Been thinking lately about whether I truly believe God is in control. Or is it just something I say when I’m feeling “spiritual”, and everything is “peachy?” Or, is it what I say to encourage someone, or do I say it when I am at a loss for words in a difficult situation? About a year […]
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“Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.” – Ambrose Bierc. What is logic? What is reason? Some of the greatest minds in human history have grappled with this topic, trying to define it. Trying to utilize it. Trying to explain it. At this
Been Thinking About – The Origin of Logic – The Creator. Read More »
We may all be guilty! God gives us ideas and directions for ministering to others, but we sometimes second-guess Him and ponder and ponder over those ideas until we sometimes ponder ourselves out of following through. I’ve recently finished reading several books by the author Kobi Yamada. The essence of the three books in this
Been Thinking About: “What You Do Matters.” Read More »
Tears flow down my cheeks. Manifestations of two diametrically opposed emotions that pierce my soul-profound grief, yet unspeakable joy. The Queen is dead yet RISEN. I am watching BBC news, following the trajectory of the funeral of this great woman as she is laid to rest in the vault at Windsor castle. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-live-queen-elizabeth-iis-state-funeral. She will be buried beside
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I have often wondered in amazement about the writers of the Bible—how God inspired them to record His Word for His purposes of guiding, instructing, blessing, and inspiring people for countless years in the future—how they responded to their most sacred charge of accurately documenting the message of God’s plan of redemption of humanity. The writers,
The Writer’s Soul – Inspired and/or Transparent. Read More »
Too often when people hear the word, “fear,” they interpret it negatively—it does not always have the undesirable connotations that first come into our minds. For instance, after hearing and reading in the Bible about the “fear of God,” I quickly learned that it did not mean I was to be afraid of God but that
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“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have
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My initial plan for writing this blog was to open with a commonly used phrase from the poem by Robert Burns in 1785: “The best-laid schemes of mice and men go oft awry”; or we often quote it as learned in school – “the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.” The essence of the
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The sight of Jesus on the cross, the nails pierced through His hands, comes to mind when I think of being “in good hands.” Those bleeding hands and where they struck the spear into His side represent the blood shed for our salvation and our healing at Calvary. It was His “good hands” when Jesus
In Good Hands – We are! Read More »
He was just a little boy, a good student, and dependable. His college days produced an excellent scholar. He was noticed by the Roman guard at an outing testing his strength. Soon after he was recruited by the Roman centurion to work at the palace. Nothing phased him. He did what he was told. Time passes and he finds himself
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