How I tried to act intelligent and demonstrated otherwise … Several years ago, I was asked to be a group leader at our church’s annual men’s retreat. The retreat that year invited men from another nearby church. Part of my Biblical Studies degree at Biola included two years of New Testament Greek. I remember the … Read more
One morning several months ago, I got a phone call from a family member. She indicated that she was struggling with her faith. Prayer wasn’t “working” and she was questioning her salvation because of it. She cited the last third of Proverbs one: “ Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; … Read more
The past, even an instant ago, is unchangeable! It is only in the instant of the present that we can do anything! The only affect we can have on the future is what we do now!
Ray Kroc, as he was building the McDonald’s empire, is quoted as using the slogan, “As long as you’re green you’re growing. As soon as you ripen you start to rot.” Lord, keep me fresh and green!
Young people: Yours is not the first generation in whom the Holy Spirit has worked. Seniors: Ours is not the last.
Last evening Lynda and I had the privilege of hearing Ryan Longnecker, (intern working with Bethany’s high schoolers) speak on post-modernism and the emerging church. One of several significant points he made was a quote from his room-mate’s dad. You can’t even say you disagree with someone unless you can state their side in terms … Read more
“If you haven’t got anything good to say about someone, don’t say anything at all.” (Mother) “Tis never so, that the louder the voice, the truer the argument.” (Ching Chow, 1968, News Syndicate Co.) addendum to Ching Chow: Unless the argument is over who is the loudest. Important truths are often hidden in the minds … Read more
“…what I have called ‘chronological snobbery,’ the uncritical acceptance of the intellectual climate common to our own age and the assumption that whatever has gone out of date is on that account discredited. You must find why it went out of date. Was it ever refuted (and if so by whom, where, and how conclusively) … Read more
“You can’t be optimistic with misty optics.” (Charles Feinberg) “You can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd. But you can be happy if you’ve a mind to it.” (Roger Miller) “People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” (Abraham Lincoln) Behave the way you want to feel. (me) “If … Read more
In no particular order We don’t live in the world as God created it. (Gary Parker) Intellectual honesty is not the enemy of faith – even with respect to the Bible. Neither is logic. All truth is God’s truth. Not everything that happens has someone to blame. I don’t have to have an opinion on … Read more
