May I depart from my usual fare today to point you to my gleanings from a thought-provoking memoir I finished this week? It was the title that caught my attention: Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever’s search for the Truth about Everything I’m always curious to hear people’s stories of finding truth and coming […]
I was horrified. The text of the morning’s message was Titus 3:9-11: “But avoid foolish controversies…as for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him…” Neatly removing these verses from their context, the speaker in the pulpit moved on to apply them to […]
What does Scripture have to say to the Bible zealot–that one who lives to know and defend Scripture? [I’m not talking about the “Pharisee!” accusation; it is so overused and misapplied that it deserves a post all its own.] What will keep the eager Bible student from being either slack or heartless in his application […]
“I’m skeptical…” I’m sure I’ve said this of myself more than once. I am cautious to jump on ‘band wagons’, hesitant to go along with a crowd, wary of ‘new’ teaching and suspicious of the visiting preacher that brings it. Does this make me a skeptic? Maybe so. And likely in some areas it’s true. […]
The sheets are swishing in the washing machine. Toast and tea, ‘Honey Bunches’ and blueberries fill my belly. Friday’s newspaper is strewn on the living room floor. Remnants of school work–civics papers, a life science text– are plunked about the room. All awaiting clean-up. Here it is, Saturday and I’ve missed my self-imposed deadline for […]