Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Zero-Sum Game?
Believe life is a zero-sum game? Christians know that it is not. We pray that you encounter the risen Christ and find out for yourself.
Come To Me
"Come to Me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon your shoulders. It might appear heavy at first, but it is perfectly fitted for you. Let Me teach you, for I am gentle and humble of heart, and when you are yoked to Me,...
The Difference Between A Marxist And A Conservative
A Marxist (Neo-Marxist, Progressive) is someone who is perpetually tormented by the possibility that someone, somewhere, may be both happy and voting Republican. H.L. Mencken (2880 - 1956), Paraphrased
Anger And Grief
I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief. Uncertain attribution: sometimes incorrectly attributed to C. S. Lewis. It is a Lewis sentiment, but not his voice and not found in his writings.
Revealed Truth
One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses...
Advent /1: Consider
It's Advent (Note 1). A time of commemoration of Christ’s first coming and the anticipation of His second coming. In 2024, Advent starts on December 1st and runs through Christmas Eve December 24th. Christians often speak of Christ’s “first advent” and “second...
How Do You Know If You’re A Christian?
You used to be a slave of sin. Now you are a servant of righteousness. Romans 6:18. Sometimes people try to reach back and remember what they felt at some moment when they prayed a prayer or walked an aisle and felt an emotional attachment to Jesus. They think their...
Obedience
The fruit of the Spirit grows only in the garden of obedience. J. C. Ryle (1816 - 1900)
Assume The Position: Gratitude
It's Thanksgiving Day in America. No matter whether it is Thanksgiving Day where you are or not, this is the day the Lord has made. The appropriate position is one of gratitude. Gratitude for God's grace and faithfulness in our day to day lives. And gratitude for His...
Wiggle Room
There is no wiggle room: You must forgive one another just as the Lord has forgiven you. Colossians 3:13b GNT
Your Mission
Today, your mission is to keep the nincompoopery to a minimum.
Assume The Position
If life gets too hard to stand, kneel. h/t @drtonyevans
Jesus Paid It All
All to Him I owe.
Human Flourishing
Whether you believe man crawled up out of the primordial soup or was intelligently designed, the measure of a life or of a civilization is its flourishing. Human flourishing (Note 1) is directly proportional to human freedom. The greater the freedom, the greater...
Intolerant Tolerance
Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant; then it tries to silence good. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Tolerance
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything. Of people who believe they are their own god. Adapted, G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Obedience
Either bring me the prize lamb, or bring me nothing at all. Malachi 1:6-14 "It seemed like a good idea at the time" is the antithesis of "is this bringing honor and glory to God."
In His Presence
Joy is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God.
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