We’ve really got to get over our self. Self walks a fence rail, leaning one moment this way toward God’s kingdom and another moment toward our broken and irreparable world. He is finally about to tear down that fence, and the direction a person is leaning when he does will determine the side where he … Read more
The church has been devolving for centuries, closing in on itself, becoming less the living body of Christ and more a religious organization. Those who have seen it happening thought it couldn’t be true. And, if it was true, they didn’t know what they could do about it. Others came to believe that’s just what … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2564″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The church has been devolving for centuries, closing in on itself, becoming less the living body of Christ and more a religious organization. Those who have seen it happening thought it couldn’t be true. And, if it was true, they didn’t know what they could do about it. Others came to believe … Read more
We are the hollow men We are the hollow men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless. T. S. Eliot wrote this poem in 1925—the year Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby about an obsessive decadent, Hitler published the first volume of Mein Kampf and … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2449″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]There’s a lot more to talk about in God’s kingdom than sin. But sin is still pervasive among God’s people, so the rest will have to wait. It reminds me of the 1948 film classic, The Treasure of Sierra Madre. A couple of vagrants meet a grizzled prospector in a Mexican flophouse, … Read more
Jesus said, “many are invited, but few are chosen.”[1] A Christ-follower is someone who has been chosen by Jesus by choosing Jesus. We need to take off our religious hat in order to appreciate this. As long as we’re still wearing it, we hear it and nod our head and respond with something like, “Yes, … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2445″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The National Academy of Sciences says a third of all plant and animal species on the Earth could be wiped out in the next fifty years. It is the latest research to paint a bleak picture of future biodiversity on Earth, as other scientists have warned our species is responsible for bringing about … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”2441″ img_size=”full”][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]“The greatest enemy of a good plan,” said business magnate Jack Bogle, “is the dream of a perfect plan. Stick to the good plan.”[1] Which is fine for businessmen, but it’s terrible advice for people like you and me. We were crucified with Christ. So we no longer live our old lives. Christ … Read more
I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now.[1] Where do you live? We all have two worlds to choose from. There’s sinful earth—which isn’t just damaged, it’s ruined, irreparable and … Read more
Eight years after Neil Armstrong stepped out of a rocket ship and became the first human being to set foot on the moon, NASA began its Voyager mission. The twin probes were able to travel nearly 36,000 mph, which was good, since their mission was to explore Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun, along … Read more
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