“Our leaders may be chosen by us, but they are determined by God – sometimes for reasons we don’t understand.”
The Almighty’s Men
Posted by in Christianity, Elections, Faith, God, Religion Category: Christianity
Posted by in Christianity, Elections, Faith, God, Religion The Enduring Stain of “Colored Only”
Posted by in Black Lives Matter, Christianity, God, Love, Racism, Religion “Mom didn’t just wash the dirt from our clothes that day in the laundromat. By her peaceful act of defiance, she helped wash some of the stain from that ‘Colored Only’ sign at the back of that room.”
Guns, Self-Defense and the Bible: Christian Perspective
Posted by in Bible, Christ, Christianity, Faith, Fear, God, Gun Control, Guns, Jesus, Police, Religion, Self Defense, Weapons “Gun ownership by itself is not a sin. Nor is self-defense when a person is physically threatened with lethal force. However, throughout the New Testament, Jesus’ overwhelming focus is on the importance and preservation of life.”
God’s Love Comes in Many Colors
Posted by in Bigotry, Christianity, Discrimination, God, Jesus, Love, Prejudice, Racism, Religion There is increasing emphasis about the importance of “being on the right side of history.” More importantly, we need to be on the right side of God. And God is color blind, showing no partiality and loving equally people of all colors: “But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Don’t judge by a man’s face or…Read more »
Recognizing Idolatry
Posted by in Christianity, Disobedience, God, Idolatry, Judgment, Rebellion, Religion, Sin, Warning, Worship “…an idol is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, and anything that you seek to give you what only God can give.”
Waiting to Be Found
Posted by in Christianity, Faith, Forgiveness, Free Will, God, Love “God is always with us waiting to be found. He wants to be found.”
Understanding Biblical Prophecy
Posted by in Biblical Prophecy, Christianity, Faith, Knowledge, Messiah, Prophecy, Religion, Revelation, Revelations, Second Coming “We should not fear or avoid Biblical prophecies; to the contrary, they are revelations by God to help us on our spiritual journeys.”
Revelations of Faith During the Covid-19 Pandemic
“Just as the course of people’s lives reveals their relationship to God, so too does their response to the Covid-19 pandemic reveal whether God is at the forefront of their thoughts and actions.”
Silver Linings
Posted by in Bible, Christ, Christianity, Covid-19, God, Jesus, Religion, Spiritual Healing “The way that people are coming together to help one another through the Covid-19 crisis in my community is a silver lining beneath the dark cloud that has settled over our land. So is the time it has given us all for spiritual reflection.”
On Solid Ground
“We build our lives on sand or rock. We cannot build our lives on both.”
