The Christmas story is ancient, well known and hardly known at the same time. Here, it is not so much that familiarity breeds contempt as it is that familiarity makes us blind. The more we are used to seeing something,…
Category: Christianity
Issues and opinions about Christianity
Listen Up
“As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! And what I do I will continue…
The Demise of and Hope for American Capital
The pundits are searching feverishly for the causes and cures of the current market meltdown. At this writing (Oct 13, 2008) the most likely culprits have been identified as the housing bubble (inflated housing prices), loose lending practices (inflated credit…
Obsession
This is a YouTube video about Radical Islam’s war against the West. It’s disturbing enough on its own. But I’m also disturbed by the solutions the video offers. Watch all of it, then come back here and let me know…
Fed Cred
Ad fontes—to the source! “Holy Cow, Batman! What about the credit crisis?” “Well, Robin, it’s not really about money.” “Not about money?! Then what is the problem?” “Some say it is a credit crisis. Some say its a lack of…
Gimping For God
The personal discipline of maturity requires conscious and intentional engagement of the grace of God, wrestling with angels—like Jacob wrestled with the angel of the Lord at Peniel (Genesis 32:30). Jacob wrestled with God, and the angel could not prevail…
Is God Fair?
Contrary to our usual thinking, God does not treat everyone the same, just as the law does not treat everyone the same. The law treats law breakers differently than it treats law abiders. Law breakers are punished, law abiders are…
Separation of Church & State
The Associated Press has released news that “A group of ministers filed a complaint Monday with the Internal Revenue Service to stop a conservative organization from encouraging pastors to endorse or oppose political candidates…” (Ohio ministers challenge political pulpit plan,…
Clear As Mud II
If you haven’t read Clear As Mud, please read it first. Since the DNC (Denver 2008) has just ended let me speak to its origin. Two nights ago the keynote speaker, Mike Warner, mentioned that Thomas Jefferson was the founder…
Clear As Mud
A logical consequence of Deism is that God did not manifest Himself in the Person of Jesus Christ.