This is a list of recent blog posts which I found interesting. That I found them interesting doesn’t mean I necessarily agree with or endorse all of the ideas presented in the posts, but that I found them to be intriguing and thought-provoking.
In 1 John 1:3, the Apostle says, “...that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.” (1 John 1:3, ESV). There is so much fluff these days...
This is a list of recent blog posts which I found interesting. That I found them interesting doesn’t mean I necessarily agree with or endorse all of the ideas presented in the posts, but that I found them to be intriguing and thought-provoking. They may benefit you as you prayerfully...
Friendship relates to persons and the exchanges that exist between those persons. Friendship exists in the exchanges that people make with one another. To have a personal relationship with God requires a personal exchange.
Non-Christians usually confuse evangelicals’ personal relationship with God as imagination instead of trust in someone real and knowable.
I’m worried that within evangelical Christianity we are not very clear on what we mean when we suggest to people that they need to have a “personal relationship with God.” Do we have a personal relationship with Him? Do we speak with Him? Does He speak with us? If so, in what way? How do we know...
This is a list of recent blog posts which I found interesting. That I found them interesting doesn’t mean I necessarily agree with or endorse all of the ideas presented in the posts, but that I found them to be intriguing and thought-provoking. They may benefit you as you prayerfully...
The first observation I have is this: shepherds must be rather important from God’s view of things, or else He wouldn’t have wasted His time promising them to us. Therefore, it is very important that you find a man to be your shepherd. God says so! Having a shepherd is critical to God’s eternal...
Christians should embrace this worldview. A Christian should exude his status as a child of God the same way that a Cherokee exudes his First Nation heritage. We are a people of a common ancestry – all of us trace our heritage to the Cross. And we should be equally suspicious and reluctant to...
“Danger, Will Robinson!” comes to mind as I read over Isaiah 62, especially as I read Isaiah 62:6. God calls to us through the prophet Isaiah to stand as watchmen over our city. The prophet declares on God’s behalf, “On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night...