Reluctance
Have you ever done something with a sense of reluctance? It may have been something someone asked you to do and you felt obligated. You consented and did what you were asked to do, but you did it with reluctance. …
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.
Trey Pearson
Where do I begin? Another Christian musician has ‘come out’ in a recent article in Billboard. The tragedy of Trey Pearson is, unfortunately, becoming a little more common. The article recounts Trey Pearson being filled with conflicting emotions, mental anguish …
Transgendered
Transgendered, sexual orientation disturbance, androgynous, genderqueer, gender dysphoria, multi-gendered, gender non-conforming. These are some of the terms used to describe those who have a mental disorder which contradicts their physical makeup and assigned sex at birth. This topic recently came …
God’s Desire
God loves the lost, and God’s desire is that the lost should be saved. This fact is missed because many people have an image of God as some old bearded guy sitting on a throne somewhere ‘up there.’ He’s just …
Do It Again!
Teenagers are notorious for short attention spans and a focus that is easily distracted. Such was my demeanor at 16 years of age when I spent the summer with my grandfather helping him remodel a fishing cabin into his retirement …
Lost Its Luster?
Did you ever have something that you really liked or enjoyed that eventually “lost its luster”? Most people have – I did. When I was in grade school one of the things I loved to do with my friends after …
Influence
My father was a career military man having joined the Air Force at the age of 18, fresh out of high school. He served faithfully during my childhood, for twenty years – retiring the same spring that I graduated from …
Getting What We Deserve?
Did you ever get something that you knew you really didn’t deserve? During the last couple of days I’ve searched my memory for just such an event in my life. Outside of all the things that Jesus has done for …
Get To Know God – Part 3
People who focus strictly upon what Scripture states, without having an intimate relationship with the Author, devolve into becoming religious. They don’t get to know God, they just get to know about Him. Wars, murders, thefts and all other forms …
Bath Time!
When I was young bath time was an exciting time of imaginative adventure – especially when mom let me do the “bubble bath”. I would gather boats of all shapes and sizes, with as many toy soldiers and military vehicles …