And now for something completely different, at least different from most of what I post here. LifeWay Research recently issued the results of its State of Theology study, which explores the religious beliefs of adults throughout the United States. The survey, which was also taken in 2014, 2016, and 2018, collected answers from 3000 people…
Read MoreThe God of Wonder
In October, we had the great fortune of joining our daughter, Tori, on a visit to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. It was an amazing trip, probably highlighted by watching bison walk so close to the car that we could have reached out and touched them. I didn’t do that. I wanted to! But…
Read MoreThe Providence of God
Does God have a plan? Are the things happening around me part of some grand scheme of God’s? Or is this world spinning out of control? Those are legitimate questions at any time, but especially today. It’s easy to feel like things are out of control. But are they? As we continue our look at…
Read MoreThe God of Perfect Love
Merry Christmas! It’s finally here, the day we celebrate the birth of a little baby in the tiny village of Bethlehem all those years ago. Every December, I sit down and watch all of the old Christmas TV specials I watched as a kid. You know, shows like “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed…
Read MoreMaybe You’ve Noticed…
Thank you so much for reading this blog. It means the world to me that anyone actually takes the time to read my ramblings. Many of you read this blog by subscribing and receiving an email each week. If that’s you, then you may have noticed a change in the emails. Instead of containing the…
Read MoreThe God of Perfect Justice
Many people think of God as some kindly, jolly old St. Nicholas, the man upstairs who loves everyone and wants everyone to be happy all the time. Whatever you want to do, whoever you want to be is fine with him. Just love one another and make people happy the way he does, and you’ll…
Read MoreGod is Great; But is He Good?
When I was a child, I loved to read comic books. Marvel, DC, it didn’t matter, I read them all. Of course, I had my favorites, but one superhero that almost everyone liked was Superman. He had super-strength, super-speed, x-ray vision, and he was invincible. But sometimes I would think, what if Superman, with all…
Read MoreThe Omnipotence of God
We’ve all experienced fear at some point in our lives. If you’ve ever heard a dentist say to his assistant, “Would you mind taking the battery out of the smoke detector? I’ve got to do some serious drilling here,” you know what fear is. I have a fear of bridges. Whenever I drive across a…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving!
Kim and I would like to wish each of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! In a year full of anxiety, tension, and division, we thank God today for all of our blessings, and they are many. We acknowledge both the greatness and the goodness of our Savior, Jesus Christ, in whose sovereignty we have complete…
Read MoreJust Who is God, Part 2
Just who is God, really? That’s a question we started looking at last week. If we’re going to place our eternity in God’s hands, and if we’re going to pattern our lives around his teachings, then we should know as much about him as possible. God has revealed to us everything we need to know…
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