Category: The Spiritual Life

Thank you!

This 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 …

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Enjoying Idols?

This 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 …

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True Jesus

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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Married

This Saturday Jonathan married Rosemary and I was invited to offer a Bible reflection for the occasion. Let me offer in a nutshell what I shared with them. In its ultimate expression marriage is God sharing his eternal life with us: we are united to Christ in marital oneness by his Spirit. So Jon and …

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Delighted or driven?

This was first offered on the Cor Deo website and repeated here. Please post any responses on that site. Thanks! Click on Cor Deo A rich benefit in reading through the Bible regularly and at a bold pace is that themes start to jump off the pages. One of these—I’ll note it in a moment—especially …

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Modalism

God—the Father, Son, Spirit God of the Bible—is all about relationships. He always has been and always will be. Yet too many of Christians operate as slightly modified modalists in at least one respect: we treat God as a single and ultimate power source. Sorry for the jargon! The term modalism comes from early discussions …

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Knowing 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 …

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