Reflections on the loving kindness of the Triune God
The iconoclastic Canadian thinker of the last century, Marshall McLuhan, coined an aphorism, “The medium is the message.” Some critics disparaged his ideas—calling him more a poet than a philosopher—while others found him intriguing. I find him insightful. Jesus, I realized, said something similar centuries earlier and it bears repeating. McLuhan’s thesis in a nutshell …
Read More McLuhan was right!It can sound pretty presumptuous to say, “I know God.” “Really?” someone might ask. “Are the two of you pretty tight, or is he just an acquaintance?” It would be a mocking question, of course, because most people today treat God either as a distant concept or as a charade played by those who take …
Read More Knowing GodThis entry was first posted on the Cor Deo website. Please post any responses there by clicking here Have you ever felt abandoned by God? If you have you know it hurts more than any other loss. Why? Because we see God as a secure refuge: as one who loves us even if all others …
Read More Dark Night of the SoulWho rules the world? God? Or Satan? This question, if we’re honest, has a very high cringe factor these days. The first wince comes with the premise that the world is ruled by supernatural powers. Then to set it out as a binary opposition—that only God or Satan rule, with no other options—the question feels …
Read More A questionThis post was first offered on the Cor Deo site. Please offer any responses on that site. Go there by clicking here Thank you for taking some time to read this today. Writers need readers so you’re a gift to me! In fact this post is about you in the sense that I want us …
Read More Thank you!I reminded a friend recently that our being is prior to our doing. It’s a pretty obvious statement—a truism—but we still do well to think about it for a moment. In biblical terms our identity should be based on who we are by creation and not by who we wish we could be. In other …
Read More Enjoy BeingThis entry is also found on the Cor Deo site. Please post any comments there (click here). A quote in the Washington Post caught my attention. As hurricane Sandy approached the American eastern seaboard a Washington DC resident remarked, “I emailed my preacher today and said we need a sermon on the wrath of God …
Read More Divine WeatherHere is a crucial truth: you are not God. You never have been nor will you ever be. But what is a god? Here’s a description: Someone who rules the universe; or, in much more common and less grandiose terms—yet the same in substance—it is someone who thinks he or she is independent and wholly …
Read More Truth and FaithThis entry was first published on the Cor Deo website – I invite any responses to be offered on that site (click here to go to Cor Deo) A man asked me the question out of the blue. “Do we still have idols today?” A couple of options jumped to mind before I answered. First …
Read More Enjoying Idols?Car dealers speak of the trim levels available in every car model—meaning the features automatically added to a given version of that model. Options range from the very basic to the fully loaded. And salesmen know that the appetites and wealth of buyers vary so a successful salesman learns how to nudge a given buyer …
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