Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Undeserved Grace
We should never move from 'I appreciate grace' to 'I deserve grace'. If we deserved grace, it wouldn't be grace. Adapted, The Eclipse of God, Erwin Lutzer
Count Your Blessings
"No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did alright." Kirk Douglas (1916 - 2020)
Counting Your Blessings
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
The Hottest Places In Hell
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crises maintained their neutrality. Paraphrase, Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) Having not had revelation on Hell (other than it exists), we are not certain if this is true. But it should be.
A Holy Commotion
And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of His return is drawing near. Hebrews 10:25 NLT Come, let us go up to the house of the Lord and make a holy commotion to our God.
And They’re Off!
It is Kentucky Derby Day. The most exciting two minutes in sports. That means Mint Juleps and Hot Browns. The Derby is an iconic event that captures the imagination of horseracing fans, and that revels in pomp, pageantry, and tradition. A few thoughts on the Derby:...
More Truth
How joyful are those who fear the Lord, who stand in awe of God, who follow wherever He leads, committed in their hearts. You shall eat of the fruit of your labor. Blessed shall you be, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a healthy vine producing...
The Binary Truth Of Things
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. Adapted, Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) (Note 1) In our pagan (post Judeo-Christian) world, truth is not a value. For example, the belief that there are more...
Ears To Hear
When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God talks to me. Dwight L. Moody (1837 - 1899)
An Rx For Sorrow
"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath, and a glass of wine" is a common meme on sorrow often attributed to Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274). There are at least two problems with this meme. First, there is no citation confirming Aquinas as the source and the...
Hope
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. Vaclav Havel (1936 - 2011)
Hands Lifted In Worship
The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of Heaven and earth. Acts 17:24 Hands lifted in praise to God acknowledge that someone exists who’s greater than you. That He is reaching down with an outstretched hand, and you’re responding to Him in faith....
At The Beginning Of The Day
It is our habit to spend time in the presence of God at the beginning of each day (a 'First Fruits Qadash', see here: https://bit.ly/4c3uScN). We are not always successful in this endeavor, but we continue to run the race. At the beginning of our morning Qadash, as...
Things I’ve Learned
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone...
My Extended Family
Say what? I am the half-brother of Jesus? The Jesus who is a High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek? Whoa. Selah.
Truth
Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964)
Sinful Deceptions
There are two deceptions that turn churches from centers of redemption to societies for self-improvement: Belief in the essential goodness of man; and Belief in the endless tolerance of God. As a result of these deceptions we have lost our capacity to know truth and...
The Lord Of Your Life
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve …..But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15 NIV It is one thing to speak of God’s greatness in a general sense. To intellectually...
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