“Obviously, as Christians we are to live as strangers, exiles, aliens, and pilgrims on this earth. Is there an appropriate place in the Christian life to be patriotic? If so, what is it? And at what point does our patriotism go too far?” Yes, I think there is, and I think it’s right, or atContinue reading “What Has Happened to Patriotism”
Category Archives: Spirituality
Green Pasture Action
Love and complete reliance on God are interrelated concepts. When we discover what love really means, we want to praise God for it. When we learn to rely on God for all our needs, we see just how loving He is as He takes care of all aspects of our lives. And this love makesContinue reading “Green Pasture Action”
What We All Long For
Every human being longs for unfailing love. Lavish love. Focused love. Radical love. Love we can count on. Lord, I believe that Your feelings toward me are consistent with Your feelings toward Your people, Israel, for You are the same yesterday, today, and forever. Therefore I believe You bless the praying of Your words toContinue reading “What We All Long For”
The 9% Problem with Christians
Our worldview is one of the most important things about us. The English journalist and lay theologian G. K. Chesterton proved this point by using an everyday example: “For a landlady considering a lodger, it is important to know his income, but still more important to know his philosophy.” My own experience confirms the truthContinue reading “The 9% Problem with Christians”
Why Should God Care About Your Good Works?
For most people, when pressed on their belief in the eternal usually reply something like this: Yes, there may be a God; they will concede. But “I’m not worried,” they say. “I’m a good person, after all, and God will judge me accordingly.” I’d like to explore a different approach, by examining what people meanContinue reading “Why Should God Care About Your Good Works?”
Did You Lose Something Along the Way?
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Matthew 16:26) The man who doubts the integrity of all other men is likely to say that every man has his price, meaning of course thatContinue reading “Did You Lose Something Along the Way?”
Is My Marriage Making Me a Better Person?
He told me he knew that marriage was designed not to make him happy, but to make him holy. He had accepted the wisdom in the phrase, and there is certainly an element of truth behind it: Marriage really can serve as a significant means of sanctification in the life of the believer and itContinue reading “Is My Marriage Making Me a Better Person?”
Loving to Trust
I Not only love God and trust him, I love trusting him. It is a constant reminder of a perpetual miracle in my life. Lord, just as Your apostles pled and ultimately received, I ask you also to increase my faith! (Luke 17:5). Father, I want You to be able to look at my lifeContinue reading “Loving to Trust”
Yes, He Is Good
“You are good, LORD. The LORD is good and right” (Ps. 25:7–8).“Taste and see that the LORD is good” (Ps. 34:8 NIV). God is a good God. We must begin here. Though we don’t understand his actions, we can trust his heart. God does only what is good. But how can death be good? SomeContinue reading “Yes, He Is Good”
Every Sin Hides a Lie
“Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.” So warns C.S. Lewis at the beginning of Screwtape Letters (ix). The warning is apt not only for readers of Lewis’s modern classic, but for all people, everywhere, all the time. No matter how alert we are to spiritual warfare, we are advised to remember thatContinue reading “Every Sin Hides a Lie”
