Posts tagged “Bible”
Holy, holy, holy
I learned a new word the other day. I fancy myself to be a word nerd with a decently large vocabulary, so this doesn’t…
Everything we do teaches
The King of kings and Lord of lords, with every supernatural power at his disposal, said his disciples should go into the whole wide…
Why science might not be the best way to prove the Christian faith
I know quite a few parents whose adult children have renounced their faith recently. Their kids grew up in a Christian home, went to…
I knew that would happen
How good are you at predicting the future? When asked who’s going to win a sporting event between two evenly matched opponents, usually people…
Life or death
All of us are a bundle of opinions on great movies we’ve seen, restaurants we like, favorite foods, coolest cars, and politics. These opinions…
“Sacrament”: Not in the Bible?
Thanks to the capital of California everybody knows this word, though it’s not found in the Bible. But it is another example of valuable…
Degrees of punishment
Not everyone believes that there will be a judgment day. Their disbelief will not make it disappear, of course. That day will come without…
God’s kingdom work starts so small
I love reading the history of congregations and church bodies, especially the stories of their founding and early days. How tiny the groups were…
Communicating clearly
Our daughter was coming up the driveway when my husband made the universal signal for “roll down your window.” (You know, the crank-your-arm-in-a-circular-motion signal.)…
Why did God create hell?
The 20th century was the epoch of evil. Yes, it was also a time of great advancement in technology and medicine. Yet even those…
Your sins are not like coffee grounds
It was 5:20 A.M. I was pulling out the coffeepot to pour my first cup when things went tragically awry. (I use the word…
No lie
A fact-checker report from the Washington Post says that in President Trump’s first year, he made 2,140 false or misleading claims. By day 558…