Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
It’s Friday
Shabbat Shalom. In the Judeo-Christian belief, the fourth commandment (in the original telling at Exodus 20:8) reads: Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. (NRSV) Or in the retelling at Deutronomy 5:12-14: Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord...
A Word From Paul On Scripture
All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. 2 Timothy...
Lady Wisdom
Much is said in God’s Word about wisdom. It is clear that is an important virtue, but that wisdom should not be confused with knowledge or ‘book learning’. The Bible often uses the tool of personification to explicate truth. Personification allows us to...
Humility or Humiliation?
The book of Proverbs is a compendium of wisdom. Of things that conform to the created order, and of things that do not. Put simply, the way things work, and the way they do not. So what does Proverbs say about (the virtue of) humility and its opposite, pride? Hear...
Truth Revealed
Jesus doesn't condemn us. He doesn’t use our situations against us. He simply brings truth to light and asks us to align with it.
Selah And Amen
And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:20b (NKJV)
Electoral Politics and Christianity
In a free society, including the Constitutional Republic that is the USA, one must accept the judgement of the majority of their fellow citizens. That fact is not changed by saying that the majority was only 50% +1. But electoral politics do not hold the cure for the...
Thank You God
Thank you God for forgiveness, for the Man on the middle cross, and for the rolled back stone.
The Fruit Of The Spirit And Intimacy With Christ
The bearing of fruit is always shown in Scripture to be the visible result of an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. It is a joy to Jesus when a disciple takes time to walk more intimately with Him. (see John 15:1-4). Once we get intimate with Jesus, we are never...
On Sanctification
The fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately, but by time, rain, and care. Similarly the fruits of men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time, perseverance, self-control, and patience. Anthony The Great (251 - 356 AD)
On Sin, Continued
To say that God turns away from the sinful would be like saying that the sun hides from the blind.
Fellowship With God: The Point Of Entry
For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14 (ESV) Want a more intimate relationship with God? Want to experience the reality of His presence? The psalmist expressed this same desire when he...
Jesus, And His Church, At The Center Of It All
All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep Heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever....
Belief In God
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else. C S Lewis, The Weight Of Glory We believe in God because through Christ we can "see" and make sense of everything. Apart from that belief...
PRIORITIES: First Things First
The word priority comes from the Latin 'prior' meaning "first". Only one thing can be first, but about a hundred years ago we allowed things to morph into the plural "priorities". Is it any wonder we get fractured, distracted, and harried with more than one priority?...
The Wisdom of God, Revealed
But as it is written (Isaiah 52:15, 64:4), “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes,...
Pay Attention
God places beauty and truth where you might least expect it. Pay attention.
The Truth Of Salvation
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God. C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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