When we are tempted, the best course of action is often to stand up to it, recognize it for what it is, and stare it down. From the Denver Post: “Like many sheep ranchers in the West, Lexy Fowler has tried just about everything to stop crafty coyotes from killingContinue Reading
“Sin is a rebellion against God. It is the desire to put our own wants and desires ahead of the moral law written on our hearts. It is no less than an attempt to murder God.” Following the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, property and businesses belonging to theContinue Reading
“our lives are a constant struggle, a battle between our old fallen nature and our new redeemed Christian nature.” In the 1999 film “The Matrix,” the heroes of the film, those who fight against deception and oppression are betrayed by their own Judas, a character named Cypher. Cypher makes aContinue Reading
“few of us feel worthy of this calling. Isaiah, Peter, and Paul all expressed their feelings of unworthiness when God called them to fulfill their mission.” Perhaps you remember this. “I’m looking for someone to share in an adventure.” “An adventure? No, I don’t imagine anyone west of Bree wouldContinue Reading
“for truth is truth, to the end of reckoning.” In William Shakespeare’s play, “Measure for Measure,” there is a scene in which Isabella, the virtuous protagonist, is pleading her case before the Duke of Vienna. Isabella has brought charges against Lord Angelo, whom the Duke had temporarily placed in chargeContinue Reading
“we are a people incorporated into the Body of Christ.” There was once a worldly man, concerned chiefly with his own success and achievements, who questioned the nature of Heaven and Hell. One night he had a vision. In the vision an angel appeared to him and told him, “IContinue Reading
When we dedicate our gifts and talents to God, giving back to him the fruit of the gifts He has given us, our work is shaped by our love for God. When we offer out gifts and talents to God, He sometimes uses them in unexpected ways. The book, “ChickenContinue Reading
through baptism Jesus sets in motion God’s saving plan to renew all things according to the Divine Will Why did Jesus insist on being baptism? John preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. But Jesus was without sin so why was He so persistent about being baptizedContinue Reading
We are surrounded by the goodness of God and yet we are often blind to it. Jimmy and Jace are color-blind. The brothers see as clearly as anyone else, but the colors red and green dissolve into murky shades of yellow. Even the colors they can see, such as blue,Continue Reading
“Obedience does not rob us of our freedom, rather it frees us to employ the full range of our gifts and talents in service to the Master.” French archbishop Francois Fenelon said this about obedience. “It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not constraint and contention thatContinue Reading