Commentaries From the Margins

These are the last Commentaries produced; Homer Kizer died, August 21, 2016, in Adak, AK. All of the old Commentaries will be reformated for mobile devices, as will all of his writings on other sites.

Commentary Archives

When called to reread prophecy, I set about writing a book-length manuscript, which was followed by a second and a third book in 2002 … this website was launched early in 2003, and with the launch of this website, a venue existed for shorter writings—and there have been many shorter pieces written since.

 

The archived “From the Margins” [the name borrowed from an essay collection published in 2001] commentaries disclose my growth in grace and knowledge; thus, all of them have been retained.

 11-12-16
Passing the Baton
 09-09-16
The Boy Christ Part 4
 09-08-16
The Boy Christ Part 3
 09-07-16
The Boy Christ Part 2
 09-06-16
The Boy Christ Part 1
 09-05-16
Matthew Chapter 24
 09-04-16
A Work To Do Part 2
 09-03-16
A Work To Do
 09-02-16
More From Augustine
 09-01-16
More from Augustine’s “Prologue”
 08-31-16
From Augustine’s “Prologue”

 05-15-16
We Start Over Again – Part 3
 05-14-16
We Start Over Again – Part 2
 05-03-16
We Start Over Again
 04-23-16

When the World Stands Still
 03-28-16
The Downhill Flow Part Four
 03-25-16
The Downhill Flow Part Three
 03-24-16
The Downhill Flow Part Two
 03-24-16
The Downhill Flow
 01-17-16
Fourteen Years Ago
 01-10-16
Evidence of Redaction
 12-31-15
Amend Your Ways Part 2
 09-19-15
Sanctuary Cities Part 3
 09-19-15
Sanctuary Cities Part 2
 09-19-15
Sanctuary Cities
 10-06-15
Hospitality
 09-12-15
Authority
 07-07-15
Anathema – Part 4
 09-04-15
The State as Greater Christendom’s God

 07-07-15
Anathema – Part 3
 07-07-15
Anathema – Part 2
 07-07-15
Anathema – Part 1
 03-16-15
Amend Your Ways
 03-02-15
A World Overturned
 03-01-15
The Wrong Side of Righteousness
 11-27-14
Works of the Law
 09-17-14a
The Chronology of the Horsemen Part Two: Eunuchs for
Christ (2 of 2)
 09-17-14
The Chronology of the Horsemen Part Two: Eunuchs for
Christ (1 of 2)
 09-07-14
The Chronology of the Horsemen Part One: Famine of the
Word
 07-22-14
Pressure that Transforms
 07-18-14
New Heavens and New Earth
 06-30-14
Unanswered Prayers
 06-16-14
Questions Asked, Continued
 06-14-14
Questions Asked, Continued
 06-12-14
Questions Asked, Continued
 06-06-14
Questions Asked
 06-02-14
The Question Asked, “What’s the best way to refute
British Israelism?
 05-31-14
Can You Help Me Understand Scripture? Fifth
Principle
 05-30-14
Can You Help Me Understand Scripture? Fourth Principle

 05-23-14
Can You Help Me Understand Scripture? Third
Principle
 05-26-14
Can You Help Me Understand Scripture? Second Principle

