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At the very heart of the timeless Christian faith is the Eucharist. And you’ve heard me say many times before that the word “Eucharist” has its root in the Greek word for “thank you.” The very center of what it means to be a Christian isn’t some cultural habit “I’m Christian because I was born…
"It's gonna rain. It's gonna rain. You better get ready. You better get right. God told Noah, by the rainbow sign; He said no more water! But FIRE next time!" A classic song from Andrae Crouch and the Disciples struck me, as a teenage Christian, as the perfect warning to everyone - God will never…
I have a friend who is a biologist and she is also an atheist. She’s an atheist because she’s convinced there is no such thing as “free will.” And she believes this because of her science. To her, every choice we think we make is actually just certain chemical reactions to different stimuli. I know,…
It never fails. I'm sitting with a young couple in pre-marital counseling and we get to the part of the service where the husband is commanded to love his wife as Christ loves the Church and the wife is to "obey" her husband. They look at each other. They look at me. Sometimes they smile…
My best friend in the world died of a brain tumor many years ago. Anyone who has either struggled with cancer or knew someone who did, knows the radical nature of cancer treatment. The chemotherapy is literally poison used to kill the cancer. But it's still poison. Many have wondered if the cure is worse…
I was a fire bug when I was younger. Fire fascinated me, that is until one day when I burned myself play with fire. It's amazing how instructional pain can be if you let it!
But why is it we keep insisting on learning life's lessons the hard way? Why do we so consistently find ourselves…
All the sins and mistakes of all the people in the world who have ever lived all combined together and multiplied by a thousand plus ten can NEVER overpower God's love and peace!
Individually, our sins can never overpower Him. Collectively, our sins cannot exhaust Him. If that were remotely possible, He would not be God.…
Most of us know the German legend about Faust and his deal with the devil. Faust is a bit of a con man but he's unhappy with his life so he sells his soul to the devil in exchange for unlimited earthly knowledge and pleasure. Of course, the story doesn't end well and is meant…
10 March 2020
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7
In these days of the Wuhan virus spread, it is easy to forget the sober truth of God’s eternal love and care for us. But history shows…