Reflections on the loving kindness of the Triune God
At this time of year—with Thanksgiving as the launching of the Christmas sales period—all the avid consumers in America go wild. My Thursday newspaper, full of “black Friday” sales, weighed almost as much as the turkey I’ll be enjoying later today. Backbreaking stuff! It’s the season when things we don’t really need are being marketed …
Read More “How YOU can be more Godly!”After an early church service this past Sunday I drove to Hug Point. It’s an aptly named scenic section of the Oregon coast, a few miles south of Cannon Beach. I visit there at times to enjoy God’s embrace—a good time of Bible reading, praying, and taking a nap while serenaded by the thundering surf. …
Read More Standing in God’s CouncilThis week I was reminded that I share a very small feature of life with Charles, Prince of Wales. We have lived the same number of years. By almost every other measure I have little in common with his royal highness. The difference is summed up by the rubric of nobility. He’s a nobleman and …
Read More Joining the nobilityA man who already had his PhD warned me before I started my own adventure, “Be sure to pick a topic you can live with. If you pick something that doesn’t satisfy, you’ll pay for it!” Good advice, and advice I followed when I selected Richard Sibbes as my subject of study! Getting to know …
Read More My friend RichardThis week included two separate experiences. I read from Job and I had a vivid dream of an earthquake. Let me link them here in a single reflection on God’s greatness in the face of human self-confidence. I’ll start with the earthquake dream. In the dream I saw a hillside in motion as I …
Read More My Vivid Dream