Prepared
My father served 20 years in the United States Air Force, joining at the age of 18 and working in the Strategic Air Command on B-52 bombers for his entire career. As I grew up on various bases following dad …
Tag: Divinity
Divinity is the study of the precepts and principles of Christian doctrine and how to apply them in daily life. It helps make the Word of God active in a practical way, helping to clarify and establish right thinking and avoid the troubles inherent in wrong thinking.
God and Civil Disobedience
This month (June) is the anticipated response from the SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, regarding how the court system will view the legalization of homosexual ‘marriages.’ Will there be an established normalization of such unions by the …
Making Space
Looking back over my rather ordinary life I have noticed a consistent pattern when it came to building new relationships. As Joyce and I eagerly anticipated the addition of a new baby to our married life, we also were faced …
Stay in the Game
One of my less than pleasant memories comes from the spring of my sixth grade year in school. Our teachers had organized the boys from the different classes into teams to play a game of flag football during the lunch …
Living the Life of Christ
There are times when it seems that the life of most people is considered to be cheap when we hear reports of terrorists, or suicide bombers, or religious persecution, or ethnic cleansing, or abortion. The taking of life through these …
Signs of the Times – Deception
Jesus gave people some pretty clear signs of the times that would herald His soon return. These signs were given to anyone who would choose to believe them. The world doesn’t see them because they have chosen to disbelieve the …
An Agenda or a Plan?
Do we live our lives according to our agenda, or according to a plan? From the moment we take our first breath it seems we possess an instinctive understanding that we are alive for a reason and that our life …
A Heart of Blasphemy
What sin is there, if any, that God will not forgive? People (including me) often wrestle with this question. Sometimes even those of us who believe in Jesus are plagued by a gnawing doubt about our own salvation. If we …
Living the Dream
One of the sarcastic comments I often hear at work comes as a response to the over-asked question of “How’s it going?” The response? “I’m living the dream.” Of course the tone of voice and inflection clearly communicate that the …
Signs of the Times – TV?
“Jesus is coming back!” How many times have we heard that? People point to supposed ‘signs of the times’ and have been saying – and believing – that phrase for around 2000 years now. So far He hasn’t shown up, …