Category Archives: theology
Dealing with the Ultimate Fear?
When I was a boy I was terrified of death. The very thought of being six feet deep in a small box, with maggots, rottenness and decay terrorized me. I also had an incredible fear that someone would make a mistake and that I would wake up entombed in a buried coffin. Just thinking about it now [...]
Review of “When the Darkness Will Not Lift”
There are Christians for whom joy seems unattainable. What will we tell them . . . When the Darkness Will Not Lift? ………………………………………………………… The title of this reviewed book is terribly unyielding, but with a quick glimpse into its contents, and you realize what you hold in your hands is worth its weight in gold. “When the Darkness Will [...]
The Two-Minute Bible School
Found this recently and felt it might bless you. It is almost a Bible survey course, and as about as brief as you can go without losing any kind of comprehension at all. I so hope you like this, if just for the novelty of it.
Righteousness: His or Yours?
All of us are dirty with sin. All the right things we have done are like filthy pieces of cloth. All of us are like dead leaves, and our sins, like the wind, have carried us away. Isaiah 64:6, NCV ________________ I have this “nightmare.” I jump out of a plane. I deploy my parachute, [...]
The Consuming Weariness of It All
There is often a desperate tedium and fatigue among us with a profound mental and physical issues. It never lets up, and the grind is constant. The sheer excertion is most unwanted. Depression, confusion, paranoia and mania weave in and out of our life. They seem to have moved in with us. They intend to stay. There [...]
An Excess of Good News
I have been rightly branded as a pessimist. My struggles are such that I must continue to press into joy–shaking off the grave clothes, and step into the sunshine. I need to spontaneously sing once in a while. There is an abundance in the kingdom of our Father. The currency of that place is joy [...]
Don’t Waste Your Sorrows
“These little troubles are getting us ready for an eternal glory that will make all our troubles seem like nothing.” 2 Cor. 4:17, CEV “Before God could bring me to this place He has broken me a thousand times.” Smith Wigglesworth As we move toward maturity, over time and through circumstance, we will start [...]
What to Do When Life is Dark and Heaven is Quiet
God’s people have always had to wrestle with the things from the dark. We are in a permanent state of war. There has been no armistice or treaty signed to my knowledge. Each of us are in the front lines. The devil has been practicing with a deadly form of “spiritual terrorism.” And he terrorizes many [...]
The Great Throne Room Piggyback Caper
“You have been raised to life with Christ. Now set your heart on what is in heaven, where Christ rules at God’s right side.” Colossians 3:1, CEV An explanation is given that is meant to clarify. Perhaps it is too simple, too straight-forward. We prefer the complex; ideally a 12 point plan, on PowerPoint, that [...]