A message to Trump haters (and everyone else)
But none of that seems to have happened. Instead, I believe, we were in a position where - no matter who had been inaugurated - it would have been the person we "wanted", but also a person God allowed to rise up to try to teach us a lesson that ...
God versus religion – why
Sometimes we can know for sure that followers of God don't all hear from Him - like when two sets of people who know for sure they "know God's voice" are saying two very different things. Both insist they are right about whose voice they hear - and what that ...
I never knew you
But - what if the situation is entirely from within ourselves? What if something happens in our own little "world" - with no influence from outside - really messes up everything we thought we believed in? What happens when we're left only asking God - "Why"? We keep asking. We ...
God hears His people
As I said, the original impetus for this article was another 9/11 anniversary. However, as I'm moving it from an old site to the new one, it seems much more personal. When we have one thing after another after another ...
Tell that to your people
Just because we don't like what God, through the Bible, tells us - that's not a good reason to just assume it must be a fairy tale. Whether it be everything the Bible says - only parts of what it says - or even the very existence of God - ...
If you quit …
If we try something, we may or may not succeed. But if we quit, failure is guaranteed ...
Happy new year / site / life
Like it or not - accept it or not - every single religion / denomination that exists does exactly that. Don't believe it? Just go out and see why each one of them was formed ...
The death of the will or the death of the body. Which is worse?
I know - it seems weird. Doing what someone else wants isn't necessarily giving up our own will. But - it's true ...
Sometimes you’re the Louisville Slugger …
... when you're the batting practice ball. At least if you're a ball in the big game - tied at the bottom of the ninth with two outs - you've got a chance for glory. But when you're the batting practice ball - you just get hit over and over ...
Screwtape Letter #10 – Discussion Guide
Being silent when we shouldn’t be – or laughing when we shouldn’t – both are like double edged swords. It’s bad for us – as C. S. Lewis points out, because it can lead us to the point where we actually start to believe what we’re saying (or not saying) ...
