Parables and Proverbs Beginnings

Wonder how my unique "ministry" got started?
My parables were sermons first written before Lynne's death in October 2008, and then repeated and added to the following year. I wanted to tell the stories of the miracles God had orchestrated in my life without debating theology or promoting miracles. I also wanted to write shorter sermons because of the time pressures on me from working full time, pastoring a church, caring for Lynne, and trying to keep up my home. Out of this was born the Parables.
In April I joined a now defunct site, Worshipjournal.com, started by Noel Richards (a sort of Bill Gaither type worship leader, musician, and music promoter) and other European worship leaders, and I put one of my parables on the journal section. Within 2 months my site had jumped to #7 in popularity out of thousands of profiles of some very popular European musicians. I was amazed and humbled.
While I was publishing the parables on Twitter in late 2009, I tried writing out my devotions in tweet form, less than 140 characters. There was little response at first. Then I wrote the words, simply for myself, What do I have left after I've crucified self? All I have left is Jesus. It is enough.  I was again surprised. Friends were blessed by my own thoughts to God and about God. Who knew?
When I first started on Twitter, for 6 months I had only 40 followers. After I started the devotionals, which I now call Proverbs, the following grew to 400, and now to over 4000. I never picture myself as a devotional writer. Yet here I am.
Now I am surprised again. Two months ago my brother-in-law Rev Mark Black inspired me by his example and conversations to write a sermon on hell. The response for the first 30 days was negligible, but in the second month something happened on the internet. Overnight it became the most read and sought after post I have written. I am averaging 50 inquiries a week on Google Search. I have had 500 views in 2 months, 5 times as many as my most popular post.
Before the sermon on hell, after I posted links to my blog, the views would rise, but within an hour would drop to zero. Now there are views on the blog constantly, 24/7, and the views of all my other blogs are rising. At last count there were over 11,000 views on the blog, with 58 countries checking in.
Muslim countries, Communist countries, Buddhist countries, countries under dictators are hearing the message of the Cross and salvation from an Eternal Hell. Also, people without computers are reading these blogs on their cell phones.
What I have learned in the last 5 years is the overriding sense that God is directing my steps. He's directing yours also. You just may not know it yet. All the credit for any good that I may be accomplishing goes to God. Any mistakes are my responsibility. Any help  given through your prayers, reposting, and encouragement has been and will be deeply appreciated.
God is good!

Alan and Tim

This is Alan Camden in front, my brother Tim Dittmer in back. I got to play with this proficient band only once at a Gary Indiana Emerson High School music contest, 1965 or 66, because pianos aren't portable.
As I watched them perform walking back and 
forth across the stage I learned a great lesson: ALWAYS BUY THE LONGEST GUITAR CHORDS AVAILABLE.
We three also played for a friend of mine during that same contest. Her name was Jennifer, an eighth grader who was a classical soprano with a full range voice. She sang the song The End of the World.
Because of her interest in music, and the fact that we had the same lunch hours,  my eighth grade friend Jennifer and I met everyday for lunch, even though I was Senior. This caused a great deal of stress for her boyfriend.
Tim, my brother, was an excellent musician, guitarist, vocalist with the ability to harmonize.
Alan was a gifted guitarist. I was there when he first started picking up the guitar, and within weeks of first starting he was playing a style I now recognize as the Chet Atkins style. He would pick out the melody, and simultaneously also pick an alternating bass and chords.
He was so good at that style that when I first heard Chet Atkins years later, I briefly wondered if Chet stole the style from Alan.

Why Men Die First #1

Why Good People go to Hell: A Report

It is obvious to me that there is a hunger to know about hell. My sermon, Why Good People Go to Hell, has been viewed 1870 times,  21 times as much as my most popular post.
I uses Google Analytics to analyze my blog, and one of the things I keep track of is how many searches are used to find the blog. A search for a subject that I have written about can mean that the person has heard of the subject I have written about from someone else and then did a Google search to find my blog by topic.
It was encouraging to me when I first starting having people do searches to find my blog. It meant that the word was spreading. I would get excited if 1 or 2 searches were done in a week.
Since I wrote the blog on Hell, a little over seven months ago, there have been 478 searches for hell on Google.
This topic may seem intellectual, but it reveals the terrifying and tragic truth that those friends of ours that reject the Lordship of Christ either openly or through indifference are headed for an eternity of infinitely expanding suffering.
One other thought. Most non Christians are apathetic to any revelation of the Word or the fear of the Lord, an awareness of God's Presence. But according to Solomon, they hunger to understand the nature of the spiritual heart.
It is not a coincidence that there is a hunger to hear about Hell and this same quality that Solomon mentioned. To understand about the tragedy of Hell is to understand the spiritual heart. The two truths go hand in hand.
For example, the heart has the ability to amplify an emotion, like a radio beacon. If that emotion is condemnation, which is all that will be left in Hell, imagine that message amplified to  and through infinity.
I am convinced that the unsaved world wants to hear about Hell, because it also helps them to understand about their biggest question. Why does the spiritual heart have an infinite yearning? 
That infinite yearning can only be filled with an Infinite Holy God.

