is-actually-really-sad-people-cannot-move-closer.html Tue, 19 May 2026 05:24:33 -0700 It is actually really sad. People cannot move closer to the truth when they are busy defending their current position and associations. It is ironic that the very people who solidly put themselves in a box and declare, "This is the right box," are the same ones who want to put you in a box and declare that you are in the wrong one. All the while, there are many of us who refuse to be put in a box. I reject labels, except those that identify me as a child of God and a disciple of Jesus Christ. I https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-anatomy-of-disunity-division-and-dysfunction.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-anatomy-of-disunity-division-and-dysfunction.html Mon, 18 May 2026 05:14:41 -0700 The Anatomy of Disunity, Division, and Dysfunction To understand why our modern cultural and political discourse is so profoundly broken, we have to look past the surface-level arguments and examine the actual mechanics of how division operates. Dysfunction is rarely accidental; it follows a predictable, highly engineered anatomy that relies on specific psychological flaws and spiritual compromises. Here is how the cycle of disunity breaks down: 1. The Devaluation of Truth for a Narrative Th https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/right-or-wrong-about-donald-trump-s-place-in-history.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/right-or-wrong-about-donald-trump-s-place-in-history.html Mon, 18 May 2026 04:41:30 -0700 Right or wrong about Donald Trump’s place in history, we owe it to ourselves to get the facts straight. Lately, social media has been flooded with claims designed to provoke an emotional reaction rather than reflect reality. We see viral posts insisting that Trump commissioned a massive gold statue of himself for his Doral resort, or that he is actively demanding his face be carved into Mount Rushmore. But a look at the actual facts reveals a completely different story. Donald Trump did not orde https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/one-of-the-great-themes-preached-by-charles-haddon.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/one-of-the-great-themes-preached-by-charles-haddon.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:08:35 -0700 One of the great themes preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon was that sin is always worse than suffering. You will often see his words quoted like this: “Suffering is better than sinning. There is more evil in a drop of sin than in an ocean of affliction. Better burn for Christ than turn from Christ.” Spurgeon did not craft this as a single clever quote. It reflects a truth he preached again and again. The worst thing that can happen to a person is not suffering. The worst thing is sin. That https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-a-beautiful-truth-in-scripture-that-many-people-mis.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-a-beautiful-truth-in-scripture-that-many-people-mis.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:06:00 -0700 There is a beautiful truth in Scripture that many people miss. God’s goodness toward us is so vast that it will take eternity for Him to reveal it. The Bible actually says this: Ephesians 2:7 “That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” Think about that. “In the ages to come.” Not just today. Not just in this life. Not even just in the beginning of eternity. Ages. God is so rich in mercy, grace, love, wisdom, b https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-gospel-and-the-resurrection.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-gospel-and-the-resurrection.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:43:19 -0700 The Gospel and the Resurrection An Easter Message The word gospel means good news, but in the ancient world that phrase already had political meaning. The Roman Empire used the word gospel for imperial announcements. Inscriptions celebrated the birth or reign of Caesar as “good news” for the world. Caesar was even called divine and sometimes son of god in imperial propaganda. But Caesar was a son of men claiming to be divine. Jesus Christ was the Son of God who humbled Himself and called Hims https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/good-friday-invites-us-to-slow-down-and-really-think.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/good-friday-invites-us-to-slow-down-and-really-think.html Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:44:04 -0700 Good Friday invites us to slow down and really think. Not just about a religious tradition, but about what actually happened on that day. The cross was not symbolic to the people standing there. It was brutal and public. Rome used crucifixion specifically because it was humiliating, painful, and meant to send a message. And yet the scriptures say that this suffering was not accidental. “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/boundaries-this-generation-says-protect-yourself-guard-your.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/boundaries-this-generation-says-protect-yourself-guard-your.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:14:57 -0700 Boundaries This generation says: Protect yourself. Guard your boundaries. Remove people who offend you. Protect your peace. Distance yourself from difficult people. Cut them off. Choose yourself first. Guard your heart. Don’t let anyone hurt you. You deserve better. And if someone disagrees with you… remove them. This generation says: Don’t disagree with me. Don’t challenge me. Don’t offend me. And if you do, I will cancel you. But love says: Give yourself. Lay down your life. Bear with one a https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/one-of-the-most-dangerous-moments-in-a-marriage.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/one-of-the-most-dangerous-moments-in-a-marriage.html Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:47:52 -0800 One of the most dangerous moments in a marriage is not a screaming match. It is not a dramatic betrayal. It is not even a season of distance. It is the quiet shift in your heart when you begin to believe your spouse is the problem. Not a problem you are facing together under God. Not a trial refining both of you. But the problem. The obstacle. The reason you are unhappy. That shift is spiritual. And it is serious. Once that thought takes root, everything begins to filter through it. A forgot https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-am-excited-about-the-great-white-throne-judgment.