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Tag Archives: Jesus
Responding to faith “attacks”
I was flying home from a business trip last night and the guy behind me was talking with his seat mate about a number of things, eventually coming around to the topic of religious beliefs. Guy A was an American … Continue reading
Happy Birthday!
Day before yesterday marked my 7th “spiritual” birthday – 7 years since I finally recognized Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. I had trouble sleeping last night, and since today is the National Day of Prayer I spent a couple … Continue reading
Anger…
I was thinking today about what a wasteful emotion anger usually is. Lately I find myself angry about a number of things and I hold on to and bask in that anger. It is self-fueling but to what value? The … Continue reading
Stages of Hope…
Everyone is familiar with the idea that there are stages of grief. Those stages (denial, anger, despair and acceptance) are pretty well understood and accepted. A key concept for a Christ follower is the idea of Hope; the truth and … Continue reading
another “Inconvenient” Truth…
Much has been made about the movie that exposes the concept of global warming. The “truth” put forward here is viewed as inconvenient because dealing with it costs us something; we must change our ways in a manner that impacts … Continue reading
Encounters…
Message at church yesterday was about living a life “at peace”. I am reminded that peace does not come from within (no matter what the self-help books might say); rather peace comes from God. The only way to know peace … Continue reading
Planning and Preparation
Jesus came to earth to do more than die on the cross. Jesus came to launch a plan that would not only secure salvation for those who would believe but also give us a role in God’s salvation plan for … Continue reading
Thoughts on Hell…
Today’s culture is so caught up in the here and now- that we forget (or ignore) what comes later. It’s sort of funny how people don’t like to talk about the reality of Hell (if we don’t acknowledge it then … Continue reading
Jesus on American Idol
Just watched Wednesday night’s American Idol and was amazed at the appearance of Jesus in mutliple ways. First the Clark Brothers (Next Great American Band winners) played their gospel song “I’m Gonna Let It Shine” then Dolly Parton played her … Continue reading
Iraq deaths…
News today was marking 4,000 deaths for our troops in Iraq over the 5 year conflict period. The war protesters are claiming outrage at this number of deaths. While these deaths are a terrible thing – the numbers pale compared … Continue reading