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Devotions From Psalms 12

For the repentant heart, God can turn even a curse into a blessing!

There's no warning label on the dangers of the spiritual heart! Surrender your heart to God!

A message from the heart can strengthen or destroy! Jesus, fill my heart with Your Grace!

Your heart will not not willingly reveal to you it's ability to destroy, but God's Word does!

It's impossible to be a people pleaser and a God pleaser at the same time!

Better to be a friend of God than of men. Men's anger can last a lifetime. God's anger can last for Eternity!

The heart can desire to please both the world and God but only one will prevail! Jesus, I surrender my heart to You!

God's Word is at least 7 times more dependable than the most dependable scholar. I trust Your Word, Jesus!


Dear Reader, I'm with you in spirit, grateful for your friendship, praying for God's Grace in you 24/7.


Sustain me with Your Life & Grace, Heavenly Father. Keep me in Your Heart, Lord Jesus.


Because we've turned our back on You, Father, we've also turned our backs on the poor. Forgive us.


We've given hero worship to godless athletes, actors, & leaders, & now their kind have multiplied.


The poor are a feast for the politicians and businessmen, but You, God, will arise on their behalf!


The proud manipulators believe they set their own destiny & will prevail against God & His Lambs. WRONG!


It breaks my heart when the godly give up & the enemy wins. Lord, we need Your Help!


God will ARISE! Lying lips will cease! The wolves will be put down! The poor will dwell in safety.

Prayers for My Blog from Psalms 1

Please join with me in praying for my blog. I can't build anything unless God is in it.

Let Your Holy Presence anoint my links and posts in Jesus' Name!*

Lord, heap the blessing plates of those who encourage me 3 times higher, like Benjamin, Joseph's little long lost brother.*

Warm with triple joy the hearts of my co-laborers, those who retweet and share my posts and links.*

Bless the bank accounts of those who support me, like the widow's oil jug that never ran out.*

Let your Joy fill the hearts of the readers, my friends, as I lift up Jesus and Him Crucified!*

Thank You, Father, for organizations that support bloggers like Google, and Amazon.*

I've planted myself in the deep rich loam of God's Word. I have no plans on leaving.*

Mission Statement

I want to see the blog succeed for four reasons:

First, so that a world wide, cascading, irreversible universal constant awareness of God's presence in the hearts of all in our generation.

Second, my Crucified and Resurrected Jesus would be lifted up so that my generation would be drawn to Him.

Third, the Parables would be published around the world, so that I can bear witness to the mighty works of God.

Last, my blog would generate an income that would prosper Mary and myself, freeing us to travel with this message and give to other works of the Lord.

Devotions From Psalms 1

Mission statement?: I want to see the blog succeed firstly, so that a world wide, cascading, irreversible universal constant awareness of God's presence in the hearts of all in our generation, secondly My Crucified and Resurrected Jesus would be lifted up so that my generation would be drawn to Him, third, the Parables would be published around the world, and last, my blog would generate an income that would prosper Mary and myself, freeing us to travel with this message and give to other works of the Lord.

For that reason, I have been spending a lot of time meditating on Psalms 1, because of the promise "whatsoever he doeth shall prosper!"

Prayers from Psalms 1


Stir with Holy Fire my hunger for Your Word, and for You, Lord Jesus. Fan the flames with Your Spirit.


Let Your Grace flood my entire being so that I will be fruitful and pleasing to You, God.


Your Word is amazing, holy Father, filled with jewels, flowers, treasures, all precious Words!


The world tells me nobody can be delighted in God's Word 24/7. Precious Jesus, let me be NOBODY!


Teach me, Holy Spirit, how to meditate 24/7 on Your Word. Help me to focus with Your Grace.


I'm blessed because I walk in Your Counsel, and not in the counsel of the ungodly.


I take my stand NOT to defend my rights and privileges, but for Your Truth, and to defend Your lambs.


I'm not sitting in the scornful, lazy mocker's chair. I'm praising, weeping laboring in the harvest of souls!


The path of righteousness or father and mother hood or marriage is not a competitive race for the best, but a walk with God.

A Journey Through God's Word

Thursday, August 4, 2011


The strange math of friendship: my friends multiply my joy, but divide and lighten my sadness.*


My path of life is either godly or ungodly/depending on the direction I face/towards God... or away*


Prayers for my blog

Please join with me in praying for my blog. I can't build anything unless God is in it.