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-am-excited-about-the-great-white-throne-judgment.html Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:57:00 -0800 I am excited about the Great White Throne Judgment. That is not normal. A prediction of judgment does not produce mild discomfort. It produces dread or denial. People suppress the truth because they love darkness. They want no throne, no Judge, no exposure. If there is no final accounting, they can keep hiding. But I am filled with joyful anticipation. I can hardly wait. Not because I take sin lightly. Not because I minimize judgment. Not because I misunderstand the holiness of God. Precisel https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/people-cannot-control-you-with-words-if-you-belong.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/people-cannot-control-you-with-words-if-you-belong.html Sun, 22 Feb 2026 11:46:34 -0800 People cannot control you with words if you belong to God. Influence is won by truthfulness and love. Influence is not control. Control only finds its grip where sinful desires, fear, or insecurity have already opened the door. No man can ultimately manipulate the one whose heart is anchored in the fear of the Lord. Jesus said, “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:28. When the fear of God governs y https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-lamps-were-burning-low.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/the-lamps-were-burning-low.html Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:39:50 -0800 The lamps were burning low. The meal was finished. The bread had been broken. The cup had been shared. The room was heavy with words they did not yet understand. And then He said: “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” Gospel of John 16:7 Expedient. Necessary. To their advantage. How could it be to their advantage that He leave? Better than walking be https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-was-once-a-table-with-an-open-bible.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-was-once-a-table-with-an-open-bible.html Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:54:43 -0800 There was once a table with an open Bible. A man and a woman sat across from one another. The same passage lay before them. The same ink marked the page. The man searched for reassurance. He lingered over the words about love and quietly stepped around the ones about judgment. He was not truly seeking understanding. He was seeking justification. The woman kept reading. She traced the context. She compared Scripture with Scripture. She did not rush to defend herself from what confronted her. S https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/light-is-not-meant-to-humiliate.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/light-is-not-meant-to-humiliate.html Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:44:29 -0800 LIGHT IS NOT MEANT TO HUMILIATE. IT IS MEANT TO ILLUMINATE. Suggested overlay layout for the graphic: Top (small, subtle text): “God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.” – 1 John 1:5 Center (large, bold): STEP INTO THE LIGHT Bottom (smaller, warm tone): What you see in the mirror of God’s Word is not the final product. It is the starting point. Keep the lighting warm gold, not harsh white. The mood should feel hopeful, not accusatory. The light should look inviting and cleansi https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-a-genuineness-of-heart-that-accompanies-true.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-a-genuineness-of-heart-that-accompanies-true.html Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:10:22 -0800 There is a genuineness of heart that accompanies true salvation. Salvation is not merely a confession of words, but a surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. If we reject the Lordship of Jesus in practice, that rejection calls our profession into question. We can reject Him in word, but we can also reject Him in deed by continuing down a path we know is disobedient. Scripture says: “Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.” 1 John 3:6 (NKJV) Tha https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/happy-valentine-s-day-to-the-women-in-our-lives.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/happy-valentine-s-day-to-the-women-in-our-lives.html Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:06:08 -0800 Happy Valentine’s Day to the women in our lives ❤️ Men and women are different. We think differently, feel differently, and often approach life from very different angles. Those differences are not flaws. They are design. “Male and female He created them” Genesis 1:27. That was intentional, and it was called good. Love is not pretending those differences do not exist. Love is learning how to bridge them. It is choosing not to let pride, frustration, or misunderstanding wound the precious women https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/only-honorable-people-feel-shame-it-is-the-sign-that-their-c.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/only-honorable-people-feel-shame-it-is-the-sign-that-their-c.html Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:35:22 -0800 Only honorable people feel shame. It is the sign that their conscience is still alive. Shame is proof that something is wrong with us, but nothing that is not wrong with the whole world, including me. Scripture says all have sinned and fall short. No one is uniquely broken. We are all in the same condition. (Romans 3:23) The question is not whether we feel shame. The question is what we do next. Do we deny the truth. Do we reinvent the truth. Do we blame and scapegoat others. Or do we face wh https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/he-stayed-away-because-coming-home-meant-being-known.