Matthew 22:34-40, John 14:15, John 15:9-14, 1 John 3:16, 23 and 4:7-19, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Today, “radicalism” and/or “extremism” have become the buzz words for all that is wrong with religion and politics in this world. In attempting to define religious extremism we are often drawn to the forms of extremism that are easiest to […]
Words Matter
These days we are increasingly held to account for the words we use when addressing others. Words matter and words can hurt. Using a derogatory name or word for someone can intimidate shame, insult, wound, marginalize or in some way diminish another person. You really can’t argue with that. There is so much in the […]
I don’t know, or do I?
It seems to have become fashionable to “not know”. I have recently read many blogs and listened to many interviews with high (And low…) profile Christians who seem to define their faith in terms of what they don’t know or don’t understand. They struggle with their faith publicly in songs, books, blogs, social media and […]
Is your worship of God conditional?
Do not so reduce your definition of worship that it becomes conditional. (I only worship with songs I like, I only worship when I feel good, I only worship when God is blessing me, etc…) Can you pray to God right now and say to Him; “My Lord and Savior, My Creator, My Heavenly Father, […]
Biblically Open-Minded
Recently I was reading a great book by Eric Metaxas called; “Seven Men: And The Secret Of Their Greatness”. One of the men profiled in the book is Karol Wojtyla, also known as Pope John Paul II. There was one passage that caught my attention and helped focus my thinking on a current trend. When […]
If God is love why does He allow suffering?
As I conclude teaching through the book of Job I have run into, and have long before run into, the age old argument; how can a God Who is supposed to love allow innocents to suffer? The problem begins with the question. This question begins with “XYZ” while failing to address “ABC”. Can we solve […]
Science and Religion
Okay, way past time to dust off the blog… Been thinking about this issue while reading a lecture by Dr. (Sir) John Polkinghorne. I like where he started the lecture; “Science has purchased it’s very great success by the modesty of its ambition.” Science and religion are not incompatible at all. Science concerns itself with […]
Bible Basics: Man
Okay, time to get back to the Bible Basics series. Hope you find these useful, print it out if necessary, but commit this stuff to memory. This is the most basic view to understanding man and his condition. As always, God’s Word explains things very well… In all the discussion about the condition of the […]
After She’s Gone: Last Entry
I’ve been posting some of Carol’s teaching notes here and have been blessed by the feedback I’ve gotten from so many people. This will be my last posting under this heading. I may write about Carol again, but with this posting I’ll be moving on to other things and new blog posts, so stay tuned. […]
After She’s Gone Part 10
This is the last of study notes that Carol had left in any of our computers. Everything else is hand written. This is the longest one but I don’t remember exactly when she taught this. It was for a larger function, if any of you remember, let me know and I’ll post it. I’ve received […]