Death is ugly. If you’ve ever gazed upon a dead person, you can’t help but feel a deep sense of dark finality. While death comes to each of us, it is not the end of the story. God made people to be immortal, meaning that they will live on after their bodies die and decompose. […]
Read more "God’s Job: Resurrect | Our Job: Worship"What exactly is a “Christian hater?” Is it someone who hates Christians? Or is it a hateful person who claims to be a Christian? To be sure, there are plenty of people in both categories, and they aren’t exactly paragons of virtue or stellar role models. It’s easy to see why both types are repulsive. […]
Read more "Confession of a Christian Hater"It’s a presidential election year in America, and unless you live on Mars with Matt Damon, you have read, watched or heard about the many fascinating candidates running for the nation’s highest office. With the primaries upon us, things are about to get very lively. There is no doubt that choosing the right person is […]
Read more "Elect the King in ’16"God is gracious, meaning that he gives us blessings we don’t deserve. He is also merciful, meaning that he doesn’t give us the punishment we rightfully deserve. It is because of these astonishing attributes that God chose to forgive us. But this forgiveness, while freely offered, is not cheap. God had to pay an unspeakably […]
Read more "God’s Job: Forgive | Our Job: Forgive"“No one will make a good end to the life into which he is born unless he is born again before he ends it.” […]
Read more "Coming to Terms with Born Again Christians"God is omniscient. His job is to know everything. He knows the deep past and the most distant future. There is nothing he doesn’t know. We, on the other hand, know very little in comparison. It’s humbling, to be sure, but it’s also comforting and freeing to realize that God knows all and we don’t […]
Read more "GOD’S JOB: KNOW ALL | OUR JOB: KNOW GOD"Thank God for doctors, nurses and all of the dedicated healthcare professionals who provide medical care to hurting people. We need them from cradle to grave, and they play a critical role in life. But they do not heal, for only God can heal. They are God’s instruments, or as Dr. Richard J. Foster likes […]
Read more "GOD’S JOB: HEAL | OUR JOB: HELP"Darwinists will tell you that life evolved from very simple cells a long, long time ago. Ask them where the cells came from and how life began in the first place, and they’ll tell you we evolved from some primordial goo, or that aliens put us here. Then ask them where the goo or aliens […]
Read more "GOD’S JOB: CREATE | OUR JOB: PRESERVE"God is protecting us, even when we don’t realize it. Only God knows how many times in a given day he has kept us out of harm’s way. He may have intervened in a potential accident, or even a deliberate attack by an enemy, seen or unseen. It’s easy to take God’s protection for granted, […]
Read more "GOD’S JOB: PROTECT | OUR JOB: DEFEND"During a family vacation in the Caribbean, I was robbed twice in three days. The first theft happened at night when someone stole my favorite sandals. A few days later at a different location, someone stole my beach bag in broad daylight. The crooks made off with a video camera, my wife’s watch, several articles […]
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