William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 8, 2012, 7:10 pm
Going the Distance: Qualifications: I am not a military veteran. I am though, an American father who took in (adult adoption) several sons that went on to serve six tours of duty our country in Iraq, Afghanistan and Korea. My brother served in Vietnam. My father flew 25 missions on B-29’s in th...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 8, 2012, 5:08 pm
"O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD." (Micah 6:5) Three New Testament writers have left us sober warnings concerning Balaam. Peter warned against "the way...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 8, 2012, 5:16 am
by Gil Ronen (Arutz Sheva News) The Iranian parliament’s official website has published an article calling on the government to attack Israel before the end of the year. According to Israeli TV Channel 2′s veteran Middle East expert, Ehud Yaari, the article cites three reasons for the call. ...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 7, 2012, 4:08 am
"Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." (Proverbs 27:1) The sin of procrastination may not be one of the so-called "seven deadly sins," but it may come close if it involves neglecting to do what God has clearly commanded us to do. Sins of omission may wel...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 6, 2012, 12:22 pm
According to a March 2009 Department of Veterans Affairs report, on any given night there are approximately 131,000 veterans who are homeless across the country. I am not a veteran of foreign wars but, I am a patriot who loves his country very much. I raised my five sons to love God, love their coun...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 6, 2012, 1:44 am
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. – 1 Kings 16:13, KJV The world is continuing its rapid acceleration toward the Apocalypse due to lawlessness and...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 6, 2012, 12:34 am
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when you pass through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee." (Isaiah 43:2) Although this tremendous promise is primarily to be understood in a spiri...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 2, 2012, 8:43 pm
If you have come to the end of your rope, it can actually be a good place to be.
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 2, 2012, 12:59 am
by Dr. Henry Morris III There is a painting by Italian artist Guido Reni (1575–1642) of the Archangel Michael that pictures the ultimate defeat of Satan. A miniaturized sculpture of that painting stands in my office, reminding me that the “real” battle is being overseen by our Creator God, a...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Feb 1, 2012, 10:48 am
Tensions grew in January between the governments of Israel and the United States as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Iran has begun building a nuclear bomb. The Israeli leader reiterated his earlier statements that the Shiite Muslim nation cannot be allowed to construct nuclear warhea...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 28, 2012, 4:07 pm
“Who will dwell in the house of the Lord… The one who does not slander with his tongue, who does no evil to his neighbor, and who does not destroy his friend’s reputation.” Psalm 15:3 To the casual observer, those who make their living amongst the elite of Hollywood seem to be the daily sa...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 28, 2012, 2:24 am
"My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge." (Proverbs 5:1-2) The entire fifth chapter of Proverbs concerns the use or misuse of the highest function of our physical bodies. Under the sovereign con...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 26, 2012, 5:44 pm
"That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . May give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened." (Ephesians 1:17-18) The "spirit of wisdom" is applied to a wide variety of circumstances. It certainly includes leadership ...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 26, 2012, 1:14 am
by Dr. Amiel Ungar President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address was light on foreign policy while Indiana Governor Mitch Daniel’s rebuttal omitted the issue entirely. Both the Democrats and Republicans realize that the 2012 presidential election will be contested on domestic policy. ...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 26, 2012, 1:10 am
EU JEWISH LEADER: “IRAN IS AN EVIL KINGDOM!” by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (IsraelNationalNews) Iran is an “evil kingdom,” European Jewish Congress president Dr. Moshe Kantor told the European Parliament on International Holocaust Remembrance Day Tuesday. It was the third year both bodies join...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 25, 2012, 11:56 am
"For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him." (Mark 9:31-32) When the Lord Jesus told His disc...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 24, 2012, 11:50 am
"When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up." (Psalm 27:10) There may be more people alive today than ever before, but there are also more lonely people today than ever before–divorced spouses, homeless street people, many elderly parents and, perhaps saddest of all, ...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 22, 2012, 11:52 am
"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world." (Ephesians 1:4) The search for identity and meaning can drive one to great successes or tragic failures. For the Christian, however, the question is answered throughout Ephesians. We are chosen! We are selected as a favor...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 20, 2012, 6:05 pm
"Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him." (Numbers 15:31) Under the Mosaic law, there was ample provision for forgiveness of sins committed unintentionally. "If any soul sin through ignora...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 19, 2012, 5:37 pm
"For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling." (Psalm 116:8) This is the beautiful testimony of the psalmist when the Lord answered his prayer: "The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. T...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 19, 2012, 1:38 am
by Louis Rene Beres Israel should not expect stable coexistence with a nuclear Iran. It must enhance active defense, improve nuclear deterrence and target selected Iranian infrastructures. However, Israeli preemption tactics are becoming far more limited as time passes. On January 16, 2003, the �...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 17, 2012, 6:44 pm
... things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not ... of heav’n; One with the Father known, One with the Spirit ... us hast died; Be thou, O Lord, through endless days Adored and ... earthly ministry He taught, "I and my Father are one" (John 10: ... w...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 17, 2012, 6:41 pm
"Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all." (2 Thessalonians 3:16) Isaiah’s great prophecy of Christ’s first advent identified "his name |as| Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). The ...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 17, 2012, 6:35 pm
"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:38-39) God’s grea...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 17, 2012, 6:32 pm
