I’m Tim Hayes, a believer in Jesus Christ, Whom I know and love. I write to help myself and others in our journey after God. As in all things, test what’s here by Scripture. I value all insights, encouragement and challenges.
- 01/16 The Spirit Shall Return () Pets in Heaven?
- 01/10 Divers Sorts () Mixed-fiber garments
- 01/03 I Am a Worm () The crimson worm
- 01/02 A Revenger () The role of civil government
- 01/01 Toward the Mark () God’s gift of frustration
2020
- 12/24 Feigned Words () A false teacher test
- 12/23 With Reverence () On fear and trembling
- 11/26 On the Sabbath () Common sense do’s and don’ts
- 11/21 Be Kind () Love in action
- 11/14 The Whole Matter () Perspective in election limbo
- 11/04 The Scornful () The face of pride
- 10/31 A Covering () Headcoverings: who, where and why
- 10/25 Divers Weights () On bias and civility
- 10/11 To Fight () When and why
- 10/09 Made Righteous () Federal Headship
- 09/27 A Consuming Fire () What’s God like?
- 09/20 To Be Saved () What must we do?
- 09/19 The Law Is Spiritual () Deceptive spritualizing
- 09/18 The Wrath of Man () Unmasking unbelief
- 09/07 Puffed Up () Identifying false religion
- 09/05 Dull of Hearing () When our ears are closing
- 08/31 Your Own Conceits () The Dunning-Kruger effect
- 08/25 A Cheerful Giver () Biblical fundraising
- 08/25 Rent in Twain () Why tear the veil?
- 08/22 Lay Hold () Clinging to eternal life
- 08/15 Knowledge of Sin () How to tell
- 08/07 Until the Law () Before Sinai
- 07/26 Put a Veil On? () To wear or not to wear
- 07/26 Like a Lost Sheep () Straying as we try our best
- 07/19 The Carnal Mind () Identifying the spiritual mindset
- 07/18 Great Peace () Tranquility in an unexpected place
- 07/17 We Have Sinned () Corporate guilt
- 07/12 Confess Your Faults () Healing iniquities
- 07/11 Every Weight () Traveling light
- 06/27 Set a Watch () Checking our words
- 06/20 Tithes and Offerings () Christian giving
- 06/13 No Difference () Of riots and racism
- 05/31 Speak Truth () Speaking reality into being
- 05/25 Nothing Shall Offend Them () Peace through truth
- 05/23 Count It All Joy () Rejoicing in hope
- 05/16 According to Our Works () Eternal gradations
- 05/09 What He Seeth the Father Do () How to live for God
- 04/29 Children of Wrath () How we all begin
- 04/25 By Thy Words () The power of speech
- 04/19 Made Alive () Raised from death
- 04/18 Turning the Grace () Tweaking grace into a lie
- 04/04 Be Perfect () God’s standard
- 03/31 The Liberty () Freedom in Christ
- 03/30 The Gospel () The power of God
- 03/28 Women Keep Silence () Providence in design
- 03/22 That Which Is Behind () What God needs of us
- 03/18 Turned unto Fables () Lying stories
- 03/15 As Little Children () Childlikeness in salvation
- 03/14 Try the Spirits () Testing spiritual revelation
- 03/06 Her Husband with Her () Where was Adam?
