Do you make Jesus pray in vain?
Do you make Jesus pray in vain? If you're like me, the answer's yes. Way too often. What do I mean? Lk 22:31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you ...
Active surveillance for cancer again. Help me overcome my unbelief.
So, it begins again. I started active surveillance for prostate cancer early in 2020. Now, two years later, after surgery for removal became necessary, I'm in active surveillance for cancer again. We'll get to how that happened in a moment. For today though, after going from surveillance to surgery and ...
Christian and depressed. How is that possible?
The Bible says the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. How is it then that we can be Christian and depressed? With all that love, joy, peace, Etc., is it really possible to still be depressed? From experience, I say absolutely ...
How can I leave you again?
How can I leave you again? Some of you will recognize that question as the title of a John Denver song. Others will be reminded of someone. But who? Who can we leave, return to, and the lyrics to the song apply? ...
Christianity and politics make strange bedfellows
You've probably heard it before - Religion and politics make strange bedfellows. Today though, we're going to narrow it down to Christianity, rather than religion as a whole. So we end up with Christianity and politics make strange bedfellows. And when we narrow it down like that, the combination of ...
The problem of “church words” no one else understands
Church words. They are a problem. A big problem. We (Christians) use words that we learn in church. We know what they mean. But that doesn't mean everyone else does. It's like slang words/phrases - figures of speech ...
Which came first – the chicken or the egg? Why?
It's an age-old question. One of life's great mysteries. Which came first - the chicken or the egg? It's stumped people for a long time - apparently - because scientists are still working on it. At least they were up until a couple days ago. It's all figured out now ...
Is COVID in the Bible?
Is COVID in the Bible? Not directly. However, there are parallels from certain viewpoints. One way to look at it is through the book of Lamentations. What can we learn about COVID from Lamentations? I believe we can learn a lot. If we want to. Lamentations is an Old Testament ...
How did Judas die? Did he really hang himself?
How did Judas die? Falling into a field or hanging himself? Huh? How can there possibly be any question about Judas' manner of death if the choices are that he either fell into a field or hung himself? Besides, everyone knows Judas hung himself. Didn't he? And yet, both are ...
Jesus told parables. Was He hiding something?
Jesus told parables. Lots of them. But what exactly is a parable? What's the point of them? Are parables to tell us something? Or are they to hide something from us? Either way, how much do we really understand of the parables Jesus told us? That's a lot of questions! ...
