Glory
Asking God for One Thing
God is not a genie in a bottle that we rub to get three wishes. Neither is God a vending machine into which we deposit money and press buttons to get what we want. It bothers me to see people treat God this way. I suspect it bothers God as well. But if there were…
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In 1 Kings 8, Solomon has overseen the construction of the temple. The work is complete and the priests are bringing all of the artifacts from the tabernacle to the temple. It is a grand celebration! As a final act of dedication, a final artifact, the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of…
Read MoreWhen Scripture References “My” Glory
In the early 1980s, I attended the National Campus Ministers’ Seminar in Seattle, Washington. I was engaged as a Campus Minister at Kansas University, and this annual seminar, hosted in various cities in the U.S., was a regular event for me. The seminar involves the standard large group keynote messages intertwined with dozens of breakout…
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