 05-23-14
Can You Help Me Understand Scripture? First
Principle
 05-19-14
Turn and Repent
 01-13-14
Faith via the Power of God
 01-10-14
How “Young” Was Jesus During His Earthy
Ministry?
 12-30-13
An Infallible Text – Part Thirteen
 12-28-13
An Infallible Text – Part Twelve
 12-27-13
An Infallible Text – Part Eleven
 12-24-13
An Infallible Text – Part Ten
 12-23-13
An Infallible Text – Part Nine
 12-22-13
A Reflection on APA Volume 1
 12-17-13
An Infallible Text – Part Eight
 12-16-13
An Infallible Text – Part Seven
 11-16-13
An Infallible Text – Part Six
 11-11-13
An Infallible Text – Part Five
 11-08-13
An Infallible Text – Part Four
 11-03-13
An Infallible Text – Part Three
 10-23-13
An Infallible Text – Part Two
 10-18-13
An Infallible Text
 09-06-13
Windmills of Change You Can Believe-in
 08-14-13
Understanding The Things of God
 08-07-13
Secular Realities
 07-30-13
For Now
 07-28-13
To Fulfill All Righteousness
 06-12-13
Alpha & Omega Part 12
Sold Out By the Flesh
 06-07-13
Alpha & Omega Part 11
Epigenetics
 06-03-13
Alpha & Omega Part 10
Cultural Memory
 05-25-13
Alpha & Omega Part 9
Walking In Darkness
 05-21-13
Alpha & Omega Part 8
The Daily
 05-19-13
Alpha & Omega Part 7
The Covering of Obedience
 05-14-13
Alpha & Omega Part 6
Vaccinated Against Legalism
 05-12-13
Alpha & Omega Part 5
Multiculturalism
 05-10-13
Alpha & Omega Part 4
Climate Change
 04-18-13
Alpha & Omega Part 3
Left Hand versus Right Hand
 04-13-13
Alpha & Omega Part 2
The Rule of Faith
 04-07-13
Alpha & Omega
 03-21-13
The Day After Tomorrow
 02-20-13
They Came Without Passports
 02-15-13
Seeing Is Believing? – Part 5
 02-12-13
Seeing Is Believing? – Part 4
 02-07-13
Seeing Is Believing? – Part 3
 02-05-13
Seeing Is Believing? – Part 2
 02-02-13
Seeing Is Believing?
 01-15-13
APA Vol 5 Chapter 9, Section 7
 01-14-13
APA Vol 5 Chapter 9, Section 6
 01-12-13
APA Vol 5 Chapter 9, Section 5
 01-06-13
APA Vol 5 Chapter 9, Section 4
 12-18-12
APA Vol 5 Chapter 9, Section 3
 12-13-12
APA Vol 5 Chapter 9, Section 2
 12-12-12
APA Vol 5 Chapter 9, Section 1
 12-09-12
APA Vol 5 Introduction, Section 7
 12-06-12
APA Vol 5 Introduction, Section 6
 11-27-12
APA Vol 5 Introduction, Section 5
 11-25-12
APA Vol 5 Introduction, Section 4
 11-12-12
APA Vol 5 Introduction, Section 3
 11-09-12
APA Vol 5 Introduction, Section 2
 11-06-12
APA Vol 5 Introduction
 09-02-12
Acts of the Apostles
A Sophist Novel
 04-25-12
Thought Couplets
 03-26-12
Linguistic Determinatives
 03-19-12
The Function of Wilderness
     and Wildness – Part Two

 03-19-12
The Function of Wilderness
      and Wildness – Part
One
 02-18-12
Four Missing Years
 12-28-11
The Unknown God
 11-29-11
In Whose House?
 11-27-11
The Great Whore & the Beast
 11-23-11
Porneia – A Marriage That Should Not Be

 10-09-11
How You Hear
 10-18-11
The Glory of An Allegory – Part Four

 10-18-11
The Glory of An Allegory – Part Three
 10-18-11
The Glory of An Allegory – Part Two

 10-18-11
The Glory of An Allegory
 10-13-11
The Innocence of Infancy
 10-04-11
Ministers of the New Covenant
 10-02-11
– No Extra — No Lack –
 09-30-11
What Remains
 09-28-11
– Using the Law Lawfully –
 09-26-11
Sufficient For Salvation
 09-23-11
– “I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel” –
 08-21-11
Collections for the Saints
 08-20-11
– Of Dust & Death –
 07-24-11
The End of All Things
 07-04-11
– Bread –
 06-29-11
To Prepare a People
 05-28-11
– A Birthday –
 05-16-11
The Righteous Disciple – Part IV
 05-23-11
– 2011 –
 05-16-11
The Righteous Disciple – Part III
 05-16-11
The Righteous Disciple – Part II
 05-16-11
The Righteous Disciple
 05-03-11
National Arrogance
 04-04-11d
Fiat Enslavement – Part Five
 04-04-11c
Fiat Enslavement – Part Four
 04-04-11b
Fiat Enslavement – Part Three
 04-04-11a
Fiat Enslavement – Part Two
 04-04-11
Fiat Enslavement
 03-08-11
A Disciple’s Righteousness – Part Two

