Hard Hearts
Inspiration & Psalm 95
June 27, 2019 The Holy Ghost in David Psalm 95 When I was working with students at Kansas University in the 1980s, there was a song we sang at our Friday night devotionals based on Psalm 95:6-7a. (Yes, our weekly devotionals were on Friday! That’s when the students wanted them.) Come, let us worship and…
Read MoreLiving In a Godless Society
I had a completely different blog posting ready for this week, but with the horrific, unprovoked, fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte, North Carolina light rail train, followed by yesterday’s fatal shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, and then the shocking murder of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, I had…
Read MoreDon’t say, “If only I had … “
“I wish I had … “ “If only … “ Regrets Sentences that begin this way are depressing. I don’t like dwelling on regrets because regrets are backward facing. Our linear existence always moves forward. There is value in learning from the past and wisdom drives us to do so. The choices I make today…
Read MoreWhy We Should Cut “Doubting Thomas” Some Slack
I have long believed that Thomas got/gets a bad rap. You know to whom I am referring, right? – “Doubting Thomas.” In case you’re not familiar with the backstory, Thomas was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples, sometimes referred to as Didymus. Thomas is the poor sap who, through the uttering one brief statement, redefined his…
Read MoreA Surefire Plan for Making God Leave Us Alone
For the record, I intensely dislike writing this type of blog post, but alas, this is what God has laid on my heart for this week. During the time of the prophetic ministries of the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel, the people of God held to a misguided belief that God could, or would never leave…
Read MoreGod Will Give You Exactly What You Want
What if I told you that God will give us exactly what we want – I mean what we really, really want? Would you believe me? I suspect not. But we will look at a passage from the Bible today that tells us exactly that. God will give us what we want. In saying this,…
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