Let Your Holy Presence anoint my links and posts in Jesus' Name!*


Lord, heap the blessing plates of those who encourage me 3 times higher, like Benjamin, Joseph's little long lost brother.*


Warm with triple joy the hearts of my co-laborers, those who retweet and share my posts and links.*


Bless the bank accounts of those who support me, like the widow's oil jug that never ran out.*


Let your Joy fill the hearts of the readers, my friends, as I lift up Jesus and Him Crucified!*


Thank You, Father, for organizations that support bloggers like Google, and Amazon.*


I've planted myself in the deep rich loam of God's Word. I have no plans on leaving.*



Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Mission Statement?: I want to see the blog succeed firstly, so that a world wide, cascading, irreversible universal constant awareness of God's presence in the hearts of all in our generation, secondly My Crucified and Resurrected Jesus would be lifted up so that my generation would be drawn to Him, third, the Parables would be published around the world, and last, my blog would generate an income that would prosper Mary and myself, freeing us to travel with this message and give to other works of the Lord.

For that reason, I have been spending a lot of time meditating on Psalms 1, because of the promise "whatsoever he doeth shall prosper!"

Prayers from Psalms 1

Stir with Holy Fire my hunger for Your Word, and for You, Lord Jesus. Fan the flames with Your Spirit.*

Let Your Grace flood my entire being so that I will be fruitful and pleasing to You, God.*

Your Word is amazing, holy Father, filled with jewels, flowers, treasures, all precious Words!

The world tells me nobody can be delighted in God's Word 24/7. Precious Jesus, let me be NOBODY!*

Teach me, Holy Spirit, how to meditate 24/7 on Your Word. Help me to focus with Your Grace.*

I'm blessed because I walk in Your Counsel, and not in the counsel of the ungodly.*

I take my stand NOT to defend my rights and privileges, but for Your Truth, to defend Your lambs.*

I'm not sitting in the scornful, lazy mocker's chair. I'm praising, weeping, laboring in the harvest of souls!*

The path of righteousness or father and mother hood or marriage is not a competitive race for the best, but a walk with God.*

Monday, August 1st, 2011


Planted in Your Word, refreshed by Your Word, I shall always be full of You. All I do shall prosper.*


Planted in God's Word. my labors shall refresh others, spread God's Word abroad, and be pleasing to You, Jesus.*


I'm a tree, planted in the loam of the Living Word, digging deeper, drawing closer to You, Jesus.*


The pursuit of the heart of God is a continuation of the repenting began at Salvation. I must drop:
gathering wealth
solving my problems
trying to understand myself
trying to understand women
trying to get others to understand me
trying to make a living
trying to get ahead
instead I must turn to You, God, and run to You!
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Lord Jesus, I can't build anything unless You are in it.*


I'm Your slave, Almighty God/3 times over/created, redeemed, surrendered/an unbreakable 3 fold cord*


All that I have, and all that I am is Yours, Precious Jesus, now and forever.*


Infinity moves in my heart, all of Your Majesty, Glory, Holiness , Love*


Only You, my Shepherd, could enlarge me in my distress, with the fullness of Your Joy.*


Nothing can be built without You, Lord, no family, romance, life, business.*

Devotions from Psalms 119

My great need is to pray more and to get into God's Word more, and Psalms 119 is a powerful tool that I rely on over and over.

The structure of Psalms 119 is unique. Almost every verse is both a prayer and a comment on The Word of God, and can stand alone. There are 8 verses per grouping and each grouping starts with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet as a memory aid.

The verses are supremely motivating to DRAW ME INTO PRAYER AND THE WORD OF GOD SIMULTANEOUSLY!

I come back to this chapter repeatedly for my meditation. I can not say enough about how motivating this chapter is, if you will pursue it like a lifetime treasure hunt!

biblegateway, Psalms 119

¹⁵I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.

There are ways, or paths that God chooses. The way of fatherhood or motherhood, the way of the father or a mother, the way of a believer.

God has chosen the method of pathways  to be a lesson teaching tool. 

The world's method are classrooms and theaters, where every word is scripted and nuanced, where there is heavy competition for the best parts or best grades, where myths are perpetuated, where the audience or class is encouraged to worship the heroes.

The pathway is unscripted. Honest hearts are encouraged. There are plenty of opportunities to observe life, to compare, to allow God to reveal, to define and journal what we have seen.

We are so in love with the theater of the world that we tend to look down on the pathways that God has called us to.

I am "just" a husband. I am "just" a child. I am "just" a believer. I am "just" a mother. ???!!!

Friend, in God's Kingdom, which we are to seek, there is no such thing as "just a" anything. We are children of the Lion of Judah, the King of Kings, The Master Shepherd. 

