Tag Archives: Christ
I remember as a young man being thrilled whenever I heard the secular culture around me drop the name of Jesus. I was excited when Broadway offered Jesus Christ Superstar. I was overjoyed when one of my favorite musical artists, Prince, referenced God in his albums. Sadly, I was so desperate to hear about God that I was oblivious to the…..
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say…..
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only… (James 1: 22)
One of the more controversial issues in the church is the faith versus works debate. I believe the book of James is quite helpful in this regard because it points out that our salvation should be evident by the way our faith…..
James Carville famously stated that the election between George Bush and Bill Clinton came down to a pretty simple concept: It’s the economy, stupid. Bush’s failure to focus on the financial woes of the country cost him the election. Sadly, we Christians often fall into the same campaign trap. We waste so much time putting together our religious platform that we forget that our Candidate…..
The famous British journalist, Malcolm Muggeridge, was profoundly influenced by a visit to Cold War Russia where he saw first hand what it meant to live without God.
“Mysteriously, the cross full of glory seems to haunt the first city in the west to have abolished it, to the point that the journalist almost expects the cathedral transformed into an anti-God museum…..
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and…..
God created the earth to reflect His glory and what better way to accomplish this Holy task than to fill it with creatures bearing His image. The life that was the light of men would fill the planet and illuminate the universe with His divine radiance. Sadly, a powerful “sinstorm” caused the Tree of Good and Evil to fall and…..
Christians are engaged in a cultural worldview battle. Our two most prominent adversaries are the philosophical forces of modernism and postmodernism. Modernism, assembles its atheistic forces and engages the Bible and its adherents in conventional warfare. These skirmishes are often conducted in college auditoriums where the generals of each side spar in a war of words. Postmodernism, on the…..
For musicians, the heavenly story ends pretty nicely. The band never breaks up, the gig is eternal, and there’s no fighting over who is the leader of the group. The alternative hell story, on the other hand, is quite different. You end up going solo and due to a lack of popularity end up driving a dilapidated van from show…..
God opens up the door to His study and steps out onto the balcony overlooking His Garden. He hears the chirping of birds, the rustling of squirrels, and the babbling of brooks, but something is missing. Despite perfect ecological acoustics and natural symphonic majesty He senses a lyrical emptiness. The spirituals once sung by His Garden tenders are but a faint echo. Memories of two special children swirl through His mind. He recalls their eyes, big as saucers, trying to…..
