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If your Thoughts only Flow by Drops, You Can’t Pour them out in Bucketfuls
December 28, 2024
If your Thoughts only Flow by Drops, You Can’t Pour them out in Bucketfuls There is a book called John Ploughman’s Pictures published back in the 1890’s, or about the time my Grandpa Swayze was born. It was written by C.H. Spurgeon and was part of Moody’s Colportage Library. Spurgeon was a great English preacher, […]
continue reading...Covenant
December 12, 2024
Covenant It is said that we live in a transactional age. I suppose that there can be “fair” transactions, that is, deals that are struck that are good for both parties. But often, transactions are enacted with carrots and sticks. You might agree to a deal based not on what you might gain, but rather […]
continue reading...Information
December 7, 2024
Information I was born quite a few years ago in the industrial age. Some say we now live in the information age. It is not that there is no industry now, or that there was no information before – but information has become our common currency. It is interesting that we don’t know quite what […]
continue reading...Football is our National Religion
November 29, 2024
Football is our National Religion Multitudes of people will go to church this weekend. But the “church” will be a stadium. They will be involved in a worship experience, but the object of their worship will not be God, but a team of exceptional humans. Some might call this a violation of the first commandment: […]
continue reading...Away from Sin; Toward Sinners
November 15, 2024
Away from Sin; Toward Sinners The first time the word “sinner” is used in the Bible is Genesis 13:13: “Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.” An important part of this story is that Sodom is where Lot, the nephew of Abram, lived. He shouldn’t have been there, and […]
continue reading...Prayer List
November 8, 2024
Prayer List Perhaps you are a “list” person. Perhaps you are not. In any case, if you are a Christian, you are to be a “prayer” person, list or not. Let’s think about it for a few moments. Lists are helpful so that we revisit what we once thought was a good idea. We all […]
continue reading...Existential
November 2, 2024
Existential We have heard the word “existential,” or, “existential threat” quite a bit in the news lately with regard to the upcoming election. One side believes that the election of the opposing party’s candidate would pose an “existential threat,” but it is not clear what exactly is the risk, or even the meaning of the […]
continue reading...Jesus was Not a Victim
August 28, 2024
Jesus was Not a Victim Jesus left heaven’s glory to enter into the created world and live among those who were in rebellion against God. He was misunderstood, falsely accused, and wrongly sentenced to capital punishment on the cross. But, Jesus never played the victim. On the other hand, Jesus made Himself to be vulnerable. […]
continue reading...What Fruit has come from Shame? (Romans 6:21)
August 22, 2024
What Fruit has come from Shame? (Romans 6:21) “You should be ashamed of yourself !” When was the last time someone said that to you? Perhaps it was a long time ago. Maybe it was your father or mother. They probably weren’t wrong. Shame is most often attached to a bad action or bad choice […]
continue reading...God Does Not Revert to the Mean
August 21, 2024
God Does Not Revert to the Mean I marked Romans 3:3 as one of the critical questions of the Bible: “What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?” Let me point out a rather obvious point in this verse: there is a difference between “faithlessness” and “faithfulness.” The old hymn […]
continue reading... - “Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the heart and soul to God, through Christ, with the strength and assistance of the Holy Spirit, for such things as God has promised, or according to the Word, for the good of the church, with submission, in faith, to the will of God.” - John Bunyan
