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James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in…..
Our kids are stressed out! We enroll them in the finest pre-schools to make sure they are on track to be accepted to Harvard. We get them on the best youth sports teams so that they can get a division 1 scholarships. We start talking about the intricacies of sexuality before they can even tie their shoes. What’s so wrong with…..
We live in the wilderness outside of God’s Garden. It is a wilderness characterized by chaos and disorder that we try to tame with endless rules and regulations but still can’t control. Our only hope is to call upon God to hover over the face of our deep mess and restore order. The universal standard God established from the beginning…..
Adam and Eve violated God’s law. They were guilty of mutiny in the midst of bounty by foolishly trying to rest control of the helm of their lifeboat from the Captain of their souls and we, as their offspring, continue to be lost at sea.
Embarrassed to admit we had been handed our…..
The world has a problem, that’s no secret. The life of every human being can be understood as a search for the proper solution. We need to respect the fact that others have put some thought and effort into this conflict, but we also need to have the decency to tell them a Band-Aid is hardly adequate therapy for a hemorrhaging soul. Adam and Eve had one single rule put before them in the Garden. They were instructed to avoid…..
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…..
