Tag Archives: salvation
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…..
In my last blog, I discussed how we could use the idea of the uniqueness of man as an evangelical bridge to our postmodern youth. We discovered that Millenials are obsessed with human uniqueness and make extraordinary efforts to preserve the right to be different. I pointed out that while we both embrace individuality, we differ on its source. Christians believe humans are special because they represent God’s…..
It seems every company has an online help desk to assist us with technical difficulties. The website usually begins by directing us to the FAQ page for solutions to commonly encountered problems, a holy screen that instructs us to perform a few digital Hail Mary’s or Our Fathers to achieve technological absolution. However, when these fail, we are…..
Jesus came so that we could have life and have it abundantly, but before we start preaching health and wealth we need to remember He also told us it would came prepackaged with a world of hurt. Abundance is generally thought of as affluence and wealth but is it possible that it also includes pain and suffering?
In A Grace Disguised, Jerry Sittser helps us understand how tragedy can expand our ability to experience life more abundantly.
Sorrow is noble…..
Under the influence of the inviolable law of love gravity, God’s grace flows downhill and pools in the low points of our lives. Jesus often spoke of those blessed puddles — the poor, the suffering, and the grieving. He made it clear that the people in greatest danger were not those whose homes were under divine water but those…..
We Christians are frequently criticized for claiming that Jesus is the only way to salvation. Our critics find it abhorrent that they would be denied their God given right to shop the divine real estate market for their dream afterlife home. The problem is they have become so enamored choosing a designer house they haven’t bothered to check out…..
I will never forget a meeting I had with a forty-year-old, developmentally delayed woman whose pregnancy was complicated by the diagnosis of a potentially fatal fetal abnormality. The purpose of our meeting was to discuss the expected hospital course, potential complications, and risk of death or impairment for her baby. Her developmental disability was the result of physical abuse she…..
Our religious culture is all about personal journeys. It loves to spend time cruising the mystical seas, feeling the spiritual sea breeze blowing through its hair. It loves the tolerance of the cruise but gets bent out of shape when it reaches a port of call. It would much rather gorge itself on vanilla flavored soft-serve new age spirituality…..
We enter the world’s restaurant to dine on the finest sinful delicacies. We are met by a devilishly good-looking waiter who escorts us to our table and hands us the wine list. We begin our culinary adventure with a lovely glass of Sinfandel and then carefully read the menu and order a seven “curse” meal of the finest vice the world has to offer. Once the meal arrives, we dig in and gorge ourselves…..
