How can God save us from trouble if we always play it safe? How can he prove his powerful salvation if we never confront our sins? How can he save us from the murderous lion if we always stay in our home? We say that God is powerful. Do we have, have we become, a … Continue reading
The Definition of Sad
Black, gray, white. Monotone, color, light. This world cannot write any story from heaven. It can only speculate, suspicion, imagine, the things of God in Christ. You want to know what’s sad is? All the stories of this world will gather together before the throne of God. They will see the Christ of God and … Continue reading
A Resolution
Resolutions to change usually die on January 2. Well this is February 6. A resolution is not a state of mind, where by we make some empty pledge to become something. In that case, a resolution is no more than the job description of a hypocrite. A resolution is a commitment to a higher state … Continue reading
Choose
The process of becoming the Christian you want to be is to stop being the Christian you presently are. Think and choose. Remember and apply. Stop simply reacting to emotion. Stop staring at circumstances. The Spirit of Christ does not live in the flesh. He is in heaven and from heaven. Think Eternity. Look at … Continue reading
Something
If we were nothing we would deserve it. If we suffered hideous disease for 80 years what claim do we have to anything else? But we are something, undeniably. By breathing we disrupt the air. By seeing, speaking, hearing, and the like, we aid in righteous judgment. It is impossible for someone to be nothing. … Continue reading
Super People
Without a vision the people perish. That is to say: unless someone shows the way, the opinions of man will crush us. Mankind is miserably vulnerable. Still, the imagination of Man writes stories of super people; people who overcome terror and destruction, rising to hero status. We desperately need someone to succeed where others have … Continue reading