What does it mean to be a human?
Are we just highly evolved primordial dirt or are we divinely inspired dust? Are we smart monkeys or image-bearers? Did we climb out of a warm little pond, or did we drop from the heavens? Did we haphazardly come together on the evolutionary fly or were we fearfully and wonderfully…..
Our young people have uploaded their intellect into the Cloud. Believing that knowledge is a Google click away they put their brains in electronic mothballs. The problem is that once they pack up their intellect and place it in an internet storage facility they are left with nothing but an empty house haunted by emotional ghosts.
While emotions…..
Christianity isn’t intellectual assent but rather relationship commitment. It isn’t a Jesus admiration society but a nuptial celebration. I think the solemnity of this decision is what gives seekers pause – counting the cost of what they will have to leave behind makes them weak in the knees.
Weighed down by the gravity of the decision they fail to see…..
Anyone that has read my blogs knows that I love metaphors. You could even accuse me of being a met-addict. I find them compelling and creative but more importantly I find them cogent.
Metaphors are the literary equivalent of the scientific method because they take ideas and apply them to different areas of life to see if they…..