Category Archives: daily thoughts

I recently was listening to the lectures of a creation scientist who shared this wry comment from a Chinese paleontologist. In China, we can’t criticize the government, but we can criticize Darwin. But in the U.S., you can criticize the … Continue reading →

marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; “fickle friends”; “a flirt’s volatile affections” erratic: liable to sudden unpredictable change; “erratic behavior”; “fickle weather”; “mercurial twists of temperament”; “a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the … Continue reading →

The “Game Version” of Pilgrim’s Progress: The ultimate game is life. No avatar. No character in a Second Life virtual universe. You are it. You have been given a soul and a body. You have been placed on “the Board” … Continue reading →

(Acts 20:24 ESV)  But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel … Continue reading →

(Exodus 5:21 MSG) The foremen said to them, “May GOD see what you’ve done and judge you–you’ve made us stink before Pharaoh and his servants! You’ve put a weapon in his hand that’s going to kill us!” Talk about stepping … Continue reading →

Chris Rice, Live By Faith Lyrics Powered by ScribeFire.

“Blessed is the heart that gets broken but keep holding on, holding on for another day.” From song “Live by Faith” from album “Past the Edges”

I was thinking today about approaching different people in my life concerning their eternal destiny – family members, neighbors, the people in the neighborhood of our church. And I thought, wow, so much tension, so much emotion. Amiable:  Friendly and … Continue reading →

We want to be with God – or at least we say and act like we do – but it seems we often want God’s presence on our terms. I have to wonder that sometimes even legitimate principles are compromised … Continue reading →

Our study of the Bible tells us where we need to go but does not get us there. It seems that too often our Bible study is the destination. We study to find and understand the abstract principle, our reference … Continue reading →