I recently exchanged e-mails with a young lady who was seeking advice about a career change. During the course of our conversation she made this statement: I have had an application to (a seminary counseling progam) filled out for a year but I haven't felt the Lord moving me to send … [Read more...] about How do You Feel?
General
All of Grace
All God does for His own is gracious. There was no need to create man; creation was a gracious act. Creating him in His own image and likeness was unbelievably gracious---think about it! Placing him in a marvelous setting, making him the ruler of the planet, providing a wife appropriate to him in … [Read more...] about All of Grace
Antithesis
The very mention of the word sends shock waves up spines! For many moderns it describes the great heresy of our day. To think that anyone would dare to hold that one way only is correct, and all others are antithetical to it (and, therefore) wrong, is unthinkable to post moderns. Today, the idea is … [Read more...] about Antithesis
Bird Life in the Church
There isn't a single thing that the birds at my feeder do to deserve the largess that I bestow on them. I bought the feeders that contain the seed, I continue to buy seed to fill them. My grandson and I take turns filling the feeders. When a feeder needs repair, I repair it. Everything---everything … [Read more...] about Bird Life in the Church
Equivocation
I'd like to say something about equivocal language. It was interesting when in graduate school, I had to read some of Tillich's writings. As you know, Tillich was nothing more than an atheist hiding under an ecclesiastical garb. His definition of God: "the ground of our being." In one class I was … [Read more...] about Equivocation