We make choices reflecting our values in whom and what purpose we’re following. Be wary of leaders and even noble causes that draw attention to something apart from the One who is the Christ. ♦ John the Baptist gave advance… Read More ›
Faith
Born Again Power Figure
It took a crisis to turn around the life of an accomplished power player. Sometimes painful periods are but preparation for a greater role in God’s kingdom. ♦ Charles Colson died a year ago this month at the age of 82…. Read More ›
God, Boston, and Your Worldview
Evil boldly manifested again in the public square gives rise to the age-old question: How can a good God allow such bad things to happen? ♦ So it’s happening again. More bad things in a dark world, as they have… Read More ›
Essentials for Daughters
While pivotal in the upbringing of their own sons, fathers have an equally significant role and impact in the healthy development of their daughters. ♦ In a previous post, Essentials for Sons (4/5/13), the importance of parents and particularly fathers was… Read More ›
Essentials for Sons
There is no doubt of a father’s role in the wise spiritual upbringing of their children – teaching them the ways and Word of Sovereign God. ♦ In the Old Testament, the Hebrews were instructed specifically to observe the teachings… Read More ›
Easter Springs Truth
Even while a woefully secular culture tries to neutralize Easter, Christians can stand in bold confidence that the resurrection truth is undeniable. ♦ Amazing that as a culture we’ve become so secular that some public schools and city institutions now refer to… Read More ›
Job – the Book No One Finishes
The Book of Job teaches the solution to life’s pain and disappointments is not found in answering the question, Why? It is in trusting God and His sovereignty in the midst of our whys. ♦ Job was a man of… Read More ›
Abraham’s God of Promises Kept
We believe God yet will take matters into our own hands because we lack trust or are outright disobedient. Fortunately sovereign God is faithful and keeps His promises in spite of us and our behavior. ♦ What is amazing about the… Read More ›
Jesus, the Word and God-Man
There’s no denying – the Word/Jesus, indeed incredibly, became human flesh, seen and witnessed in substance and glory by amazed people. ♦ The first eighteen verses of the Gospel of John read very different from that of the other gospel… Read More ›
Ashamed of the Gospel?
Even Christians shy away at times from the gospel, sometime in fear and even shame. The Apostle Paul boldly makes his claim of the power of this gospel message for all people, even us. ♦ How often do we shy… Read More ›
Albert Camus – Unlikely Seeker
Regardless of fronts and appearances, we are all seekers in a fallen world with full freedom of choice and personal responsibility. ♦ Albert Camus (pronounced Camu) was a prominent existentialist thinker. His writings revealed a struggle with religious issues like… Read More ›
Habakkuk’s Question
While evil exists and prospers and bad things happen even to good people, God is at work and in control beyond what we can sometimes understand. ♦ It was Habakkuk, a 7th century Hebrew Old Testament prophet, who posed the… Read More ›
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