“You’re not good enough!” “You can’t do this!” “You are worthless!” — words that may run through your head when you put your head on the pillow at night. It’s when no one else is talking to you; you are alone with your thoughts in the dark of the night. And it keeps you from…
During the end of the year we have such a joy of focusing on Advent. Advent means, “the appearance” or “the coming.” In more contemporary terms, it just means “showing up!” Usually it has to do with a significant moment or experience – and of course the coming of the Son of God to the…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] I want to know Christ! Really? Are you sure? Do you realize what you are saying? At first blush that may simply mean knowing about Christ and the “Christ event.” Who he was, what he did, his impact on history. Probing more deeply, however, it means following Christ.…
As with any other period of history, our current era is confronted with major social issues that require the active engagement of Christians. Poverty, ethical decay, women in leadership, human trafficking, LGBT lifestyle, immigration are just a few. Too many Christians attempt to address these by starting with the issue and justifying a position on…
Every time you get a new phone, it takes you a while to figure out how it works; a new laptop requires multiple calls to the IT department to help you learn the new system; each professional conference you go to reminds you how much you DON’T know. It’s like there’s a conspiracy forcing you…
“This is my Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased.” – Matthew 3:17 The difficulty with the love of God is that the human heart assumes it has to earn God’s love, or at least work hard to justify receiving it. It’s very difficult for the broken human soul to conceive or…
Most of us were raised with the idea that glory was some future place or time after we die. Think about the phrases in the songs we sing. “There’s a new name written down in glory….” “Oh that will be glory for me…when I shall see him face to face….” Our predisposition is toward an…
At the culmination of His creativity, God made people. Only with this project it was like making a mirror. It reflected God’s own image. What a masterpiece! When God looked at humanity, He saw an image of Himself – and it was really good. It was like looking in the mirror. But alas, part of…
When will we learn? Is it even possible? Another incident of racism, discrimination, prejudice, injustice – sin. One person thinking himself better than another; presuming to have greater value because of the incidental difference of color. Are we truly reduced to such a low level of vision for one another? How will it go away?…
It seems that Christians are constantly trying to make their lives easier. To remove the points of conflict and tension that exist naturally in walking with Christ. As Francois Fenelon has so aptly described in his little collection of letters to the employees of King Louis the XIV, the path of Christ is not one…