Consider how our view of life is formulated by how we view God. Is he a formidable bearded old man seated high upon a throne? Is He sitting there with a note pad making plus and minus marks for every moment of our lives? It […]
Month: January 2016
The Voice of the Lord
I can’t say that I’ve ever heard the audible voice of the Lord directing me. When we read in scripture about the Lord “speaking” to men we assume an audible voice was involved. I’m not so sure. When Abram was told by God to leave […]
Power Gospel
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Romans 1:16 The Gospel of Jesus is a powerful thing. Scripture tells us so. We […]
Choices
A couple of nights ago my wife and I lay in bed and took an online personality profile test. You young people can look forward to this kind of late night excitement in the future. The test consisted of lots of questions. The results produced […]
More Chains
But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. Romans 7:6 By the time most of us […]
Of Vines and Chains
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 We were created to be in relationship with God. Jesus illustrated this as a […]
Totally Radical
Occasionally, I like to write something that reminds me what a total radical I am. Today is one of those days. I believe that the modern church, particularly in the west, is generally a failure. The problem, I believe is fundamental and structural. The western […]
Better
I’m better. My symptoms haven’t improved. In fact I think they are worse. I had a prescheduled doctor appointment today. He told me it’s probably viral and what I was doing was about all that can be done. At least my blood pressure was great […]