Standing with the radiant Glory of God blazing in the distance he found himself pining away for what no longer exists. “Oh, that I might drive my beautiful car through Autumn leaves on a sunny day”! There are no cars, leaves, sunny days, or pleasures in Hell. There is only longing unfulfilled. At that immeasurable … Continue reading
Offenses
Good morning Lord. Father, by my very nature I am an offense to other men. For I, like them, have needs in this place of limit. It is impossible that my life should not offend someone. This cannot be helped. It will be as if we all reach for the same last piece of bread. … Continue reading
Thanks a “lot”
I listen to a preacher say that lot did Abraham wrong by taking the greener more lucrative pasture. I’m afraid, dear Sir, I have to defer. Lot: took the easy road. For that he did not develop the muscles and the strong skin as did Abraham. He became captive in a wicked city. While Abraham … Continue reading
Able or Cain’t
Many things truth says can cut very deeply. And it is foolish to deny that truth is a double edge sword. The one who speaks about truth is just as likely to be cut as the one who hears. Nevertheless we are compelled to teach what we learn, or at least what we have heard. … Continue reading
Come die with us!
All day long the godless accuse God’s people of every wicked thing done among men. We are counted with human waste by people who claim to “love one another”. So be it. If we believed the same lies they do we would not be counted as trash. Yet, if they will come and learn from … Continue reading
Be Thankful, or else!
Wrong: “Be thankful or get your butt kicked!” Right: “As you believe thanks will flow like a river”. We are condemned to hell already. His release is the additional option to life. What sane person is thankful for a promised beating? What sane person is thankless when they realize their life was saved?