- 03/01 I Will Exalt My Throne () Pride’s self-exaltation
- 02/08 The Judgment of God () On unbelief and love
- 02/01 The Law () Referring to Torah
- 01/25 Save with Fear () Refocusing our witness
- 01/21 A Clean Heart () Pursuing holiness
- 01/15 Clearly Seen () Answering Evolution
- 01/04 That Which Pertaineth () Gender-appropriate pronouns
- 01/03 Six Days Shalt Thou Labor () Commanded to work
2019
- 12/31 Give Not Thy Strength () Masculinity designed
- 12/30 Far From the Wicked () When salvation is far away
- 12/26 Everlasting Punishment () Annihilationism
- 12/14 God Is Able () The promise of sanctification
- 12/07 Remember the Sabbath Day () Planning to rest
- 11/30 For Conscience Sake () When food offends
- 11/29 Food for You () Noahide dietary law
- 11/28 None Good but God () The ultimate choice
- 11/25 Far Better () Healing heavenly hesitancy
- 11/17 I Am Thy Servant () A slave of Christ
- 11/16 Be Strong () Pursuing godly strength
- 11/10 To His Own Master () Christian liberty
- 11/07 Thou, LORD, Has Done It () The Kalam Cosmological Argument
- 10/27 Give Me this Power () Pentecostal witchcraft
- 10/25 The Keys of the Kingdom () Spiritual authority
- 10/23 Against Nature () Homosexual perversion
- 10/13 I Will Have Mercy () Combating Torah-terrorism
- 10/13 The Office of a Bishop () Church leadership
- 09/29 Establish the Law () Grounding grace in Torah
- 09/23 Zealous of the Law () Early church passion
- 09/09 Corrupt Communication () Weighing our words
- 09/07 The Oracles of God () Identifying Scripture
- 09/03 Call on the Name () Another Gospel
- 08/24 I Hope In Thy Judgments () Judges of Being
- 08/17 Beholding Vanity () Tuning our focus
- 08/10 God Is Not Mocked () Sowing and reaping
- 08/04 Choose Life () Atheism and moral law
- 07/27 Sound Wisdom () Discovering Jordan Peterson
- 07/16 He Is Precious () Rightly esteeming Christ
- 07/04 Add Not Unto His Words () Tampering with Scripture
- 06/29 Dividing the Word () Interpreting Scripture
- 06/27 A Sound Mind () Godly thinking
- 06/23 Why Hidest Thou? () Is God Hiding?
- 06/19 She Loved Much () Proof of Christ’s deity
- 06/16 They Would Not Come () Standing God up
- 06/09 Jesus Stooped Down () Brilliance in a snare
- 05/25 The Books () God’s library
- 05/12 Be Content () Curing lust
- 05/11 That I May Know Him () Divine realization
- 04/30 Salvation Is of the Jews () The old-time gospel
- 04/28 Married to Another () Joined to Christ
- 04/21 Build Bulwarks () Holy danger
- 04/13 Serve the Law () Walking in the Spirit
- 04/06 The Creature Waits () Connected creation
- 03/31 Lusting to Envy () Healing lust
- 03/15 Intercession for Us () God Himself prays for us
- 03/13 Few Find It () On Christian Universalism
- 03/02 Continual Sorrow () Concern for the lost
- 02/23 Christ Lives in Me () What is Jesus doing?
- 02/09 A Good Conscience () Our moral compass
- 02/09 Perverse Disputings () Healthy debate
- 02/02 Examine Yourself () What questions say
- 01/26 God Created () The miracle of existence
- 01/12 Dead Works () Turning from death
2018
- 12/30 As Little Children () Childlike humility
- 12/05 Calling and Election () Finding our way
- 12/05 Moses and the Prophets () Ultimate witness
- 11/18 Perfect Peace () Staying our minds on God
- 11/10 These Signs () Miracles fit for purpose
- 11/10 The Word of Faith () Salvation in context
- 11/10 He Hardeneth () God’s absolute sovereignty
- 10/28 Grafted In () Kingdom composition
- 10/26 Chambering () Dangers of cohabitation
- 10/26 I Can Do All Things () Wisdom in our calling
- 10/21 Him Will I Confess () Ultimate agreement
- 09/29 Assurance Unto All () Proof for life
- 09/29 One Spirit () Ultimate intimacy
- 09/20 Having Escaped () Corruption through lust
- 09/20 Corrupting the Word () Money pollutes religion
- 09/15 See Afar Off () Living the promises
- 09/11 With a Shout () Enjoying God’s triumph
- 09/09 The Peace of God () Overcoming anxiety
- 09/08 Abound in Hope () Trusting God
- 09/04 Rightly Dividing () Interpreting Scripture
