I’m reading a book on soil. The current chapter is on worms. Worms fascinate me. I know. I’m a bit on the strange side. Last Fall, I told my neighbors that if they didn’t want their leaves, they could just throw them over the fence and I would take care of them. They looked at … More Worms and the Mysteries of Salvation
Technology is Killing Your Church Originally Posted on December 4, 2013 by Marty Schoenleber, Jr. Friday is for Thinking Technology is killing your church. Rather, it is killing the soul of your people who are the church. Your people are like mine. They are addicted to technology like crack cocaine. They don’t think they can live without it. … More Technology is Dangerous to Your Spiritual Health
Bebo Norman was a formative voice for many of us 30 years ago. He has since retired and become a Physician’s Assistant in Otolaryngology! But here is a blast from the past for the glory of our God and King.
As an undergrad at the University of Maryland, theologian and apologist Francis Schaeffer was a buttress to the intellectual development of my faith. I devoured what has come to be know as the foundational three, the trilogy (The God Who is There, He is There and He is Not Silent, and Escape from Reason), and … More The “Slow Virtues” are Quietly Powerful
Commenting on the situation leading to the beginning of the monarchy in ancient Israel, Wilhelm Krummacher makes a keen observation on the mindset of the nation. The nation, whose God was their King, took their eyes off their King and instead gazed at the surrounding nations and wanted what they had, a king like the … More Reading a German Scholar from 1867
Elections reveal the priorities of a people. People vote for what they want. Politicians make promises. People believe them or at least believe them more than they do the other guy and vote for what they want. The population has hopes and fears and the politicians play to both. Proverbs 23:1-3 1 When you sit … More Elections Reveal the Priorities of a People
Liebesträume . . . German for “a dream of love”. We live with Liebesträume–the dream of love. We dream of love as easily as we breath air. “In 1850 Franz Liszt published the musical score for a set of three solo piano works (S.541/R.211) titled Liebesträume. Originally the three Liebesträume were conceived as songs for … More A Dream of Love – “Liebesträume”
There are only two times in the New American Standard Version of the Bible where the word “tolerance” appears. In most translations of the Bible, it never appears. Most moderns would think that is weird. For many people in popular culture, tolerance is their preferred definition of what it means to be a Christian. And … More What Tolerance Looks Like
Today we heard a message from one of our newly ordained pastors on Psalm 24. It was a good reminder that when we (Christians) read the psalms, we read through the lens of the New Testament, Christ, and the resurrection. We are built up in our most holy faith (Jude 1:20) on the foundation of … More Christo-Centric Reflection on Psalm 24
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