Eternity now. Doesn’t that have a nice ring? Recently I was given the opportunity to review a copy of the new NET Eternity Now New Testament. The legal folks at #biblegatewaypartner tell me that I need to mention that I received this Bible for free as a member of the amazing Bible Gateway Blogger Grid. […]
It’s not all about you.
It’s not all about you. It never has been. Check this out: “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet’s, the writer’s, […]
Quit complaining.
I’d like for you to (a) be able to develop some coping skills when dealing with complainers, and (b) how to recognize your own tendencies toward complaining and consequently do something about it.
What were you put here to do?
Many people drift aimlessly through life wondering what it is they were put here to do. Here is one answer.
The answers have changed.
What was once virtuous is now a vice; what was once evil is now good; and the church of Jesus Christ, once considered even by unbelievers as a positive thing, is regularly maligned with impunity. The answers have changed.
How to banish personal self-doubt.
Would you like to know how to banish personal self-doubt? It can happen.
Fixed.
Because of Jesus’ shed blood my standing with the Father is fixed (assign or determine a person’s liability or responsibility for legal purposes). I am no longer held responsible for my sin. My crime against God is no longer.
A tale of two suicides.
Two suicides. Actually, one was a singular suicide. The other was a group of 19 men who committed suicide on the same day. One was performed as a final act of hopelessness. The other, the group suicide, was performed as a noble act of victory. On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists who were members of […]
I think you need to relax.
I think you need to relax. You are just a fragile human being, who changes as much as the weather.
If you’re suffering now, you don’t have to pretend it’s all good.
If you’re suffering now, you don’t have to pretend it’s all good.
I’m not sure what constitutes suffering. It’s an emotionally-charged word, but I think it can be too easily applied.
Your DVR not working is not suffering. Running out of mayonnaise and having to go to the store isn’t suffering.
Starving to death is suffering. Stage 4 cancer is suffering.
And a totally trashed relationship with no reconciliation on the horizon might be suffering.
The uneasy truth is that we all suffer. Every one of us. All of us. You aren’t exempt.