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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Where is the grass greener?
A musing for the dawning of 2013: “The grass is always greener where you water it, not on the other side.”
Hyperextending Your Emotions
In ministry there can sometimes be the tendency to hyperextend our emotions and hearts and overexpose ourselves to the suffering, evil, darkness and needs of this world. It is during those times we must look to Jesus, our example, who … Continue reading
A Question and Dilemma for the Calvinist
Whether it’s school shootings, child abuse, rape or your own children disobeying you, the Calvinist will find himself to be in a real pickle. A major tenant of Calvinism, usually hidden from new initiates until they swallow the hook down … Continue reading
Christmas Rescue
Christmas lights, decorative trees, and of course fat Santa, has increasingly become part of the festive fabric of Cambodia. Attempting to explain the truest meaning of Christ-mas to those who literally know nothing of Christ puts it in a refined … Continue reading
Human Sexuality and Gender–What Say You Nature?
We live in a day where there is monumental concern over the genetic altering of crops and the general manipulation of a fragile environment to benefit our needs. “Don’t mess with nature” is the often repeated warning. And when an … Continue reading
“I Was Born Gay”- Why the Current Gay Debate Is Irrelevant
Often in debating those who advocate homosexual behavior in the Church one will find themselves being asked, “Did you choose to be a heterosexual?” The real question being asked of course is, “Do you remember consciously making the choice that … Continue reading
Posted in Church and Culture
Tagged Are gays born gay, argument against Christian gay marriage, can I be a christian and be gay, does God accept homosexuals, Gay and Christian, Gay Debate, Gay rights, Homosexual attraction vs. behavior, Is homosexuality a sin, same-sex attraction and the Church, the Bible and homosexuality, Why is being gay sinful
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Where is God when Evil Visits?
It was a few days ago that great evil visited Newtown Elementary School in the form of a crazed maniac unleashing his personal hell on innocent children. And a great many people and pundits continue to wonder, “How can we … Continue reading
God, Christmas and the Newtown School Shooting.
God didn’t think the world needed Christmas because it needed another festive holiday. He knew it needed rescue…it needed a Savior. He didn’t see peace on earth and goodwill towards men. He saw bloody Crusades, Salem Witch Trials, Wounded Knee, … Continue reading
Prejudice and Preference: How God is Dismissed
Because of modern science we now know the universe does not have an infinite number of past events and it indeed had a beginning. Big Bang cosmology has successfully validated that the universe is not eternal and that roughly 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics and Athiesm
Tagged Arguing God from Big Bang Cosmology, Big Bang Cosmology and God, Cosmological argument made easy, evidence and argument for God's existance, God and the origin of the universe, God the uncaused cause, irrational atheism, Prejudice against God, scientific definition of God
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Splitting Us Open
Hebrews speaks of God’s Word as being “sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.” Definitely not a relaxing passage … Continue reading
Posted in Devotion Life
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A Theology in Tension 