When I go to Sunday School tomorrow morning, we will be studying a lesson entitled "Rescue the Perishing." We are Christians, we want to rescue the people around us who are perishing in sin, but there is a problem: most of those people are not aware that they need to be rescued, have no awareness … Continue reading If Jesus is the Answer, What are the Questions?
Faith and life
What was God doing?
It appears that too many Christians read the Bible as the story of men and women bumbling around because they couldn’t quite figure out what God wanted them to do. They conceive of life as a giant stage, with no script, no director, just a mysterious set of Very Important Rules. Some people call this … Continue reading What was God doing?
Peaceable people of God
I debated with myself about whether I should use peaceful or peaceable in the title. I feel that there is a small nuance of difference in meaning and peaceable is better for describing the essential nature of followers of Jesus Christ. Of course, I wouldn’t have this trouble if I were writing in French, which … Continue reading Peaceable people of God
Danger in the Shallows
I have often heard preachers take Ezekiel 47:1-12 as their text and deliver stirring messages about the need to plunge into the River of Life. Here is the living water, flowing from the temple of God, turning the desert into a paradise, giving life to everything it touches. This is an allegory for the grace … Continue reading Danger in the Shallows
Loving God
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) This short passage is considered the central and most important statement of the Jewish faith and is commonly referred to as … Continue reading Loving God
Questions
Questions If I outsource my thinking to an algorithm - a robot - does my ability to think begin to atrophy? What about my conscience? If I let the algorithm decide right and wrong for me, does my conscience atrophy? Maybe even my humanity? What does it mean to be human? Why do I have … Continue reading Questions
To every thing there is a season
And this has not been my season for writing. It has been a season for trying to keep up with my bookkeeping work, a season for medical appointments (for both of us), a season for packing and downsizing, with no time left for writing. Most of this other busy-ness will come to an end ten … Continue reading To every thing there is a season
Walk towards the light
Each one of us bears the marks of past events that have hurt us, perhaps even deeply wounded us. There are things we have done that turned out bad; things others have done, deliberately or unknowingly, that have troubled us. The marks and the scars may remain; but if we are walking towards the light, … Continue reading Walk towards the light
Things I am still learning
In high school my nickname was Professor, evidence that I was a know-it-all even then. That's not the same thing as being wise. When I am mistaken, or have a bad attitude, the most effective reproof has come in the form of an offhand remark or question. I need to learn how to do that. … Continue reading Things I am still learning
The mirage of an easy to read Bible
Image by Pexels from Pixabay Christians today seem obsessed with the idea that there should be, there must be, a Bible that is easy to read and understand. A Bible that would lead us into the deep truths of God’s will with little or no effort on our part. Mind you, it would have to … Continue reading The mirage of an easy to read Bible
