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The heavens declare the glory of God – the whole creation has been groaning.
(Psalm 19:1 & Romans 8:22)
How do we make sense of a planet that simultaneously sings and sobs?
In the beginning, God gave a spoken word performance of cosmic proportions.
And…..
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in…..
I find it quite interesting that when the world drowns in despair it tends to grab for a spiritual life preserver. Even when our secular political leaders are confronted with global tragedy they ask us to extend thoughts and prayers to the afflicted. I believe that this is a tacit admission that the most evolved creatures on the planet often times…..
So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death. (Time – Pink Floyd)
I remember, as a child, feeling…..
I always try to find interesting ways of helping people know that God is real but sometimes these fancy arguments just pale in comparison to the awe we experience when confronted by the world that He has created. We can construct clever proofs for God’s existence but sometimes it’s just better to let the stones cry…..
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…..
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…..
We humans have a notorious knack for minimizing our faults. We know we should behave better than we do but rather than appealing to a higher standard we use our fellow-man as a yardstick. Acutely aware of our own faults we temper our disappointment by scrutinizing the behavior of our neighbor and concluding we aren’t so bad…..
And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy…..
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