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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
Running from Giants, Hiding among our Baggage, the State of Our Union is not good. Can you see the Living God?
Grandma’s Tapes One of the items I brought with me from my vacation in Massachusetts was a bag of cassette tapes made by my grandparents. In the 1970s cassette tape technology got cheap enough that these tapes became ubiquitous. Long … 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
The Subtle Perdition of Crooked Saul
America’s Choice Between Two Wealthy New York Candidates for President The presidential elections of 2016 will be remembered as a competition between two of the least liked candidates in American history. Normally a candidate’s winning strategy is to magnify the … Continue reading
The Two Faces of Idolatry
The Omnivore’s Dilemma Most animals are born knowing what to eat. A koala bear’s sensory systems are “structured in advance of experience” to guide it to eucalyptus leaves. Humans, however, must learn what to eat. Like rats and cockroaches, we’re … Continue reading
Saul as Revelation of our True Selves
Our Assumptions of “The Real World” We all walk around with assumptions deep within our minds about how the world is supposed to work. No one sat us down and told us this list. We absorbed it through everyday experiences … Continue reading
Samuel Makes it Rain on Israel’s Party Pointing them to the place where the Lion will lay down with the Lamb
Hillary Vs. Barack In 2008 when it wasn’t Hillary vs. Bernie but Hillary vs. Barack a good friend who is African American and more than a little politically savvy told me “Barack will never win. There’s too much racism in … Continue reading
Can you Judge Between the Living and the Dead? Will your vision of Universal Equal Humanity resolve the Competing Claims of Humanity’s Billions?
Tecumseh Tecumseh was born into the bloody and brutal mess of American westward expansion. An early biographer describes him this way. “The implicit obedience and respect which the followers of Tecumseh pay to him, is really astonishing, and more than … Continue reading
The Mysterious Providence of God’s Election of a King who will Fail Dramatically
Preconceived Resentments In my opinion the number 1 reason why people leave church, never come to church, judge church or reject church is unfulfilled expectations. In this process of evaluation often the last thing they examine are their expectations. I … Continue reading
How Empire Assimilated Your Tribal Story and how Jesus Redefines Empire
CRC Synod 2016 The Synod of the Christian Reformed Church is the broadest assembly of their three. Delegates are gathered from around the US and Canada to discuss issues concerning the whole church. Three of the biggest discussions this year … Continue reading
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