The Freditorialist

 Another Freditorial - Sept 20, 2025 Predawn dreams, thoughts & impressions regarding current family issues: The word salvation comes from the Greek term "soedzo" (sp?) meaning to be saved. The meaning includes the idea of being healed and made whole in body, mind & spirit. Salvation comes from repenting (literally changing one's mind in such a profound way as to cause behavioral changes) through believing in the Truth (Jesus) and demonstrating that faith by confessing that Jesus is Lord.  John 14:6 and Romans 10:9. Conversely, believing in things which are false (which is the essence of deception) does the very opposite to mind, body and spirit.  It actually causes damage to both entities. Clarification of term definitions is needed here.  We are created in God's image.  Just as He is a triune God, we are a trinity of sorts.  "...We are a spirit, we have a soul and we dwell in a body..." Our soul itself is a triune creation consisting of the intell...

  A Theological Dilemma? - April 04/2026 The Scripture never contradicts itself. However, there are what this author refers to as "Parallel Contrasting Truths". Consider two examples - The concept of Predestination and Free Will or even the two ideas of "OSAS" (Once Saved Always Saved) and "Eternal Reprobation". These are concepts that appear to be mutually exclusive but in actuality they are not. Our natural reasoning says: "They both can't be right!". The truth is that our inability to reconcile these apparently opposing ideas in our minds merely reflects the limitations of our human understanding. The prompting to write this "Freditorial" came sometime before dawn of the Saturday between the Good Friday and Easter Sunday of 2026. It was the Scripture of Luke 16:9 that came to mind, copied here using the New King James Version: "...And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they m...

I recently received a hard copy of a book, “Right Wing Revolution”. The author - Charlie Kirk - gives a good definition of the term. Here’s an excerpt from the first page of the second chapter that is titled: What is Woke? “... wokeness is a mental illness that believes itself to be the cure …” Kirk elaborates on that in great detail but I have my own definition. It based on Holy Scripture, from the book of Isaiah chapter 5, verse 20: “... Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! ...” In my opinion, that exposes the core of “Woke ideology”. I do agree with Elon Musk who described the condition as a “mind virus”. Further elaboration of my part may be unnecessary and redundant so... I will close my comment on that particular topic with a repeat of a statement; One that I’ve made many times before: There is no better source of wisdom than the words of Scripture inspired by ...

I awoke this morning thinking of some facets of Creation that probably receive little consideration in light of observations of our physical universe.  Here are a few of those observations: 1.   Everything G-d has created was perfect but still of less value and perfection than Himself. 2.   Everything in existence was created separate from Himself. 3.   Since He is eternal and of infinitely perfect wisdom, He cannot recreate Himself. 4.   It is necessarily essential that there is only one G-d. 5.   "In The Beginning" existence came into being with two entities:  Time and Matter/Energy 6.   "Space" is an undefined entity. The term is merely a place-holder to placate the human mind. 7.   G-d is a Spirit and He exists as both Father and Son. The term "Trinity" may be helpful. 8.   The basic elements of Creation as seen in the Atom are illustrative of the Creator. 9.   The most basic element ...

I was recently challenged on a phrase that I have used from time to time in the past and I would like to take this opportunity to expand a bit on that choice of words; Here is the phrase that I used (and I had never heard this before so I didn't copy it from anyone - it's something that I made up myself): Excessive Sobriety  It's a term that could be considered roughly equivalent or have connotations reflective of words such as "excessive introspection" or "painfully analytical" or "acutely melancholic" or "negatively inclined" or "overly critical" or "manically depressive".  Golly indeed! I do hope the reader gets the picture that I'm trying to portray. Yes, there is no "cure" for the condition but there is treatment that is both efficacious and effective.  The treatment:  alcohol (in moderation!) In the context of my own personal experience with alcohol, after about 55 years from the first time I ha...

  Conservative vs Liberal Psalm 2, especially verse 3... "...Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us..." Proverbs 23:10 - "...Remove not the old landmark..." Romans 13 (the believer and civil law) and Acts 7 (description of those who opposed Moses) speak on the topic of resisting legitimate authority. The Scriptures have much to say about rebellion and it is in that context that I feel the need to speak on this topic. Definition of terms:  (as derived from multiple online dictionaries) conservative - "...the holding of traditional values..." liberal - "...not bound by traditional forms..." So... What do we see in this modern day "political divide" not only here in the United States but globally?  Trudy and I have been, for the second time,  watching the series "The Crown" and in those episodes one can really see many poignant examples of opposing ideology between the two viewpoints. Of course it...