- 09/01 The Voice of Strangers () Discerning God’s voice
- 08/26 The Pride of Life () Common wickedness
- 07/21 A Very Small Thing () How others view us
- 07/13 Things that Are Excellent () Fine tuning holiness
- 07/07 Love One Another () On benevolence
- 07/05 Spirit, Soul and Body () Our essence
- 07/02 He Was Sick () On faith healing
- 06/30 My Servant Job () Sovereignty on display
- 06/25 Her Perfect Work () Adding patience to faith
- 06/15 Asleep in Christ () Soul sleep
- 06/09 To Be Sin () Becoming our sin
- 06/02 Superfluity of Naughtiness () Stifling our sin
- 06/01 Ask in Faith () Believing God
- 05/20 As Though they Were () The starlight travel dilemma
- 05/20 Of What Sort () Measuring success
- 05/20 The Engrafted Word () Transplanted expression
- 05/12 Wherein Is Blemish () On atonement for sin
- 05/12 Goodness and Severity () Taking in all of God
- 05/12 God So Loved () People vs Principle
- 05/08 Honor and Glory () Ways to honor God
- 05/06 After Their Kind () Darwin’s dilemma
- 05/04 Choose the Fear () First step to sanity
- 04/30 One Flesh () The spirituality of sexuality
- 04/28 God Is Light () Seeing in God
- 04/28 God Is Love () God’s essential character
- 04/18 Male and Female () Gender clarity
- 04/14 In Your Presence () Implications of omnipresence
- 04/08 Fiery Darts () Healing word wounds
- 04/07 The Mystery of Faith () On faith and works
- 03/31 Let Me Not Wander () Soul restraint
- 03/25 The Month of Abib () Observing month one
- 03/18 Not Grievous () The nature of Torah
- 03/17 What Think Ye of Christ? () A sharing gateway
- 03/10 Are We Blind? () On seeing
- 03/03 All His Benefits () Remember God’s blessings
- 03/03 Then I Understood () Christians and willful sin
- 02/25 Remember the Day () Never forget that day
- 02/24 Cleave to Jehovah () Constant communion
- 02/18 Every Idle Word () Nothing is secret
- 02/02 This Is Love () On the greatest command
- 01/29 Cry After Knowledge () Our top priority
- 01/20 Your Hands () God’s intimacy in our design
- 01/13 Denying His Name () Calling God a liar
- 01/06 To Know () On Epistemology
2017
- 12/25 Another Jesus () The litmus test
- 12/24 In My Name () Prayer power
- 12/24 Put on Christ () Pretending unto perfection
- 12/24 Give Him Life () Praying for sinners
- 12/21 Into His Rest () Believing on Christ
- 12/18 Make Thee Fringes () A gateway command
- 12/17 His Name in Vain () Taking it lightly
- 12/11 Nailing It () What Christ took away
- 12/09 Eat the Tithe () Party Time!
- 12/09 My Soul Breaks () Ultimate desire
- 11/20 I Never Knew You () Ultimate terror
- 11/19 One of Another () Of one and all
- 11/18 Children of YHWH () The initial command
- 11/18 How Much More? () On induction
- 11/12 Blaspheme the Holy Ghost () The unforgivable sin
- 11/12 I Am Chief () The worst sinner ever
- 11/05 Wonderfully Made () On macromolecular machines
- 11/04 In His Image () The witness of Moral Law
- 10/29 Behold the Fowls () Bird-watching in God
- 10/26 Trodden Down () God tramples them
- 10/24 The Sabbath Day () It’s Saturday
- 10/23 Grow Up () On spiritual maturity
- 10/18 Higher Powers () God’s purpose in government
- 10/13 Laying on of Hands () An ABC of Faith
- 10/10 Give Them Repentance () God’s gift of change
- 10/09 First Principles () The basics of our Faith
- 10/09 Sin () Identifying good and evil
- 10/05 Ye Are the Temple () Corporate indwelling
- 10/04 A Living Sacrifice () Corporate sanctification
- 09/24 Of Baptisms () Ceremonial washing
- 09/23 Taken Captive () Voluntary prisoners
- 09/22 So Send I You () God’s emmisaries
- 09/21 Nothing Offends Them () God’s immune system
- 09/19 What God Hath Cleansed () Peter’s rooftop vision
- 09/18 No Greater Burden () Applying Torah in pagan culture
- 09/17 The Lord’s Supper () It’s Passover
- 09/14 Judge Not () On moral calibration
- 09/13 So Run () Staying on course
- 09/12 In the Storm () Healing in a hurricane
- 09/11 Swift to Hear () Listening intentionally
- 09/11 Slow to Speak () Weighing words
- 09/04 Thy Testimonies () YHWH’s witness
