Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2008
On a list of difficult tasks – I think I have the zinger of them all. The hardest thing to do is to go to someone and say “I’m sorry” after not speaking to them for some time. Add to that the indignity of being the one who was completely in the wrong. That’s hard. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2008
I once heard a wife say to her husband, “Just think of what you would normally do and do the opposite!” Ha! A little harsh, but it presents an interesting theory…if Sin makes some of our natural inclinations wrong, then what if we just did the opposite? The normal way to work is to do [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 5th, 2008
The thing about “independence” is…it really depends what you’re trying to be independent of… For instance, you probably shouldn’t try to be independent of your parachute when you’re skydiving. And if you owned a home in NY you probably shouldn’t to secede from the city (although you could avoid the city tax that way) by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2008
Some people loved Jesus and were willing to try crazy things for him, other people hated Jesus and tried to kill him; but *no one* was bored… Then how come we get bored? Some people blame God for this: God if you DID things like in Jesus’ day maybe we’d be more alive spiritually. There [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2008
Pop quiz: Can you glorify God as a professional baseball player? If so, then how? Well I suppose how you conduct yourself on and off the field would have something to do with it… Also, you’d probably treat people as though they were objects of grace (rather than people to use). There would be a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 27th, 2008
The hope for a lot of people is to do something fairly easy and to be rewarded with fame and recognition and honor… To be like the “natural” in a sport who wins championships without breaking a sweat – to have an easy and unchallenged greatness. Yes…that would be cool. But what if God has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 26th, 2008
The argument goes something like this: If God is real then how come he doesn’t heal amputees? How come people can ask sincerely and persistently for something and he doesn’t come through? How can you believe in God when prayer obviously doesn’t work for REAL problems? If you’ve ever really wanted something and felt ignored [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2008
There’s something very suspicious about the idea of Moses going up on the mountain to speak to God – and descending with God’s words… How can you trust that what Moses said about God was true, and not some self serving political manipulation? Not surprisingly whenever a man claimed this prophetic position, what “god” commanded [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2008
Here’s a question I get asked from time to time (although not by our church people)… What kind of a church are you? Are you liberal, conservative, traditional, post modern, progressive, reformed, evangelical…? My usual response is to kind of nod and say “Well, you know…” But here’s what I really mean: If you look [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 18th, 2008
Most people think that feeling “unworthy” is a bad thing…and it often is… I hope you are not feeling unworthy when it comes to work or people or social situations… If you are for some reason then it’s something we should try to fix… However…when it comes to knowing GOD, feeling unworthy can be a [...]