We’ve all heard and probably wrestled with the question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” I’m going to slightly modify this question to better reflect reality: “Why do bad things happen to all people?” Nobody lives their entire lifetime without periodic episodes of bad things blindsiding us at the most unwelcome times. I guess you’ve … [Read more…]
Every morning I pray for an 8-year old boy in Bangladesh named Ripon. I follow this 31-day calendar that helps me pray intelligently for him as it spells out one specific request for each day. Here are some of those requests and look for a common theme: “To feel loved and protected, to have good … [Read more…]
Whether it happens spontaneously in casual Christian conversations or purposefully during planned Bible studies, the topic of the Holy Spirit’s Work almost always gravitates to this one subject: the spiritual gifts. Now I don’t argue that this is an important Theological subject, but I submit to you it’s not the most important surrounding the Spirit’s … [Read more…]
There’s this one Proverb that gives perfect clarity to why we do what we do: Proverbs 23:7 reads, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” We act upon what we think about. Most of our actions, except those totally driven by impulse, are born in our minds. We mentally dwell on something, … [Read more…]
A well-written book leaves its readers hanging at the end of most chapters. This way you can’t put the book down. You gotta know what happens next, so you keep on reading. When the individual books of the Bible were written, and before they were all collected into one volume, there were no chapter divisions. … [Read more…]
