What is Man?

One of my cherished childhood authors is George MacDonald. My parents read many of his books to me, including The Princess and the Goblins and its sequel, The Princess and Curdie, At the Back of the North Wind, and Sir Gibbie. George MacDonald was a 19th century Scottish minister and prolific author, credited with well [...]

…get our head out of the sand and realize that science isn’t about truth…

During research a for a project I’m working on, I ran across the blog of a woman who had recently become an atheist. Her joy at this recent “conversion” illustrates in crystal clarity the true philosophy of atheism.
I finally and irrevocably cast out the pretend demon god that controlled my mind. I am discovering [...]

Mart writes in a blog comment on his post that “the ‘elders’ who are doing the confronting and correcting need to do so with the attitudes of Christ…” But a reading of Revelation two and three will indicate just what the attitude of Christ really was when doctrine was corrupted.

The Joseph Institute Center for Youth Ethics published their annual ethics survey this week. They’ve been publishing surveys since 1992, but this 2008 survey in particular caught my interest because of the closing questions.
The survey shows that:
30 percent overall admitted stealing from a store within the past year.  In 2006 the overall theft rate [...]

I was reading the Bible this morning in Luke chapter 4, where Jesus goes to the synagogue in Nazareth and read from the book of Isaiah (for us it would be chapter 61). The passage says, in part,
“He [God] has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and to recover [...]

I found this fantastic spiritual vignette on plymouthbrethren.org. I love the poetic quality here, and the undistracted focus on the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. Read and be blessed!
He came, out from God, a gift from the Father’s heart. Descending from the throne high and lifted up, He laid aside the garments of His [...]

“How precious is Your loving-kindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of Your wing.
They shall be satisfied with the fatness of Your house; and You shall make them drink of the river of Your pleasures.
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we shall [...]

What do I know about the love of God?

I know that it forgives when I would not (even myself)
I know it can cleanse
I know it can heal
I know I am in desperate need of it every moment of every day
I know that it knows me and loves me anyway
I know I will [...]