Daniel Botkin
Jan 22, 2023
A Hot Furnace & A Cool Chimney
In the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13), the five foolish virgins took no oil for their lamps, but the five wise virgins took...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 15, 2023
Stop Trusting Your Feelings
Feelings are part of being human. Feelings are a blessing in their proper place, but a curse when misused. People often express their...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 8, 2023
Take Off Your Tinfoil Hat & Stop Acting Stupid
I might lose some readers here, but I’m going to say it anyway. Take off your tinfoil hat and stop acting stupid. Quit behaving as if all...
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Daniel Botkin
Jan 1, 2023
The Book of Books
The Bible speaks about the Holy of holies, the Song of songs, the God of gods, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords. In the...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 25, 2022
Mary, Mother of Messiah
The Roman Catholic Church elevates Mary to the status of Regina Caeli, “Queen of heaven,” and declares her to be the Mediatrix, the...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 18, 2022
Serving the LORD
“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Josh. 24:15). Lots of believers have the above verse hanging on a wall somewhere in...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 11, 2022
Unconditional Surrender (“Thank God for the Atom Bomb”)
Around 1990 I read a book by Paul Fussell, a World War 2 veteran who became a college professor, author, and literary critic. The title...
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Daniel Botkin
Dec 9, 2022
The Attack Against God-Ordained Binary Gender Distinction
BINARY GENDER: ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF CREATION binary: something made of two things or parts; compounded or consisting of or marked by...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 27, 2022
“613 Commandments?!”
“Six hundred and thirteen commandments?! Forget it! I couldn’t even remember that many rules, let alone obey all of them!” That is often...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 20, 2022
Tattoos
“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD” (Lev. 19:28). When I was a kid,...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 13, 2022
God Does Not Need Our Prayers
God does not need our prayers. God can do whatever He wants to do without our prayers. The Almighty is All Mighty. He does not need our...
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Daniel Botkin
Nov 6, 2022
My Political Pilgrimage
A few years ago I had some of my artwork in a booth at an outdoor art fair in Peoria. A man stopped and looked at my work. He said he had...
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 30, 2022
Amazing Grace & Amusing Grace
AMAZING GRACE I taught ESL (English as a Second Language) to foreign students for seven years. By teaching English, I became more aware...
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 23, 2022
The Divine Presence: Omnipresence & Manifested Presence
After the children of Israel worshipped the golden calf and suffered the loss of about 3,000 men, God told Moses to go ahead and take the...
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 16, 2022
The Flow of the Spirit
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink. He that...
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 9, 2022
The Ever-Burning Fire on the Altar
For most Christians, Leviticus is probably their least favorite book of the Bible. This is understandable, because until you read through...
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Daniel Botkin
Oct 2, 2022
Taking the Name of the LORD in Vain
“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain” (Ex....
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 25, 2022
Three of Satan’s Favorite Bible Passages for Clubbing Christians with Condemnation & Despair
Satan often twists the meaning of God’s Word and uses his distortion of truth as a weapon against God’s people. Satan uses his...
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 18, 2022
Trees of Righteousness, or Reeds Shaken by the Wind?
When John the Baptist was in prison, Yeshua asked the multitudes, “What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the...
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 11, 2022
Quit Griping & Do Something
Humans like to gripe. Even God’s people gripe. When the children of Israel griped and complained and murmured in the wilderness, it often...
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Daniel Botkin
Sep 4, 2022
Holy Convocation: A Divine Imperative
Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And an orchard for a dome. -Emily...
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Daniel Botkin
Aug 28, 2022
Relationships: Vertical & Horizontal, Diving & Human
When I was the pastor of our congregation several years ago, I designed the above three-pronged diagram as a visual aid to show the...
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Daniel Botkin
Aug 21, 2022
Undeluding the Deluded
John wrote that “many deceivers are entered into the world” (2 John 7). This statement is as true today as it was in the first century....
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Daniel Botkin
Aug 14, 2022
Charisma, Ecstasy, Mysticism, Trance
Charisma. Ecstasy. Mysticism. Trance. Words like these send up a red flag in the minds of many Bible believers. The words sound weird and...
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