When I first heard Jeremiah Wright scream, “Not God bless America; God damn America!” I shuddered and said to myself, “Is this a sermon in a church?” Yes, it was. The Trinity United Church of Christ. And as the the hateful rhetoric spewed forth, I asked, “How could they call this hate doctrine Christlike? We [...]
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of Great Britain, believed that he was in that position and has prepared himself for it. Most future monarchs do just that. They take their station in life seriously and prepare themselves to rule. And so should the sons and daughters of God, His princes [...]
Let’s see. You take a computer wiz with a grudge against a society that he feels doesn’t care. Then watch the geek’s hatred transform himself into a serial torturer/murderer/exhibitionist. Yes, he puts the horror live on his website for all the world to see. The catch? The more the masses clamor to see the victims [...]
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” So goes the wise proverb. But it is not just any vision for our lives that ultimately rescues us. It is the vision that our Creator has for us that will serve as the spiritual Rock and Foundation upon which to build our lives.
His vision [...]
We who have been born from above have become the “children of God” or the sons and daughters of God. For we “have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15). And we know that our Father is the “King of glory.” And we know that the sons and daughters [...]
Upon coming to the stark realization that we have been duped and deceived–especially in the deeper matters of the heart–we tend to throw the proverbial baby out with the bath water. How could I have been such a fool? we ask ourselves, and then we turn our back on the offending entity.
Burned by [...]
