Closing The Distance in Our Relationship with G_d And Others
Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God! My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.~William Shakespeare (1564-1616) But when the kindness and love of God our Savior …
Month: October 2015
Beyond Half-Full or Half-Empty
One word from the lips of the man who has actually heard the lute play will have more effect than a score of sermons by the man who has …
Magnificent Drumbeat – Learning to Live Loved All The Time
Our resistance to the furious love of God may be traced to the church, our parents and pastors, and life itself. They have hidden the face of a compassionate …
Staying Still for The Long-Term
Unlovely, nay frightful, is the solitude of the soul which is without God in the world—this chill, houseless, fatherless, aimless Cain, the man who hears only the sound of …
The Mythology of Theology
As the grave grows nearer, my theology is growing strangely simple, and it begins and ends with Christ as the only Savior of the lost.~Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901)I have …
Vicious Providence
True triumphs are God’s triumphs over us. His defeats of us are our real victories.~Henry Alford (1810-1871) Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said …
Sunrise of Faith
How does God take a Christian who lives one-half inch from hell and make him live one-half inch from heaven? It is not easy. There is a price to …
Eternity’s Freedom
Mourning is redeemed by hope. And both are wed in the freedom of eternity with Christ.~ Makala Barnabas Doulos Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that …
