Sometimes I feel like Sisyphus. Remember him? He’s the poor guy from mythology who was sentenced to push a boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down. Not a very appealing way to spend eternity, huh? Anything Can Be a Battlefield I’ve got a boulder. Like Sisyphus, I never seem to be […]
God is the wonder-worker (Psalm 136:4). He keeps a burning bush from being consumed, preserves three men in a fiery furnace so that “the hair of their heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them,” and causes a young virgin girl to conceive and give […]
Clout. Noun. Informal. “Influence or power”: “The President of the United States has a lot of clout.” The cross has clout. It has incomparable influence and peerless power. The Holy Spirit used its message to change Saul of Tarsus from Christianity’s greatest persecutor into Paul its greatest preacher. And it’s this green-thumbed message of the […]
Caution: This post answers one of the most important questions we can ask. It concerns the struggle every Christian experiences when confronted with the reality of their continuing imperfection. The answer will raise more questions than reporters ask in a briefing when they believe Mr. Trump’s done something wrong. The next post will seek to […]
How can you believe that God is always the One dealing with you? How can you believe he’s the One dealing with you when an unscrupulous CEO siphons your retirement money or a Katrina sweeps away your house or the doctor tells you, “I’m sorry the cancer’s inoperable. You’ve got six months?” Because those things […]
As a Grace Focused Optimist I live with The Christian Attitude, “Through Jesus, my life is a grace G.O.O.D.” The “G” in the acronym stands for God. I believe God is ALWAYS the One dealing with me. Previously, I said there are five reasons why I believe this: authority, expectancy, humility, therapy, and Christianity. But […]
The Christian Attitude toward life is, “Through Jesus, my life is a grace G.O.O.D.” In our 8-day Bible Study on Handling Life with The Christian Attitude, we said the acronym meant a “God Orchestrated Opportunity for development, disposition, and doxology.” It’s time to explore the acronym. We start with the “G.” It stands for the […]
