“The crucified and yet living Christ is the concrete summing up of the Christian message and the Christian faith. He is Himself the wholly concrete truth of Christianity.”—Hans Kung, On Being a Christian, chapter VI. “The scriptures declare Christ. And anything else you find in there is a product of your religious imaginations.”—JW Luman, Covenant Ministries Int’l. “Go to…
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What the Lord Said Today
Picture by Darrell Creswell Something the Lord said to me today: “You have been discouraged about who you are. Be encouraged by who I am.” ” Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to His great mercy, He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the…
It Is Finished
Image courtesy of Darrell Creswell http://darrellcreswell.wordpress.com/ This morning at church, it seemed like worship had a hard time getting off the ground. I don’t know if any of you can relate to what I’m saying. It just seemed like people weren’t engaging the Lord or His Spirit wasn’t manifesting much or something. I started praying, asking…
Sin-tervention
Image from Intervention 911 Addiction is one of the purest expressions of sin I can think of. The addict is a person compelled to do something that gratifies them but doesn’t make them happier or healthier. This is the essence of sin. For this reason, I sometimes think about addiction and sin because the parallels…
Rabid Dogs, Snapping Turtles, and the Hope of Glory
When it comes to vacationing with small children, my wife and I agree: sometimes you feel like you’re surviving moreso than having fun. We just got back from a 2000 mile-ish round trip; there were times when even surviving was in question. OK, I’m exaggerating. But this is no exaggeration: At one point during the…
Back in a Flash
Life is busy. I don’t know about you but most days it flashes before my eyes. After working & caring for children, I have about an hour to an hour & a half left for everything else–praying, Bible study, blogging, yard work, reading, hanging out with friends, house work, returning emails…I could go on but…
A Monstrous Confession
OK. Confession time. I love monsters—in literature, film, you name it. Years ago, I read an article that talked about monsters as powerful artistic symbols. Up to that point, I mainly thought of Bela Lugosi or Lon Chaney slouching through a B-movie set on one of the back lots at Universal Studios. You know, Plan…
Triptych: A Tree in Three Seasons
Photo by Carrie McKamey I. Atop a hill there is a weathered oak whose listless limbs spread so wide it seems to hang by them and not to stand. It’s bark is scarred by whips of wind, by scratching beasts, by birds that pierce its trunk with beaks. When fall arrives, a crimson stain spreads…
Taking a Break…..
Image from http://www.drewsdirections.com/2010/06/04/will-return-clock/ Howdy. Just wanted to let everyone know I’ll be taking a short blogging break over the weekend. Grandma is taking the kids so my wife & I can have our first weekend off in 8 years!! Thanks, Grandma! Anyway, I don’t want to give my wife the impression she has to compete with…
Suggestion Box
A post with this same title appeared awhile back on The Voice of One. In it, I asked readers to suggest things they’d like me to post about. At that time, one person asked me to post about the supremacy of Jesus in Revelation, and I did. As a way to foster interaction, I’ve decided…
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