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/he-stayed-away-because-coming-home-meant-being-known.html Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:28:55 -0800 He stayed away because coming home meant being known. In that world, distance wasn’t measured in miles. It was measured in shame. You didn’t manage relationships from afar. You either returned and faced the truth, or you stayed gone. The son didn’t fear authority itself. He feared what truth would expose. He feared accountability because of what it would require of him. So he chose distance, believing it would give him freedom. But isolation was never freedom. It was fear trying to feel like https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/sometimes-you-don-t-get-agreement-not-everyone-wants-truth.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/sometimes-you-don-t-get-agreement-not-everyone-wants-truth.html Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:51:19 -0800 Sometimes you don’t get agreement. Not everyone wants truth. Not everyone is ready to hear it. Scripture says that plainly. Second Epistle to Timothy 4:3–4 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine… and will turn away their ears from the truth.” So the goal isn’t always winning people over. Sometimes the most you can do is speak clearly, stand firm, and let error expose itself. Even silence can be victory when false teaching loses its voice. Epistle to the Ephesians 5: https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/what-if-some-kinds-of-knowledge-don-t-come-from-sitting-back.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/what-if-some-kinds-of-knowledge-don-t-come-from-sitting-back.html Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:45:30 -0800 What if some kinds of knowledge don’t come from sitting back and analyzing… but only from stepping into a different position? Imagine trying to explain daylight to someone standing in a dark cave. You can describe the sun perfectly, talk about warmth, brightness, and color, but until they step outside, they won’t really understand. Not because they’re unintelligent. Because they literally can’t see it yet. Or picture standing in water where your feet are planted firmly on the ground while some https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/people-sometimes-say-the-gospel-is-brainwashing.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/people-sometimes-say-the-gospel-is-brainwashing.html Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:37:23 -0800 People sometimes say the gospel is “brainwashing.” They mean it as an insult. But slow down and think about the word for a second. If your mind had been filled your whole life with lies, fear, guilt, pride, selfishness, false ideas about God, false ideas about yourself, and habits that quietly destroy you… Wouldn’t you want it washed? If you fell into mud, would you argue against water? If your hands were dirty, would you defend the dirt? If your windshield was covered in grime, would you https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-a-question-almost-every-sincere-believer-asks.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/there-is-a-question-almost-every-sincere-believer-asks.html Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:50:08 -0800 There is a question almost every sincere believer asks at some point, usually in pain and often in silence. Why does God provide food for some, healing for some, relief for some… and not for others? Scripture does not dodge this question. It meets it with honesty, depth, and compassion. The Bible teaches plainly that God is good, yet not obligated to distribute His blessings evenly. “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy” is not the language of cruelty, but of sovereignty. God is not un https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/you-don-t-do-what-you-feel-you-do-what.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/you-don-t-do-what-you-feel-you-do-what.html Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:08:37 -0800 You don’t do what you feel. You do what you believe. And most of the time, you will feel what you do. If you wait for the right feelings before you obey, you will stay trapped in circles forever. Feelings are real, but they are not Lord. Christ is Lord. Faith moves first. Obedience moves first. Truth moves first. Then the emotions catch up. This is why worship is not an emotional moment. Worship is an act of agreement with God. God does not say, “Praise Me when I abide with you.” He says, “I https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/fear-and-compassion-are-incompatible-because-they-arise-from.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/fear-and-compassion-are-incompatible-because-they-arise-from.html Thu, 25 Dec 2025 19:32:58 -0800 Fear and compassion are incompatible because they arise from opposite sources and produce opposite fruits. Fear is rooted in self-preservation. Compassion is rooted in self-giving love. Fear asks, What might this cost me? Compassion asks, What does this person need? Scripture consistently contrasts these two postures, not as emotional states alone, but as governing spiritual orientations. The Bible is clear that fear does not originate with God. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/jesus-christ-is-worthy-of-all-praise.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/jesus-christ-is-worthy-of-all-praise.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:51:12 -0800 JESUS CHRIST IS WORTHY OF ALL PRAISE! People fail. Circumstances shake. Nations rise and fall. But “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever!” (Hebrews 13:8) God is faithful. God is pure light. “In Him there is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5) Jesus is the preeminent One. The Holy One of God. The Bright and Morning Star. The spotless Lamb who takes away the sin of the world. “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) “I am the Root and the Offspr https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-keep-seeing-posts-directly-and-indirectly-criticizing-larg.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-keep-seeing-posts-directly-and-indirectly-criticizing-larg.