We are lion cubs, Princes and Princesses, shepherd's.

I am a father, a husband, a believer. I am honored that God has called me to these pathways.

I give myself and you permission to praise God for Who He is, and thank Him for what He does.

Why God Grieves Over New York

It is a bit presumptive of me, yet I must do this every so often. I must speak on God's behalf.


If I get it wrong, I'm heaping up special punishment from God. The Word of God is clear.


Yet God does rely on His ambassadors to speak on His behalf. To fail to speak for Him when He is deeply offended would be to fail my duty as a preacher of the Gospel.


God is offended by the news of gay marriages legalized in New York this week.


New York state legalizes gay marriages.

Others can speak about Bible verses and examples better than I, so I will not at this time.


What I do have unique insight on is the rest of the story on why God finds this so revolting.


It has to do with the original gay creature, Lucifer himself.
Lucifer's desire from the beginning has been to posses God Almighty Himself as a marriage of two equals, with Satan being the dominate partner.


God's creation, including Lucifer, was designed and made to be submissive, just as a woman was designed and created to be submissive to a man.


Since God, and only God has the infinite capacity to understand the eternal consequences of His every decision, it makes sense that He should be boss not only of the universe, but our lives as well. Since He made us, we belong to Him. Since His Son redeemed us on the Cross, we belong to Him twice.


The spiritual created being has an organ called the heart which is designed for the Almighty God to reside in. 
This presence in the heart of one of His creatures causes a fullness of joy, even greater than the fullness of joy felt in the heart of a woman when her man abides in her submissive organ, which I call her heart.


There is no similar spiritual organ in God the Father for He is not designed, nor could He ever be submissive. His purpose, supported by every fiber of His being is to rule, a job which He has done flawlessly. Any blame for tragedy in this life can not be laid at the feet of God.


For Satan to dominate God in a way that God is freely capable of, Satan would have to commit spiritual sodomy.


Because God is God, He sees the eternal consequences of same sex type marriage, including the one Satan desires, an Eternal All powerful God dominated by a jealous, cruel, manipulative, murderous, lying Satan.


The nature of a same sex marriage between Satan and God, both in every day life style, and long range consequences would be infinitely painful to God, and destructively disastrous for all of His Creation, namely us.


Marriages are to be a picture and a prophecy of The Eternal Marriage, and the gay marriages in New York are falsely prophesying the victory of Satan over God, and His Eternal Submission to a being who has usurped Him, and has no love for God's creation. 


The thought of that makes God want to vomit.


No wonder He reacted so passionately and violently to the ongoing homosexual gang rapes of Sodom and Gomorrah.


By the way, I'd like to hazard a guess as to the name of Lot's wife. Morton.

Pray for Norway

Pray for Norway after Lone Gunman Massacre

A lone gunman detonated two large explosions in downtown Norway, then drove to an island where many young people had gathered after the explosions. He began shooting every one on the island.

Many young people fled to the water, which was too far to swim back to the mainland. The gunman later began to pursue and shoot those in the water.

Latest death toll count was 91, and is expected to rise. One young man survived by screaming at the shooter, who spared him. Another hid among the bodies in the water. The shooter came so close he could feel the heat of the gun barrel.

Any philosophy without God in complete charge becomes godless and destructive. The shooter was "a conservative fundamentalist" and a "freedom lover". He hated the Muslim philosophy.

He was 31 years old, and from a wealthy family. He loved to hunt, and had access to guns. He had an organic farm, and had access to fertilizer.

By taking freedom and justice into his own hands, we duplicate the worst of the philosophy we despise.

Lord Jesus, wrap your arms of comfort around grieving families. Take control of our childish minds.

Protect our children from predators. Let the shepherds who guard our children discern the wolves.

Suspect: Norwegian media reported that Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017851/Norway-attacks-gunman-Anders-Behring-Breivik-right-wing-extremist-hated-Muslims.html#ixzz1SvXt8sbP

Suspect drove white van onto island after detonating two large explosions.

Hoosier Politicians

Democratic Senator Evan Bayh was not supported by pro abortion group Planned Parenthood. He voted against
partial birth abortion.

Hoosiers excel at a lot of things, not the least of which is their political thinking, which is why Hoosiers don't fare as well nationally. Hoosiers politicians, both parties, have a higher standard for honesty, positive campaigning, bipartisanship, moderation, and godly (prolife, marriage, restrained borrowing) politics than national politics as a whole. Just my observation.

Republican Senator Dick Lugar has drawn criticism
for his bipartisanship.

Congressman Joe Donelly was one of a handful of democrats to vote
against stem cell research.

Former Democratic Congressman Tim Roemer was prolife.

Former Vice President Dan Quayle was
strongly attacked by liberals for his socially conservative views.