Reflections on the loving kindness of the Triune God
Many young Americans and Europeans today have given up on religion—they treat God as unappealing and unnecessary. Others retain a “sort of” God. For them God is a spiritual fashion accessory. Still others treat God as a “what if”: what if there really is a God, a heaven, and a hell? “Have we done enough …
Read More Knowing GodThis post has also been published on the Cor Deo site I share with Peter Mead. To visit please click here My conversion came as a distinct moment as I spoke to Jesus about what I had just read in Matthew 6:33 of the Bible. Christ’s new life brought a “lights on” change in the …
Read More Leaders or Lids?This is a repeat entry of the post first offered on the Cor Deo site, here Is it ever okay to complain to God? Is it appropriate to tell him that we think he’s done a terrible job and needs to start getting things right? Should the topic, “Proper forms of complaining in prayer,” be …
Read More Complaining to GodAll of us have been victims of sin. We’ve been hurt by what others have done to us, said to us, or withheld from us. We’re all damaged in some measure as a result. And, if we’re honest, we know that we’ve also hurt others. We may have apologized, or we may have simply walked …
Read More Victims?This post was first posted on the Cor Deo site. To visit the site please click here. What is spirituality? The question is huge—reaching well beyond a brief entry like this—but I would like to take a nibble. The main analogy for spirituality and spiritual growth in the Bible looks to organic or physical growth: …
Read More SpiritualityHere is a familiar line of logic in Christian circles: a. Jesus healed virtually everyone who asked to be healed. b. In texts like John 14:14 Jesus tells his disciples to ask him for whatever they might ask. c. We then pray and ask him to heal a dear friend who has stage 3 or …
Read More God’s AgendaThis post is also found on the Cor Deo website. I invite you to visit the site by clicking here All of us are still growing. As adults we don’t pay as much attention to growth as we did as children. Back then our too-small shoes or too-short trousers were regular clues. But now as …
Read More GrowingIf a curious reader were to read the entire Bible in a month or so he’d notice that the faith expressed there seems oddly out of touch with the forms of faith common today. It’s as if some folks are editing the faith to help Jesus succeed. Let’s listen to such a possible meeting between …
Read More Helping JesusThis post is co-published with the Cor Deo website. I encourage you to go there by clicking here What happened to Demas? Demas is mentioned by Paul in both Colossians and Philemon. Along with Demas we find Aristarchus, Luke, and John Mark cited as a support team with Paul during the apostle’s house arrest in …
Read More DemasRelationships define us. Yet most of us share a common sense assumption that we exist as self-defined and self-directed individuals. This unshakeable premise grows out of a shared human experience: that we live and move on the basis of inward, personal deliberations. Even the quiet and private moment of reading just now can be seen …
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