Posts Tagged ‘hard hearts’
Why 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 What You Want (Part 2)
In May of this year, I posted a provocative blog entry in which I posited the suggestion that God will give you what you want – what you really want, rather than what you think you want. In our rebellion, ultimately what we really want is a life in which God does not “interfere.” Today,…
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