Category Archives: On Free Will

Marching Orders from Proverbs, Chapter 4, for Such a Time as This (Plus a Guest Video: Yuval Noah Harari)

Posted on September 5, 2022 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila The entirety of Proverbs chapter #4 (see below) seems particularly apropros to the state of the world in such a time as this. What Time Is This? Believers conjecture that either we live in the time of … Continue reading →

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The Believer’s Four Locations on the Battleground of Good vs Evil: #3 “Time” (Eternal versus Limited)

Posted on April 21, 2022 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila #1 The Believer’s Four Locations on the Battleground of Good vs Evil: #1″The Heavenlies” #2 The Believer’s Four Locations on the Battleground of Good vs Evil: #2 On Earth (Guest Testimonies) Politics and Pandemics and Fear Porn, Oh … Continue reading →

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On Faith in Mankind, Hope in Willful Ignorance, or Confidence in God’s Love

Posted on October 11, 2021 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila FIRST, ON THE SECOND GREATEST GIFT: FREEDOM OF CHOICE As I keep thinking about a previous post, I feel as if it isn’t quite finished, that it needs a part 2, because everything about faith, hope, and … Continue reading →

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Is the Inoculation, Even As It Exists Today, the Damning “Mark of the Beast”? Two Points of View

Posted on April 10, 2021 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Note: If you see a series of three dots (ellipses) click on them for full context. I have not placed them there and do not see them on my screen though some readers may see them on … Continue reading →

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On Year Zero, God’s Dust, and Groundhog Day

Posted on March 8, 2021 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila In a way, the Cancel Culture Crowd is right: when you want your ideology, politics, interpretation of history, and influence to reign supreme, and you want perfect compliance, you’d better cancel others’, deconstructing them on the way. … Continue reading →

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When God Pleads With Us

Posted on January 15, 2020 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Oswald Chambers wrote,” Get out of your mind the idea of expecting God to come with compulsions and pleadings*.” It is in a devotional on the theme of hearing God’s call to ministry. We can best hear … Continue reading →

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(Don’t) Wait for It… On Time, Free Will, and Patience

Posted on October 27, 2019 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Time One day each of us will dwell in a kingdom where terms like “past,”present,” “future”–even “one day”–will be moot; where the exoskeleton of time will have fallen away; existence will be the realm of “now” and … Continue reading →

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ADDENDUM to “Holy Spirit Baptism” Post, Prior: But…What IS the HSB, Exactly? and How do You Get It? and Why?

Posted on July 6, 2018 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila This addendum was inspired by a reader’s comments in the prior post. Thank you, Yvonne. Here are a few more thoughts that come to mind for you—and perhaps others who stop by here.

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On Virtue (and Righteousness) “Signalling”

Posted on August 30, 2016 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila ON VIRTUE SIGNALLING There’s a new meme floating around the ether: “virtue signalling,” i.e., actions that signal to observers (or readers, as virtue signals are mostly “likes” or approving “tweets” on social media) that the person affirming … Continue reading →

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GIG or GOD? An Invitation

Posted on July 5, 2015 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila You may have heard of GIG (Global Information Network) by now, i.e., the latest in global data networking [1]. In non-geek speak, the GIG is a top shelf bucket of information technology (IT) designed to collect, store, … Continue reading →

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