- 08/23 Whom Are You Seeking? () Finding Christ
- 08/23 Strangers and Pilgrims () Looking up
- 08/20 Iron Sharpens Iron () Refining relationships
- 08/19 By Grace () Divine power
- 08/16 Heavy Burdens () Attacking faith’s foundation
- 08/14 One Law () God’s universal, timeless standard
- 08/07 Every False Way () Invalid reasoning
- 08/05 Vain Thoughts () Foolish thinking
- 07/31 Order My Steps () Hope in God’s sovereignty
- 07/28 Even Weeping () Holy tears
- 07/28 At Thy Word () Because He said so
- 07/25 Aleph Beth Gimel () God’s ABCs of faith
- 07/24 Holy and Unholy () Holiness training
- 07/24 Quicken Me () Praying for life
- 07/23 Feed the Flock () Shepherding 101
- 07/21 Endure Unto the End () Salvation secures enduring
- 07/15 All Uncleanness () Physical holiness
- 07/12 Hunger and Thirst () Longing after holiness
- 07/07 Before I Was Afflicted () The cure for resentment
- 07/03 War with the Saints () Basics of spiritual warfare
- 07/02 Rejoice in the Lord () Commanded to rejoice
- 06/30 When He Shall Appear () Torah in the clouds
- 06/28 Redeeming the Time () Eternal time management
- 06/23 Our Old Man () Conquering our sin
- 06/23 Delight in the Law () Measuring spiritual health
- 06/20 Him Crucified () Our singular pursuit
- 06/18 Ready to Vanish () The old covenant’s hidden for now
- 06/13 Christ in You () Divinity within
- 06/12 All Things but Loss () Valuing Christ
- 06/11 Honor All () Respect is unconditional
- 06/10 Seek the Lord () Going after God
- 06/09 Strive to Enter () Agonizing to be saved
- 06/03 A Merchant () Finding God’s kingdom
- 05/29 Honor the Son () Christ as divine Judge
- 05/29 Kiss the Son () Receiving Christ’s divinity
- 05/29 Sell All () Called to poverty?
- 05/27 In Your Heart () Loving God by loving His words
- 05/23 I Follow After () Pursuing Christ
- 05/22 The Election of Grace () God’s unconditional election
- 05/21 Instruct in Meekness () Teaching gently and discretely
- 05/21 Desperately Wicked () Man’s total depravity
- 05/19 The Mystery of Iniquity () The insanity of depravity
- 05/14 The Foundation () Local church defined
- 05/13 Tell the Church () Spiritual authority
- 05/06 Speak Not Evil () Deciding others’ motives
- 05/03 The End of the Law () The purpose of Torah
- 04/29 Clothed With Humility () Toward selflessness
- 04/23 Under Authority () Obeying those who create morality
- 04/23 His Own Burden () Spiritual accountability
- 04/22 Despising the Shame () Dealing with contempt
- 04/20 Let the Dam Go () Bases of cultural health
- 04/18 Purge the Leaven () Finding hidden sin
- 04/16 Christ the Firstfruits () Christ rose first; we’ll all follow
- 04/15 God Is Kind () God’s blessing isn’t validation
- 04/15 Save a Soul () Making a difference, one soul at a time
- 04/15 Well Done () The secret of fulfillment
- 04/10 The Wicked Flee () Boldness in blame
- 04/08 Of Man’s Judgement () The power of accusation
- 04/07 Seducing Spirits () Demons entice us
- 04/02 As the Heaven Is High () Infinite, equalizing mercy
- 03/30 Arming Myself () Another weapon
- 03/25 Increase Our Faith () Knowing God better
- 03/23 Take Heed () Being present
- 03/20 My Portion () Inheritance
- 03/19 Fear Not () The sin of worry
- 03/18 False Brothers () Of wheat and tares
- 03/12 Prayer Abomination () When prayer disgusts God
- 03/11 Behold the Beauty () Shadows of majesty
- 03/08 Cleaving to Dust () From empty longing
- 03/04 The Way () A path and a Person
- 02/26 That Which Decays () A pattern in God’s temple
- 02/18 Open My Eyes () The miracle of spiritual sight
- 02/11 Worship in Truth () Purifying our worship
- 02/04 Knowing Good and Evil () The root of depravity
- 01/28 Through Weakness () How God shows strength
2016
- 12/31 A New Creature () The divine heart transplant
- 12/22 Put the Evil Away () The Bible vs the Qur’an
- 12/18 Inhabiting Eternity () God’s timelessness
- 12/11 Speak To Yourself () Worship through truth
- 12/04 All Patience and Longsuffering () Divine strength
- 12/02 Take the Sword () What’s your Bible for?
