Monthly Archives: February 2017
The Atheist Richard Dawkins entitled his most famous book, The God Delusion, to make the point that those who believe in God are deluded. While I disagree with his premise, I do appreciate the title, but not in a way that he would endorse. Richard Dawkins is right; there is a God delusion, but it doesn’t refer to those who believe in a non-existent God; but rather to the 7 billion inhabitants of this planet who have a God-complex.
You don’t have to look very far to find evidence for our…..
Think about this: before there were cities, it was just God and man, side by side, working the land, raising families, and creating community. Man was intimately connected to God’s creation for survival. However, with the development of the urban concrete jungle, we have progressively distanced ourselves from God’s world and become immersed in man’s. We don’t see…..
I recently made a pilgrimage to some of the important places of my youth. I began at the former site of my elementary school gymnasium (now a park) where I vividly remember being inspired to catch and train a hawk after attending a school assembly featuring a Falconer and his trained bird of prey. I then moved on to…..
While we all receive earthly names from our parents, we need to remember that we will also receive a name from God. The name He has chosen for us is special because it will be a simple distillation of who He created us to be. Abraham and Jacob had their earthly names changed when God’s purpose for their lives was…..
