Bible, God, grief, Jesus, John, pain, Psalms, sin, suffering
At our Easter service the pastor said something to the effect of, “Darkness cannot eliminate darkness; only light can eliminate darkness.” Of course, the darkness is our sinfulness and/or pain we experience because we are fallen people in a fallen world, and the light...
believe, Bible, God, Romans
While studying Church history from Christ’s death to Martin Luther (1500s), it is interesting to me that I have yet to agree 100% with any one person’s doctrine. I don’t even fully agree with those who, like I do, hold scripture to be the highest...
Bible, discipline, Exodus, faith, God, Joshua, Numbers, obedience, sin, Uncategorized
There are mostly two kinds of people in this world: the kind that think God is always for them and the kind that think God is always against them. I’ve met very few inbetweeners. But the thing is it’s only the inbetweeners – those who don’t...
believe, Bible, Father, God, Jesus, Mark, obedience, prayer, sin
I’m thinking of starting a series called, “Stuff Jesus Did that We Label Sin but Shouldn’t Because Jesus Did that Stuff”. (It’s a working title.) As I read through the gospels, I see a lot of things that fall into this category. I am...
1 John, anxiety, believe, Bible, doubt, fear, God, Jesus, Mark, peace, trust, worry
In Mark 4 Jesus asks His disciples two questions I think He asks you and me pretty regularly, too. His inquiries are made to the disciples at the end of the story of how He speaks to the wind and the waves in a “furious squall” and they immediately die...
