God Is Greater

From Bill Coffin: Our trouble with guilt is that it often seeks punishment in order to avoivd judgment; for while judgment demand a new way of life, punishment, by assuaging a bit of guilt, makes the old life bearable.

Apocalyptic literature in the scripture is NOT about end times – the ongoing speculation about when Jesus will return.  Such literature is not aimed at answering the question: “What’s next?” (the deciphering of the “signs of the times”)  Rather such language is writting to people of faith facing challenging times, answering the question: “What now?”  […]

Okay, this is different.  Some of you may think that it is – as the young people say – a bit sketchy.  I thought so when I read the “sales letter.”  Then I skipped the sales letter completely and simply downloaded the FREE ebook. Well, it’s actually pretty impressive.  This Mike Lee fellow and got […]

Heard a guy “witnessing” today about the Gospel.  He spoke about “grace” saying it was “God’s unconditional love expressed in Jesus.” The other guy was very receptive.  “I really needed to hear that God unconditionally loves me after the week I have had.  I have always loved Jesus.” Then the evangelist guy said, “To get […]

Not sure who wrote this…it might have be me, but I think I heard it sometime in the past.  In any event, I found it scribbled on a note in an old file and it got me to thinking that my days are pretty routine.  It’s time to kick it up a notch and do […]

Read 2 Timothy 1:8-12 We all know the story of the Wizard of Oz and those three who went on a journey with Dorothy of Kansas seeking the missing ingredient for their lives. Tin Man wants a heart…Scarcrow a brain…Lion wants courage You will remember also the end of the story. They did not get […]