OUR CHOICE
July 31, 2010
God does not oppose our choice. He gave us a free will and lets us test our ability to manage our life as well as our affairs. He is not some horseman that puts bids in our mouth and makes…
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SERMON
July 24, 2010
A friend stopped attending church because the pastor had preached one type of sermon for twenty years. The topics were different but the content and conclusion were the same. Jesus does not change, why should a pastor? The friend’s assessment…
BRANDED
July 17, 2010
Recently, I had the misfortune of spotting my garments with paint. People do wear spotted clothes but I am not comfortable. It reminded me of the branding of Cain after he had killed his brother Abel (Gen.4: 1-16). It set…
Knowing What Is Best
July 10, 2010
Two years I had spent preparing for an entrance examine in Theology and be told that my answers were more conducive to Biblical exegesis. Fortunately I was willing to take the examining board’s advice and my studies became more productive.…
Trade Off?
July 3, 2010
Jesus compared our settling of our accounts with God to a king that settled his with his servants (Mt.18: 21-35). The head of the servants owed the king a very huge sum of money. There was no way he could…
Perceiving God
June 25, 2010
I happened to be present when a Canadian and a Russian shared their perceptions about God. They concluded that the English “God” was the same as the Russian “Bog.” However, when they talked about what their gods do, they did…
Anger Love?
June 19, 2010
First Corinthians 13 is hailed as the greatest chapter on love. Paul, the writer, if he had been married and had children and one of them had strayed, what would the chapter on love look like? I am convinced that…
Follow My Dream!
June 12, 2010
Today our first granddaughter graduated from High School and yesterday from a Community College. Today’s celebration was a hopeful and splendid expression of a promising future for the graduates. Most of them had an idea of what they would like…
Grounded
June 5, 2010
I consulted someone as to what I could say to a person that asked for advice and then informed me that he had the Spirit, the Revelation and the Scriptures to guide him? My consultant answered with one word, “nothing.”…
Impartiality
May 31, 2010
I define impartiality as being fair with those and with whom we disagree. I had teachers that graded me on their opinion and not on my work. I was also blessed with teachers that disagreed with me and still gave…