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Tag Archives: King David
In David’s Moral Failure we see how God uses Contrite Rebels to Reconcile the World to Himself.
What is the Bible For? The two predominant assumptions about the Bible in our culture are these: The Bible is an ancient book that possesses a lot of sometimes interesting but archaic stories reflecting the religious beliefs of people ignorant … Continue reading
What should you tell your children now that Donald Trump is President-Elect
What do we tell the children? The first piece I saw freaking out over the Trump victory was from the Huffington Post on What do we tell the children? When I hear that I begin to wonder “what HAVE you … Continue reading
Hell is Family
Hell is Other People Here is the plot description from Wikipedia of Jean Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit”. Three damned souls, Joseph Garcin, Inès Serrano, and Estelle Rigault, are brought to the same room in Hell and locked inside by … Continue reading
How the World’s Relational-Economy Turns us into Opportunistic Sycophants and What to do about it
Leaning Into the Future Future telling is one of the greatest skills that we value. To know the future of the stock market, future lottery number winners, future sports scores leads to money and power. Nate Silver became famous … Continue reading
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Life is hard. You are more morally corrupt than you wish to admit, but God is more surprisingly gracious than circumstances imply and he wishes to lead you into his own generosity
The Big Lie Most of us live in a culture that is constantly bombarding us with the message that “normal” life is happy, wealthy and long. We are being lead to believe that everyone else out there has enough money to pay their … Continue reading
Jesus Invites us Onto an Un-natural path that can only be followed if we believe in his Lordship
The Big Debate Last Monday Night the world watched the big debate. Everyone knew the path to victory for both sides. Could Donald keep his cool? Could Hillary get under his skin? Well we found out the answer. He could … Continue reading
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Living Predestination in the Daily Drama of God’s Word or Silence
Teaching Calvin at Berkeley Earlier this month a professor of history at Berkeley shared in the New York Times how he uses John Calvin in his class to expand the imagination of his students. He lays out for them quotes … Continue reading
David and his Basket of Deplorables
Natural Religion Religion is the most natural of human behaviors. Both religious and non-religious critics have long been able to trace the contours of our natural religion. God is a projection of our wishes and anxieties God is a projection … Continue reading
How God Uses Evil to Teach us Our Need for a Savior
Innocence in God’s World The movie “Life is Beautiful” is a gem. It’s the story of a Italian Jew who tries to save his son from death in a Nazi camp. He re-translates the horrors of the work camp into … Continue reading
How God works through little you to save the world whether you know it or not
In one of my favorite movies one of my favorite lines is young Mr. Incredible complains that no matter how many times he saves the world it always manages to get back in jeopardy again. “Sometimes I just want it to … Continue reading