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A Prayer for our Earth

A PRAYER FOR OUR EARTH

I believe the world and our nation are being threatened and fractured as never before. In the U.S., we see families bitterly divided over politics, prudent medical treatments, national aspirations and current events. Hundreds of thousands of people are migrating across national boundaries here and on other continents, driven by hunger, war, and despair to uncertain futures and all too often, to hostile welcomes. People are desparately searching for spiritual answers in life. But, we evangelicals who have these answers,...

A tale of two thieves

DISMAS & GESTAS: A TALE OF TWO THIEVES

  • October 13, 2021
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This is a fictional account of two thieves who really did exist long ago. We don’t have much information on their family, their circumstances, their specific crimes, their “rap sheet.” We just know that they were executed by the State. As criminals go, these two thieves are legendary, and like legendary characters, we don’t even know for sure what their real names are, but some sources say they were called Dismas and Gestas. What I plan to do is contemporize...

Rescue the perishing

RESCUE THE PERISHING

  • October 8, 2021
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The path we travel through life is perilous. We begin this journey crawling on hands and knees as an infant, and if we live long enough, we eventually lose the fundamental physical abilities we developed when we took our very first steps, relying, instead, on a cane or walker (if we can still walk at all.) For this is the riddle of the Spinx: “What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in...

Eustace as a dragon

EUSTACE SCRUBB

This is a case study on the consequence of sin and the pain of recovery, based on the adventures of Eustace Clarence Scrubb while on holiday in Narnia. For those few who never heard of Narnia, Narnia is a mythical land like Middle Earth, created by JRR Tolkien’s friend and colleague, C.S. Lewis. The premise contemplates what Jesus would look like and how He would interact on a planet of animals–talking animals in many cases. Common beavers and mice, but...

Teach your children well

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL

My very rural neighborhood lost power early last Thursday morning. So, I offered to drive to town to Dunkin’ and see if I could get some coffee for my wife. Once in town, a truck pulls out abruptly in front of me with a bumper sticker that read “Shut the Hell Up!” The driver wasn’t paying attention. Not sure what he was listening to on his radio, but it probably wasn’t NPR. I thought about that message several times since...

Opportunity knocks but once

机不可失，时不再来

I came across this Chinese idiom today. It reads: “Opportunity knocks but once (机不可失，时不再来.”) I could have sworn I had heard this many, many years ago. I immediately thought of some Bible verses, and because I have an increasing number of Chinese visitors to my blog, I want to go through the verses one-by-one for them and for you. I also want to dedicate this post to the people of China, because I know in my heart that God loves...

Visualizing prayer

VISUALIZING PRAYER

  • September 14, 2021
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Praying can be a real struggle for me sometimes.  I’m hardly eloquent when I pray conversationally, and when I do my morning devotions, I am often likely to drift off to sleep as soon as I get started.  I remember having a daily prayer for more than fifty people a few years ago, and going through it without sounding mechanical was like chopping wood and took a good thirty minutes or so to complete.  I mean it was work! I know that some...

Losing hope

LOSING HOPE

This post focuses on pandemic-induced depression as well as feelings of hopelessness, especially as it deals with Christians or anyone else looking for hope or an excuse to go on in these difficult times. Depression occurs for a number of reasons, some beyond your control. It is no shame to be depressed, and it is not a contradiction or indictment of your faith if you do suffer from depression. If you are struggling daily with sadness, losing sleep at night,...

Did God create the coronavirus?

DID GOD CREATE THE CORONAVIRUS?

This may seem to be an outrageous question to some, and not everyone will agree with my conclusions.  To address the primary question, I believe we need to examine some secondary questions as well, specifically (a)  Is God capable of creating the Coronavirus?  (b)  Did He create it, and (c)  if so, then why did He create it? Could God have created the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus? In this post I’ll also touch on healing and those who are not healed as well as pain and why...

God works in the life of an Afghan evacuee

GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS

  • August 29, 2021
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I presume the child in this photo is a girl, though there is nothing convincing in the photo to assure me of this. No matter, boy or girl, God knows. This is one of the few fortunate children to escape Afghanistan only days before strict Sharia law is imposed. The child’s future is about to take a “synthetic”change of direction in terms of Hegel’s dialect. She may grow up as a Muslim or not, but she will be able to...

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