 03-04-11
A Disciple’s Righteousness
 02-19-11
Redeem Your House

 02-17-11
The Absen
ce of Evidence

 01-25-11
An Obligation to Bear the Weak
 01-23-11
Do Not Be Conformed
 01-20-11
No Room to Work
 01-16-11
Web Bot & Silence
 01-03-11
The Holy Ones
 11-30-10
Sons of Light
 11-15-10
For Freedom–
 11-12-10
“Tell Me What I Want to Hear”
 11-09-10
In A Moment of Time
 11-06-10
Post Election Reds & Blues
 09-04-10
The Inevitability of an American Reichstag Moment

 08-28-10
Before Abraham Was
 08-20-10
In the Same Breath
 08-17-10
Pray For the King
 08-16-10
Obama Makes Clear [His] Support for Ground Zero Mosque

 08-15-10
The Country Is On Fire, Glenn Beck, August 12,
2010
 08-14-10
The Saints: Those Who Keep the Commandments of God

 08-13-10
All Who Have Sinned Without the Law Will Also Perish Without
the Law
 08-10-10
Keeping the Sabbath
 05-17-10
The Endtime Gospel: The Good News to be Proclaimed
VII
 05-16-10
The Endtime Gospel: The Good News to be Proclaimed VI

 05-15-10
The Endtime Gospel: The Good News to be Proclaimed
V
 05-14-10
The Endtime Gospel: The Good News to be Proclaimed IV

 05-13-10
The Endtime Gospel: The Good News to be Proclaimed
III
 05-12-10
The Endtime Gospel: The Good News to be Proclaimed II

 05-11-10
The Endtime Gospel: The Good News to be
Proclaimed
 04-11-10
A Fistful of Firstfruits
 04-08-10
Does Prophecy Matter?
 04-06-10
In the Context of Biblical Prophecy, Where Are We?

