The “In One Year” Bible reading for today was Luke 1…I didn’t realize it was such a long chapter. 🙂 And in that lengthy chapter two miraculous conceptions were announced. The first was to John the Baptist’s dad-to-be Zechariah: But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been…
Category: Thoughts
“No matter how bad someone may appear, they are truly no worse than us.”
Not often would I like to pretty much quote an entire article, but there was one this past week by Andrew W.K. which shows unnatural wisdom in today’s modern world. If you do click through this link, please note piece’s title includes profanity: “Ask Andrew W.K.: My Dad Is a Right-Wing A******” The title of this…
The Tenacity of Life
During today’s visit to Red Rocks Park I was reminded that no matter how much destruction sin has wrought… God created life to be amazingly tenacious… The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork (Psalm 19:1, English Standard Version).
Burger King and Braxton (“It’s love, in point of fact.”)
Every Saturday since Augie was a toddler, he and I have gone out for a daddy/son only breakfast. As a dad who has travelled and worked too much, it has been an immeasurable blessing. In Antrim, New Hampshire we went to T-Bird (which has a Dunkin’ Donuts); here near Denver Burger King is our normal…
An Anchor for Jimmy Buffet’s Soul
From Twitter: “Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends. If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.” ― Jimmy Buffett — Amazon Music (@amazonmusic) July 26, 2014 @amazonmusic: “Where it all ends I can’t fathom, my friends. If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.” ― Jimmy Buffett As much as…
Happy 238th Birthday United States of America
Happy Birthday America… If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it. And if at…
Church Discipline in the Internet Age
In yesterday’s post, “In Defense of Braxton (I.E. What I Think About Ergun Caner),” I stated: However, I don’t think Christendom has come to terms with applying Matthew 18 in a Internet world where, it seems, pretty much everything we do is in public. This is what I was referring to in the Book of…
Do You Have a 5-4 Faith?
In a decision yesterday that was a win for religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court found in favor of Hobby Lobby and some other companies, ruling that they cannot be forced to provide insurance coverage for certain types of birth control they consider abortifacients. Although I am more a glass half full kind of guy,…
Assuming the Best in a Skeptic’s World
Although I’ve been trying to behave and not spend my birthday surfing the web (since I am blessed with a family that is far better than anything the Internet can offer), this tweet intrigued me: https://twitter.com/RaviZacharias/status/476172426607206400 I took it as Ravi Zacharias endorsing the statement…a head scratcher for me. So, I followed the link to…
What’s in a Miracle?
To Christians who struggle with some of the miracles in the Bible in light of the supposed scientific (and experiential) evidence, do you believe in any miracles? Even a single one the Bible records? If you accept the most simple miracle that breaks a physical law…that is “supernatural”…then why do you feel a need to…
A House of Cards
Today (and maybe yesterday) I ran into multiple links to “Pope Francis wants Catholics to doubt the Church. He’s right.” by Kyle Cupp. I would posit it is two articles in one. The first theme is what led to the title of this post (“A House of Cards”) and has to do with infallible belief…
Brains Wired for Sin
This week, a Yahoo! News article, “Pedophiles’ Brains Wired Differently,” announced: Pedophiles’ brains are “abnormally tuned” to find young children attractive, according to a new study published this week. Supposedly it may be a case of where their brains swap nurturing and sexual feelings: Usually children’s faces elicit feelings of caregiving from both sexes, whereas…
Choose Your Train (You Must)
Recently I heard the track “Dark Passenger” by the group Fozzy. It starts off with: Jesus is my co-pilot Or that’s just what they say But it’s not the Savior Who guides me every day Although the lyrics are a bit ambiguous, and it almost sounds like the anti-hero of the song wants to repent,…
“What God Has Joined”
Jesus’ words about divorce appear to leave little room for the practice in a Christian context: It was also said, “Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.” But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and…
Doubling Down
As I continue this year’s trek through all 66, I ran into the incident where, when asked by Moses to allow the Israelites to go worship in the desert for three days, the Pharaoh wasn’t so inclined. Not only did he say no, he decided to double down: 6 The same day Pharaoh commanded the…