WHEN GOD’S PLAN ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH
When does God’s plan becoming less-than in our eyes? When do we determine that His plan for our lives just I isn’t good enough? What makes us think that we have a better idea?
Staying alert
Be Alert, Stay on Guard!
Claws slashed across our hearts, razor-like teeth dug deeply into flesh, tearing bone from sinew, hot, putrid breath spread through every wound, leaving us damaged, bleeding and diseased. This is just one instance of the carnage that occurs when Christians “let down”.
Melted Hearts and Misread Circumstances
911. COVID-19. Could it be that we are misreading these events? What is the Christians initial response supposed to be?
Opinions Are Like….
Everybody’s got an opinion. Many have lots more than anyone cares to hear! Still, we push on, undaunted. Opinions about movies, opinions about the latest apps, opinions about how things should be done, opinions about in-laws (Many of those are justified. I’m just sayin’), and opinions about other people’s opinions. Opinions have been around as …
See No Evil
“Christians should never be surprised by evil.” DA Carson, From the Resurrection to His Return Believers in Christ can be, and should be, horrified by evil acts. We can be infuriated by the things perpetrated by evil men, dismayed by the ease at which much evil is tolerated, and in some case applauded by the …
What a Tangled Web We Weave!
“In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” (e.g., Judges 21:25) There it is in a nutshell. The ubiquitous theme of the book of Judges. “…there was no king in Israel.” is an indictment of Israel’s apostasy (def. “abandonment or renunciation of religious or spiritual …
Neither to the Right, or the Left
“Be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Law (Torah). Do not deviate from it, turning either to the right or to the left.” Joshua is giving parting instructions to the people of Israel who are settling into the land promised them by God. He reminds them of God’s law, given to Moses …
Fiery Trials…
“Fiery Trials…They’re Not Coming… They’re Here!” Warning: This blog is not for the weak or fainthearted; it is meant to be an unqualified wake-up call for the Church, worldwide. The Islamic State (highly radical, murderous Islamic extremists) claimed responsibility for the deaths of 44 Copts (Egyptian Christians) on Palm Sunday (2017) in Egypt. In addition to the deaths, …
A NECESSARY EVIL
Many people would agree that life is chock full of “necessary evils”. If asked, some might suggest such things as: fast food, vehicles, computers, success, work, mobile phones, Facebook, the internet in general, taxes, television, alcohol, conflict, and money. The fact is: there is but one “necessary evil”. The bible refers to him as Satan (Luke …
OXYMORON: NON-CONFORMIST
“It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.” —Albert Einstein First of all, I must admit, I have a real affinity for Albert Einstein quotes. I get what he is saying here, but I think the term nonconformist is incorrect—or, more appropriately—incorrectly understood. In fact, I submit that the …
DANGER! Tradition-fed Faith
“To a large extent, all of us are children of tradition. The faith we received was mediated to us by Christian tradition in the form of sermons, books, Christian education at home, school, and church. We read our Bible in the light of what we have already learned from these various sources. Thus, it …
ALERT AND ORIENTED TIMES ZERO
The phrase “alert and oriented times zero” in the non-fiction book, The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger, describes a person who has lost all levels of consciousness, including their identity. When this happens, the perception they have of their world has been reduced to nothing more than the fact that they exist. The medical scale varies but …
THOSE WHO HAVE EYES…
The eye chart is a modified quote from Henry David Thoreau. [If you need help reading it, the quote is at the bottom of the article] The gospel of Luke, chapter 4, speaks of a time when Jesus was healing all manner of disease (physically, mentally and spiritually), and of the exorcism of demons it …