- 11/26 To Reconcile All Things () All will be well in the end
- 11/25 Raise Them Up () Nurturing and admonishing our children
- 11/24 That Which Is Holy () Pray before persuading
- 11/24 Bold as a Lion () Holy fearlessness
- 11/21 Effectual Fervent Prayer () Praying for nations
- 11/12 Do Good () Voting for the common good
- 11/06 More Than Conquerors () Victorious hope in trial
- 11/05 Esteem Others Better () Holy humility
- 10/29 Exercise Yourself () Pushing our soul limits
- 10/23 Precious Promises () Partaking of divine nature
- 10/08 Emulations () Unholy sameness
- 10/04 A Prating Fool () Steering clear in wisdom
- 10/01 Variance () Unholy differentness
- 09/24 Lord Knows () Resting in God’s infinitude
- 09/17 Perfecting Holiness () Growing reverently in love
- 09/02 The End of All Things () Living soberly in God’s purpose
- 08/29 The Circle of Earth () Proving Earth’s a sphere
- 08/09 Oppositions of Science () Science and spiritual life
- 08/07 He Shall Rule the Nations () Voting for Christ
- 07/28 The Unity of the Faith () The bond of healthy community
- 07/27 Be Found Faithful () On keeping our word
- 07/16 Presumptuous Sin () Prayerfully run from willful sin
- 06/28 The Word of God () Which version is best?
- 06/26 A Falling Away () Before Messiah returns
- 06/25 What Is Truth? () Aligning with reality
- 06/18 Walk in the Light () How to walk with God
- 06/14 A Sweet Savor () Others remind God of Christ in us
- 06/06 Proud in Heart () Pride isn’t optional
- 05/29 Love the LORD () Passion for God isn’t optional
- 05/21 God Is Just () God’s passion for justice
- 05/14 Man of Sorrows () Weeping over brokenness
- 05/13 The Second Death () Pondering Hell
- 05/08 God Is Faithful () Resting in the nature of God
- 05/05 Too Painful () When disquieted by injustice
- 05/02 The New Month () God’s monthly call to worship
- 05/01 The Sword of the Spirit () God’s weapon – our weapon
- 04/28 Root of Bitterness () Temptation in trial
- 04/28 Shield of Faith () Our most important armor
- 04/23 The Gospel Mystery () In calling all God saves only His own
- 04/23 Live by Faith () The basics of faith
- 04/22 Be Persuaded () The basics of repentance
- 04/17 There Is No God? () Proof that atheism is foolish
- 03/27 Right In Our Own Eyes () Making up morality
- 03/19 My Course () Fulfilling our purpose
- 03/13 Your Father Knows () Divine perspective in prayer
- 03/13 Let Us Draw Near () When we’re far from God
- 03/06 Seek My Face () Connecting with God’s heart
- 02/27 What If God? () Why God allows evil and suffering
- 02/22 The Terror of the Lord () Over-focus on God’s love
- 02/20 Eternal Salvation () Eternal security: intrinsic to the Gospel
- 02/20 Not Under Law () A glorious key of spiritual life
- 02/18 My Feasts () God’s call to feast with Him
- 02/08 Edify One Another () Why go to church?
- 02/06 Saved By Hope () Deliverance in God’s goodness
- 01/25 Ponder the Path () Intentionally staying in God’s way
- 01/16 None Good but One () Free will and God’s sovereignty
- 01/10 Keep My Commandments () Torah: God’s litmus test
- 01/09 The Voice of God () Discerning the divine
- 01/02 He Learned Obedience () Gethsemane: the ultimate obedience
2015
- 12/27 Subtlety to the Simple () Growing in Christ’s subtlety
- 12/27 To Know Wisdom () Its importance, and how to get more
- 12/25 Love Your Enemies () Living as children of the King
- 12/20 The Indignation of the Lord () Into the mystery of the gospel
- 12/20 Stony Ground () Patience in trial evidences election
- 12/16 God Is Good () The key to overcoming
- 12/12 Make Your Election Sure () Ensuring eternal safety
- 11/27 Abounding With Thanksgiving () Defines who we are
- 11/22 As Bound With Them () Remembering those who suffer
- 11/07 One Thing () Keeping focus: pleasing God is all that matters
- 10/30 Walk Worthy () Obeying more from love than duty
- 10/16 Our Light Affliction () Heavenly perspective in suffering
- 10/09 Every Perfect Gift () Engaging in the moment, abiding in God
- 10/04 Keep Yourselves From Idols () Discontentment with God
- 10/03 Lest Any Man Fail () Involving community in response to sin
- 09/28 Buy the Truth () Don’t fear being wrong; fear staying wrong
- 09/18 Established With Grace () Grounded in God’s sufficiency
- 09/14 Look for Him () Anticipating Messiah’s return
- 09/11 Feeding in the Majesty () Feasting on God’s majesty
- 09/10 Remember the Days of Darkness () Wisdom’s plea to tepid souls