I have talked to many a person lately about different life issues, and have heard in many different ways “Oh, I know how that must have looked!” or some such comment about trying to live life “above reproach.” I was reminded of how much harm can be done in the Christian community when we throw [...]
God created me and redeemed me for His glory, and has promised to share that with me. I do not deserve this! If anyone is honest with himself, that one will know that he too does not deserve this gracious, merciful outcome. What do I deserve? For all my pride and arrogance, for my sins, [...]
I know that with each passing season I declare that it is my favorite and I love it. I love pumpkins and apples and autumn, I love snow and sweaters and winter, I love flowers and sunshine and spring, I love summer and camping and…and then I love autumn again. But seriously, my favorite season [...]
Have you ever pondered eternal life? (Or if you are reading another translation, “everlasting life”) Have you ever wondered what it is, or whether it is more than just living-for-ever? I have met many people who say pondering such things are no encouragement to the soul. They, in a round about fashion, call it a [...]
Life in a fallen world will be marked by tokens of that world. No one can walk through this world without experiencing life tainted by sin and the effects thereof. Some of these affects stem from the moment sin entered the world: thorns, weeds, and growing weary with work, pain in childbirth (physical and emotional) [...]
There are so many things in this world that American’s get excited about, choose to celebrate, or delight in. As humans this is normal-our hearts long to be part of something, and will worship what our hearts truly desire. We were created to worship, and though we ignore our Creator or shake our fist at [...]
Many things changed after the Fall, and when frustrated we find ourselves mocking God, who is full of only All Goodness, “Why did you create such pests?!!” Well, He created gnats, but like all of earth…the Fall changed them. Their purpose is now skewed, and we cannot appreciate these tiny creatures. Their falleness causes them [...]