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23) Verse three of the majestic hymn "Crown Him with Many Crowns" speaks of life–eternal life–made possible by the death of the Creator of life. This was followed by His retaking life ...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 17, 2012, 6:27 pm
"But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." (John 20:31) During the late 1800s, a time of rampant skepticism, vital Bible doctrines were abandoned by many, including the Creator’s kingship over c...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 17, 2012, 6:23 pm
"The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that lives for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and w...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 16, 2012, 11:47 am
"And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." (Luke 5:31-32) In one of the most important passages in the New Testament regarding repentance (2 Corinthians 7:9-11), Paul uses esse...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Jan 14, 2012, 3:33 am
by David Lev (IsraelNationalNews) Iran said Thursday that it would respond to Israel’s ‘cold war’ against it – with attacks against Israelis, and possibly Jews worldwide. Iran is preparing its own answers to the string of assassinations of Iranian scientists, a web site identified with Pr...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Nov 1, 2011, 11:53 am
"Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers." (Titus 1:9) It is important to note that the adjective "faithful" can be applied both to people and to things, if they are believable and trustworthy. Our te...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 28, 2011, 1:06 pm
"Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?" (Psalm 56:8) This is a remarkable insight into the tender heart of our heavenly Father. He has a tear bottle–in fact, perhaps a tear bottle for each of His wandering children. Ancient "tear bottles" (or wi...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 27, 2011, 3:11 pm
"Pray without ceasing." (1 Thessalonians 5:17) This is, no doubt, the shortest commandment in the Bible, and seemingly the most difficult to obey. How could anyone possibly pray without ceasing? What about sleeping, or working, or other necessary pursuits? Paul himself claimed to pray without ceas...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 26, 2011, 8:59 am
“I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.” (Revelation 2:19) Seven times in the letters to His seven representative churches in Revelation 2 and 3 the Lord Jesus says: “I know thy works” (Revelation 2:2, ...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 25, 2011, 4:10 pm
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:4) This verse, together with the parallel passage in Colossians 3:21, is probably the key New Testament instruction specifically dealing with the training of children...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 24, 2011, 6:54 pm
“My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.” (Proverbs 5:1-2) The entire fifth chapter of Proverbs concerns the use or misuse of the highest function of our physical bodies. Under the sovereign ...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 24, 2011, 10:29 am
“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14) Paul called his p...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 21, 2011, 9:29 am
“For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.” (Acts 17:28) “The fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man” was a religious cliché promoted for many years, especially by religious liberals in the period bet...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 20, 2011, 1:00 am
“Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” (Matthew 24:34) This exciting prediction by Christ climaxes His great prophetic discourse on the Mount of Olives. He had given His disciples the signs they had requested, then discussed the coming great...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 19, 2011, 11:12 am
“Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.” (Titus 1:9) It is important to note that the adjective “faithful” can be applied both to people and to things, if they are believable and trustworthy...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 18, 2011, 11:28 pm
“I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven.” (Daniel 4:13) It is only in this chapter of Daniel (see also verses 17 and 23) that certain angelic beings called “watchers” are mentioned. Whether the term applies to all God’s ho...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 18, 2011, 10:41 am
“And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.” (Romans 16:20) This is an intriguing promise, suggesting that believers can somehow inflict bruises on the devil, who is perpetually seeking to “devour” them (1 Peter 5:8...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 17, 2011, 8:08 pm
“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” (Isaiah 45:22) Ever since sin entered into God’s created world, His message to all people of all ages has been the same. At the time of the curse, God prophesied that there soon would be a coming...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 17, 2011, 7:41 pm
“Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.” (Luke 6:26) It is no compliment to say about a Christian that he has no enemies, for that is the same as saying he has accomplished nothing. The apostle Paul had many bitter enemies, and they f...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 16, 2011, 11:24 pm
“And others save with fear; pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.” (Jude 23) This exhortation refers both to attempting to “save” unbelievers by warning them of hell and to warning believers against the influence of apostates. The ultimate hell (Greek...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 15, 2011, 10:26 pm
The week-long Jewish festival of Sukkot, commemorating God’s protection of the Jews during their 40-year sojourn prior to entering the Promised Land, begins Wednesday evening. On this holiday, Jews build, dwell and often sleep in temporary booth-type structures, sukkot, reminding them of their de...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 15, 2011, 6:37 pm
“That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and de...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 15, 2011, 2:03 am
“And these were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind and searched the Scriptures daily to see if those things were so.” Acts 17:11 The very fact that God’s ways are higher than our ways has important implications in both salvation (j...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 14, 2011, 9:52 pm
“Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith so ever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.” Mark 3...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 14, 2011, 12:24 pm
“And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:42-43) One of the two thieves on the cross continued in unbelief right up until the time he died (Luke 23:39), but th...
Comment - Like

William Cody Bateman posted an article on William Cody Bateman | Christian Author, Speaker and Fatherhood Advocate - Oct 13, 2011, 9:01 pm
“And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.” (1 Corinthians 3:1-2) The apostle Paul here makes a clear distinct...
Comment - Like