If Christians are a new creation, why isn’t everything perfect?
A new creation - 2 Corinthians 5:17 in context
If Christians are a new creation, why isn't everything perfect? I ask the question because of today's Verse of the Day, from YouVersion. It says we are a new creation. The old is gone. The new is here. It sounds so exciting! So how come things aren't perfect? For that ...
We will not all get through this together!
We will not all get through this together! But, you know what? COVID's not the worst thing we won't all get through together. Not even close. But we aren't really told so much about that "other" thing either. Which shouldn't be surprising at all ...
Merry Christmas? or Blessed Christmas?
Here in the U.S. the push is for Christians to say Merry Christmas. Actually, it's more of a push by Christians to make everyone say Merry Christmas? But is that even appropriate, for various reasons? One of which is the word merry. Isn't blessed, as in "have a Blessed Christmas", ...
Can we give thanks on Thanksgiving 2020?
2020 has been a difficult year. COVID is all over the world. With it comes various restrictions that make people upset. What seems to get lost is the more than 1,000,000 (1 million) people who've died from it. So far. There will be more. As you read this, more people ...
A healthcare worker dies from COVID. Does anybody notice?
A healthcare worker dies from COVID. Does anybody notice? I tried to find out how many healthcare workers died from COVID so far. Even Google, who knows pretty much everything, can't answer that question. The numbers of dead healthcare workers related to COVID isn't tracked. And so, in some respects, ...
Darwin and COVID – Darwin didn’t say that the strongest survive.
I heard a restaurant owner on the news this morning talking about Darwin and COVID. He was talking about how Darwin didn’t say that the strongest survive. Rather, Darwin said it was the most adaptable who survive. And this particular person wanted to be one of the adaptable ones who ...
So in love with two – Jesus and ???
You may remember So in love with two. It comes from a song about a girl in love with two boys. But I look at it as a Christian, in love with Jesus and someone or something else. Ultimately it’s not up to us to decide what Jesus is asking ...
How did Christianity get to be like this?
How did Christianity get to be like this? You ask, Like what? Let me answer, initially, with a hint, rather than a direct answer. Some think one of the worst things to happen to Christianity was when Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. As history is showing, that's more significant ...
What happened to Christian transformation – becoming more Christ-like?
What happened to Christian transformation? You know - becoming more Christ-like? It used to be important. But now, does it mean anything more than switching to a church that we like better? One that supports our view of God, the way we created Him? That's as opposed to a church ...
Mourning over the loss of in-person church services
Do you mourn over the loss of in-person church services? If so, you're not alone. But my question is actually more about the mourning. The process. The reasons why you mourn. That's because the Bible actually gives us lessons, of a sort, on how and why to mourn. They're in ...