 04-04-10
Context Privileged
 03-21-10
The “Red” of Sexual Immorality
 03-20-10
Reconciling the Passover With the Calendar
 02-25-10
Are There Not Twelve Hours in the Day?
 12-24-09
Health Care By Committee
 12-18-09
Nearing Midnight
 11-20-09
The Harm of a Warning
 08-31-09
Justified by Faith
 08-28-09
No Prophecy Was Ever Produced
by the Will of Man
 08-25-09
Everyone Who Calls on the Name
of the Lord Will be Saved
 05-29-09
The Endurance, Part Nine
 05-28-09
The Endurance, Part Eight
 05-27-09
The Endurance, Part Seven
 05-07-09
The Endurance, Part Six
 05-04-09
The Endurance, Part Five
 05-03-09
The Endurance, Part Four
 04-30-09
The Endurance, Part Three
 04-28-09
The Endurance, Part Two
 04-23-09
The Endurance
 04-24-09
Sabbath Rest & Worship
 04-23-09
Hearing the Spirit
 04-21-09
The Deceitfulness of Participation
 04-19-09
Waters That Fail
 04-17-09
Passover 2010
 04-02-09
Following a Man
 03-25-09
The Fig Tree
 03-23-09
Is the King of Greece Winning?
 03-16-09
The Law of Moses
 03-04-09
The Sinner’s Prayer
 03-03-09
Peer Review
 03-01-09
Silver Christendom
 02-08-09
God’s War on Terror- The Premise Itself is
Flawed
 02-05-09
The Mantle of Grace
 02-02-09
The Poverty of Character
 11-15-08
Denying Galilee
 07-23-08
At His Right Hand
 07-18-08
Of God, or Not of God
 07-03-08
Theon, Accusative Case of “the only God”?
 06-29-08
Replacement Theology II
 06-27-08
Replacement Theology
 05-24-08
A New War Scroll – Chapter Six
 05-16-08
A New War Scroll – Chapter Five
 05-10-08
A New War Scroll – Chapter Four
 05-06-08
Statutes By Which They Could Not Live
 04-23-08
The Offspring of Truth
 04-09-08
A New War Scroll – Chapter Three
 04-02-08
A New War Scroll – Chapter Two
 03-27-08
A New War Scroll – Chapter One
 03-14-08
God Is One!
 03-03-08
Tough Rhetoric
 03-02-08
Farr, Farr Away
 03-01-08
Filled With the Spirit
 02-28-08
Nobody Taught Us That
 02-22-08
The Spirit of Man
 02-16-08
Cause No Offense
 02-09-08
When is “close” not close enough?
 02-04-08
The Making of a False Prophet
 01-31-08
Let’s Play the Prophecy Game
 01-27-08
Signs of the End of the Age
 01-18-08
Fifty Years Ago
 01-13-08
Circumcision of the Heart
 12-20-07
Hinder Not the Children
 12-14-07
Whether They Hear or Refuse to Hear
 12-10-07
The Only Name
 12-07-07
For the Love of a Slave
 12-06-07
The Commonality of the Flesh
 12-02-07
Consumed By Fire
 11-29-07
The Days of Separation
 11-25-07
The King Is Coming
 11-19-07
The Repentance of Zacchaeus
 11-10-07
The Visions of Obadiah
 09-14-07
Acts 13:2
 09-13-07
Allah
 09-03-07
The Problem With Tithing
 08-30-07
The School of the Prophets
 08-06-07
The Flat “Unified” Field
of Transcendental Meditation
 07-28-07
On This Rock
 07-07-07
The Imprecise Linguistic Referent:
The Law of Moses (3rd Part)
 07-05-07
The Imprecise Linguistic Referent:
The Law of Moses (2nd Part)
 07-03-07
The Imprecise Linguistic Referent:
The Law of Moses
 06-30-07
What Did You Expect to See?
 06-20-07
Circumcision & the Synagogue of Satan
 06-14-07
Norm, You Are a Liar!
Edwards’ Mending Fences Letter
 04-14-07
APA Chapter Two
 03-10-07
APA Chapter One
 02-28-07
Lazarus & Dives
 02-27-07
Chi Xi Stigma – Can These Three Letters Be Read?
 02-25-07
What Do Visions Mean?
 01-28-07
What’s absent from Scripture? Plain Talk!
 01-26-07
Theological Fossilization
 01-01-07
A New Philadelphia Apologetic (APA)
The Cover Illustration
 12-11-06
The Journey Not Begun
 12-03-06
The Error of Accommodation
 11-25-06
Cleansing the Heart: Prelude to Spiritual
Circumcision
 10-29-06
The God of Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob
 10-21-06
The Two Legs of Western Culture
 09-09-06
Proof That Is Not Proof—Matthew 22:44
 08-10-06
When Is “Close” Close Enough?

A Response to Samuele Bacchiocchi
 06-20-06
What Does It Mean to
“Take the Mark of the Beast?”
 06-16-06
This Is What’s Wrong With Christianity
 05-10-06
Good Seed in a Field of Tares
 05-06-06
Moving From Physical to Spiritual
 04-23-06
On Whom the End of the Ages Has Come
 04-14-06
What About Predestination?
 03-18-06
Yah + Father = YHWH
 02-28-06
The Recovery of Israel, a Literal Kingdom?
 02-26-06
That Decree of Election
 02-25-06
More Thoughts about
Dispensationalism & Covenant Theology
 02-21-06
Against Dispensationalism
 12-31-05
The Last Shall Be First
 11-09-05
The Killing Road
 10-15-05
The Darkness of Midnight
 10-13-05
The Determining Determined
 10-09-05
On “Pondering the Great Tribulation”
 10-05-05
Typology & Typological Exegesis
 09-25-05
The Second Day
 09-14-05
Katrina: An Act of God?
 09-13-05
Less Than Upright
 08-27-05
Everlasting Life
 07-20-05
Living Stones
 06-20-05
Let Nature Take It’s Course