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:14:34 -0800 I keep seeing posts, directly and indirectly, criticizing large churches. Statements like “a pastor’s goal should not be a large church” sound spiritual on the surface, but they miss something fundamental. Every number is a person. Every number represents a soul made in the image of God. God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. Numbers are not the enemy. They never were. Scripture does not treat growth as something embarrassing or carnal. In Acts, numbe https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/this-is-a-new-trend-in-our-society-authority.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/this-is-a-new-trend-in-our-society-authority.html Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:29:21 -0800 This is a new trend in our society. Authority amplifies mistakes, but abandoning a parent is abandoning a person who needs love. “I blame the parents” is a convenient an arrogant statement from those who have not faced parental abandonment.  This woman is just speaking the truth, with such clarity and without any twisted bitterness. Truth is our foundation. For those of you have no insight into this thing that has been happening in our society, silence your judgment, and consider yourself https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/solomon-clung-to-his-wives-in-love-but-they.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/solomon-clung-to-his-wives-in-love-but-they.html Mon, 01 Dec 2025 01:10:37 -0800 Solomon clung to his wives in love, but they captured his heart and took the place of God. Scripture tells us plainly that “his wives turned away his heart after other gods” and “his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God” (1 Kings 11.4). What happened to Solomon did not begin with idolatry. It began with misplaced affection. When we allow any love even a good love to rise above our loyalty to God, that good love becomes a destructive one. Some parents fall into the same trap today. In the https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/listening-to-a-worship-song-lyric-today-made-me.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/listening-to-a-worship-song-lyric-today-made-me.html Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:30:58 -0800 Listening to a worship song lyric today made me pause. It said, “If You will it, who can stop it?” It sounds bold, but worship lyrics are not always where we build doctrine. Here is the truth. God’s ultimate will cannot be stopped. Yet God’s will for an individual life can absolutely be thwarted . Scripture makes that clear. God desires all to be saved, yet not all are saved. Not because He lacks power, but because He honors the free will He gave us. A person can resist Him openly and rebelliou https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/for-everyone-who-is-feeling-the-weight-of-this-day.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/for-everyone-who-is-feeling-the-weight-of-this-day.html Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:30:30 -0800 For everyone who is feeling the weight of this day Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating with joy and to those who are carrying pain, distance, or silence from the people they love. If today feels heavy, you are not alone. Many walk into this day with grief that no one sees. Jesus understands rejection and sorrow in a way no one else ever could. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He knows every wound and every cry of the heart, and He hol https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/some-people-completely-underestimate-the-power-of-a-soft.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/some-people-completely-underestimate-the-power-of-a-soft.html Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:34:01 -0800 Some people completely underestimate the power of a soft answer. They assume gentleness is weakness or that staying calm means you are compromising truth. Scripture tells a different story. Gentleness is strength under the control of the Holy Spirit. Truth without love becomes a weapon. Truth with love becomes a healing balm. A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 This speaks into marriage. It speaks into parenting. It speaks into friendships, church lif https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/some-people-say-things-like-you-can-t-unring-that.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/some-people-say-things-like-you-can-t-unring-that.html Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:22:00 -0800 Some people say things like “you can’t unring that bell” or “I trust people to reveal who they really are,” but that mindset leaves no room for forgiveness, no room for trust, and no room for hope. Scripture calls us to something higher. When someone humbly brings a flaw into the light, there is no excuse to withhold forgiveness. Jesus told us to forgive seventy times seven. That wasn’t a suggestion. That was the heart of God toward us. And getting upset at someone for getting upset is just as https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/god-loves-all-people-but-he-doesn-t-love-all.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/god-loves-all-people-but-he-doesn-t-love-all.html Sat, 01 Nov 2025 09:42:52 -0700 God loves all people, but he doesn’t love all ideas. Homosexuality and transgender are evil ideas. Adultry, Murder, Abortion, separation, divorce, rebellion, unforgiveness are all evil ideas. Reconciliation, Family, Love, Humility, Obedience, are God ideas! Along with His own Son, the ultimate Gift, God will give you any good thing. His ways and thoughts are higher. Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you. If you have lost family He is your family and if https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-like-this-discussion-about-an-anxious-and-avoidant.html https://wildman.hungrymuse.com/posts/i-like-this-discussion-about-an-anxious-and-avoidant.html Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:56:25 -0700 I like this discussion about an anxious and avoidant people, because it rings true. I was the anxious one. The other thing I like about it is it replaces accusation and villainizing with nuance and understanding. I’m tired of hearing about narcissists. I’m sure they exist, but she would think they’re around every corner.