There are people we meet who change our lives. There are experiences we have that change our lives. There are thoughts we think that change our lives. In the early 70’s, when I came to know Christ, there was a song I heard that changed my life. This was that song. Words and melody still … More There are Songs You Hear that Change You
There is a logical consistency to the Christian faith. If Jesus is God, it makes all the difference in the world both for this life and the next. For more see: Jesus is God: So What? —Putting Jesus in His Place.
“To be right with God often meant to be in trouble with men.” —A.W. Tozer The world has changed. As boomers and their grandparents die off the culture is about to take a huge leap off a cliff as the forty-year experiment in relativistic thinking yields it final fruit. Like Wiley Coyote chasing the road-runner, we … More Fighting the Good Fight the Good Way
“Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion.” (Psalm 65:1) via When Joy Wants to Explode.
Sunday Musings I got some great counsel from a friend at a recent conference. He was talking about how companies and churches move from good to great. The conversation started with some questions. When things are going bad, when things are not going the way they could, or should, or the way you would like them … More What Do You Do When Things Go Wrong?
My wife was responding to the odor coming off my body from the first ride of the year 2015. It wasn’t much. Just 3.45 miles but it’s a start. It felt good to be outside after a long winter. This years’ goal 997 more before the weather turns cold again in the Fall. Now the sobering … More “Go Take a Shower Puppy!”
Sunday Afternoon Musings “If a writer sets out to characterize contemporary Western society as given over to materialism and self-seeking, he will find many people agreeing with him. If he sets out to define the Christian ideal of a society based on principles consonant with New Testament teaching, he will likewise find many people agreeing … More Fitting in to the World or Transforming It?
Friday is for Heart Songs I love my country. Flaws and all, I love it. I think, on balance, it has been a force for good in the world, even with all of its missteps and corruptions. But it is dangerous to live here. Dangerous to the soul. Our affluence, our comforts, and the long … More Fighting the Urge to Live for Comfort, Security, and Convenience
Wednesday is for Thinking One of the problems that Christians face in every age is how to be in the world but not of the world (cf. John 17:11 and 1 John 2:15). How are we to exist in the world without becoming like the world? How are we to love the world in the … More Christians are Too Comfortable
Tuesday is for Thinking “Of all the distortions of scripture—and heaven knows there have been plenty in our time—the most disastrous is surely to suggest that when our Lord insisted that his Kingdom was not of this world, he meant that it was. An equivalent distortion would be to devise a version of the third … More Distortions of Scripture and the Wisdom of Malcolm Muggeridge
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