 06-12-05

The Politics of
Priorities

More Soiled Clothes in Port Austin

 05-03-05
Radical Reform

 04-26-05

Real Issues
Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing in Port Austin

 04-24-05
A Contrary Gospel
 04-08-05
The Sanctity of Life
 04-06-05
Closing the Loop
A Port Austin Update
 04-05-05
The Passing of an Era – John Paul II
 03-21-05
From Hand to Heart
 03-19-05
A Son Honors His Father — Malachi 1:6
 03-18-05
Another Tragedy: More Questions
 03-11-05
Survival of the Fittest
 03-01-05
The Final Episode
As Far As The Township Is Concerned
 02-25-05
No Business But Business
More Edwards on Edwards
 02-16-05
Easier to Have Than to Collect
Edwards on Edwards
 02-14-05
Judging Rightly
– More Edwards on Edwards
 02-13-05
Disqualified By Himself
Edwards on Edwards
 02-12-05
Raymond Dick
 02-11-05
Speak What God Gives You!

 02-10-05

Christian Identity
A Dirty Stain At Port Austin

 02-09-05
Lashon Hara
In Port Austin

 02-01-05

Published &
Produced Without Written Permission

A Sudsy Explanation from Port Austin

 01-29-05 This Vagueness Was
Intentional – NSE

Another Soapy Episode at Port Austin
 01-24-05 The Case of
Disappearing Trustees

Another Episode in the Port Austin Soap Opera
 01-20-05
Disasters, Natural & Otherwise
 01-14-05
The Meaning of “PASCC” or How To Steal Fair &
Square
 01-13-05
No Miracles for Nazareth
 01-04-05
Another Installment of The Port Austin Soap Opera
 12-22-04
The Best of Times
 12-20-04
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
 12-16-04
The Problem With Prophecy
 12-09-04
The Spiritual Sons of God
 11-30-04
The Remainder of The Temptation
 11-17-04
The Greater Church
 11-01-04
The Way We Live
 10-31-04
The Veneer of Civilization
 10-21-04
The Importance of Ministry
 10-13-04
Created for Glory
 10-06-04
“do not harm the oil and the wine!”
 10-05-04
The Texture of Scripture
 10-02-04
A Received Nature
 10-01-04
Children of Promise
 09-23-04
A Day Late
 09-18-04
What Does It Mean To Dwell In Booths?
 08-27-04
The Port Austin Sabbatarian Community

 04-11-04
Thoughts Concerni
ng Same-Sex Marriages

 01-29-04
Is A New War Scroll Needed?
 01-15-04
The Real American Idol
 11-29-03
The Mating of Medium, Message, and Market
 11-08-03
Out of Egypt
 11-05-03
Teaching Hubris
 11-02-03
Who Locks Up?
 10-06-03
War on Yom Kippur
 09-17-03
Garner Ted Armstrong
 05-19-03
Intellectual Bulimia
 05-15-03
Response to Christopher Hitchens A Wind of Change
 05-05-03
Response to Cal Thomas False Prophets
 04-21-03
Committing Philosophical Suicide
 04-11-03
Who Rides the Beast?
 04-04-03
The Birth Pains of Spiritual Israel
 03-31-03
This Gospel Into All the World
 03-30-03
False Prophets
 03-26-03
The Race for Baghdad
 03-25-03
The Preaching of Hell
 03-23-03
The Battle for the Mind of Humanity
 03-18-03
The Demise of Diplomacy
 03-14-03
No More Hype
 03-13-03
Response to Michael Elliot Can This Marriage Be
Saved?
 03-09-03
A Texan in the Whitehouse
 03-07-03
The Case Against Iraq
 02-26-03
What the Watchmen Won’t Tell You
 02-24-03
Marxism vs. Prophecy
 02-15-03
Response to Charles Krauthammer Coming Ashore
 02-12-03
Commentary From the Margins Begins