Have you taken a “PCR” test lately? Wait…this blog isn’t about Covid-19, so don’t hit the “delete” button yet! Well, sort of. If the news outlets are right, the whole world has been affected by a pandemic caused by a coronavirus. As a result, we constantly hear about “cases” and “test results,” which are determined …
Category: Counter-Culture
Get Out Of God’s Way
There’s an interesting story in 2 Samuel 24. It occurs toward the end of David’s life, a time when you think he would be long past making foolish decisions, after experiencing a lifetime of God’s mercy and faithfulness. While David is a “man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14), he still had to navigate …
Are You Building Towers?
Genesis 11:1-9 describes a key event in Old Testament history. The time frame is two generations after Noah and his family exited the ark into a world washed clean. God told these eight individuals it was now their responsibility to repopulate and govern the earth: As for you, be fruitful and multiply; populate the earth …
Don’t Miss The Mark In Your Anger
Is it a sin to get angry? Is all anger sinful? Good questions to contemplate as we read Paul’s admonition in Ephesians 4:26: Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. What is anger? The Greek word used here is orgizō and is only used eight …
Socially Accepted Child Abuse?
Today’s read covered Mark 8-14. I could talk about so many things in these chapters. Jesus’ teaching contains so much wisdom for us that is relevant and fresh; He speaks directly into our culture. In Mark 9:36-37,42 and 10:13-16, Jesus talks about children. He goes out of His way to make it clear that children …
