Sitting on the front porch with my son, catching lightning bugs, he asks me where Jesus is.I say Jesus is in heaven with God...the Father. Pause. "Dad, is God the Father scary?" What a question! What do I say?Do I tell my three-year-old yes? Do I try the old, "Well, yes and no"? Do I explain C. S. Lewis' God-is-good-but-not-safe Aslan illustration? Do I talk about … [Read more...] about Is God Scary?
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Benjamin Franklin on Blogging
"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." … [Read more...] about Benjamin Franklin on Blogging
The King of Reformers
Fires burning. Plumes of ash rising up through the air. The sound of hammers on stone, axes on wood. Every civic rhythm changed. A whole nation shaken to its bones, literally. All this by the hand of Josiah, King of Judah. Josiah took the throne of his father Amon at the age of eight. He inherited from Amon and his grandfather, Manasseh, a land full of idolatry and … [Read more...] about The King of Reformers
The Mighty Devotional Pencil
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who write in their bibles and those who don't. I don't write in my bible. Typically. Lately, however, I have changed my routine. I started using a one-year bible, like the kind that's out of order and organized by daily readings. Because it's not "really" a bible, I feel free to mark it up, and here's what I've found: it's … [Read more...] about The Mighty Devotional Pencil
The Unknown Preacher
Charles Spurgeon was converted at Primitive Methodist Chapel on Artillery Street in Colchester, Essex. That much no one contests. But no one knows who preached the sermon that led to his conversion. Think about that. The prince of preachers, the prolific and profound Spurgeon was forever changed by some no-named preacher. That's encouraging. Do you ever feel like … [Read more...] about The Unknown Preacher