Last week I shared a few cautionary thoughts on how we relate to and interact with each other, particularly on the internet. If you missed that post, or need a refresher, I’d encourage you to pause right now and go read it again, because today I want to take a look at two areas in…
A Word of Caution Concerning Internet Activity
“Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” If we ever needed to keep something in constant view, it might be this sentence from 1 Samuel 16 in the middle of a pandemic-induced quarantine coinciding with a presidential election. As humans, we’re really good at judging people. We come by…
Recent Reads, Volume IX
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… Untangling Emotions (J. Alasdair Groves & Winston T. Smith) – I’ve been trying to finish…
Another Look at Hope
Confident expectation based on prior personal experience. You won’t find that definition of hope in any published dictionary, but as I read Psalm 54 recently, that’s definitely what came to mind. According to the biographical material prefacing David’s cry to the Lord, he was fleeing from Saul (again), and his whereabouts had just been told…
Where Do We Turn?
“Stupidity* is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” That’s likely not a new saying for any of us; we’ve all probably heard it many times in a wide variety of circumstances referencing a broad spectrum of activities and expectations. Empirical science is literally dependent upon the same procedure producing…
The Lord Reigns
Anyone else need that reminder again? The Lord reigns, and that’s reason to be glad. Yes, in the midst of a global pandemic, despite massive Saharan dust plumes, regardless of economic uncertainty, we can (and should) rejoice because the Lord reigns. Isaiah 14 reminded me this morning that the Lord’s purposes cannot be turned back,…
True Allegiance
Do you believe in coincidences? At the root, that question is really asking what you believe about the sovereignty of God, man’s free will, and how they interact, and that is NOT a topic I’ll be tackling today. But whether you would consider it to be divine timing or merely coincidental, as we approached July…
Genealogies – A Transformative Perspective
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17, NKJV) Most Christians, at least conservative ones, would probably indicate agreement with this. Yes, we really do…
On Friendship
Disclaimer and total honesty: I’ve been staring at my screen for three days, and these thoughts on friendship just are not coalescing into a good post. You get my rambling and disconnected thoughts anyway. “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.” (Proverbs 13:20). These words have echoed…
Recent Reads, Volume VIII
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… The Lost Girls of Paris (Pam Jenoff) – If I have a “book type”, this…