The snow is falling here in the Springs today. And it’s cold. But it’s beautiful and pristine. If you’ve ever spent much time in a place where it snows, you understand the quiet beauty I’m talking about. The snow cushions and insulates the roads so car tires don’t make so much noise as they pass. All the little critters seem to take refuge in … Read the rest…
Unbelievers love to point out what they say are flaws in Christian faith. Like, how can you reconcile a loving God with all the pain in the world? Do you believe, for a second, that love and pain are mutually exclusive? The correct answer is: Love and pain are not mutually exclusive. With a good combination of love and logic, it’s easy to show … Read the rest…
It’s seems like only a few weeks ago I was writing about how 2014 was almost upon us. And here we are zooming toward the new year 2015 already. As I write this we only have about 6 days left in the year. As far as I’ve always been able to tell, they’re some of the least productive days for so much of America. … Read the rest…
The Birth Of A Song Ok…listen closely, now, as I open the door to my roll-top desk…sssklunk. Next, I slide out the drawer that holds my pencils…shoop. Then I grab some paper. But this isn’t drawing paper. And it’s not wrapping paper, or newspaper, or even plain ol’ writing paper. Nope…this is magical paper. It doesn’t look like regular paper. It has more lines … Read the rest…
If you’ve ever read The Revelation (the last book in the Bible), you probably understand how it reveals and predicts. It’s prophetic. Some of it has happened. Some is happening now. And some is yet to come. But the point I’m making is this…The Revelation proves we’re still living in the “Bible Days.” When you get a true sense that time is certainly running … Read the rest…
It may sound cliché to say love conquers all, but nevertheless it’s an unwavering truth. You love yourself. So you go out into the world to work, interact with people, and buy the things you need to eat, sleep, and be comfortable. You love your kids. So you make sure they have food, clothes, and a safe roof over their heads. You love your … Read the rest…
I have a great deal of doubt when it comes to the number of Americans I hear claiming to be Christian. When you hear that 85% claim to be, but then you hear only about 20-25% of those actually have anything to do with a church, it seems self-refuting. So…because I should share the benefit of the doubt I have in those numbers. But … Read the rest…
