You cannot appreciate something thousands of years old without guidance. An art teacher can help you appreciate the challenge of carving statues from marble. A musician might point out advances in the way instruments were designed. An architect might talk about the way ancient roofs were sloped to ensure snow did not accumulate. TheContinue reading “Read the Bible Creatively.”
Author Archives: Steven Wales
Not Just Any Songwriter.
Everyone should learn to write songs. Teachers make children write poetry, stories, and essays. But songs? Perhaps songs are too difficult. It’s not just the music—it’s the HEART. A good song touches the heart of not only the writer but the singer and the audience. David Allen Coe has the ghost of Hank Williams singContinue reading “Not Just Any Songwriter.”
Hands Off.
Saul knew God had chosen David to replace him, and he became obsessed with jealousy. David spent at least eight years a fugitive, running from a man who wanted to kill him. How would you feel? What if one day while you and your men were hiding in a cave, Saul came in alone toContinue reading “Hands Off.”
D.I.Y.–Do It Yourself.
I love DIY projects: build your own porch, re-pipe your house, remodel your bathroom. But a man must know his limits. Some things are NOT DIY projects. For me that means, no, I cannot remove the .bb from the palm of my son’s hand. No, I cannot remove 10,000 honeybees from the walls of myContinue reading “D.I.Y.–Do It Yourself.”
Who Will Help You?
How desperate have you been? Have you faced a terminal illness? Feared for your life? Did you think you would lose the house or your job or your marriage? Have you lost a dream or had to choose a new one? Been rejected by a close friend? Stood on the edge of a cliff, oneContinue reading “Who Will Help You?”
Mountains.
“I lift my eyes to the mountains. Where will my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, The Maker of Heaven and Earth.” Psalm 121:1-2. These lines are well-known. You may recognize them from various songs. They convey the idea that when you are hurting and broken, you look to the horizon, toContinue reading “Mountains.”
Pascal’s Wager: a Dollar Against a Million.
Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, philosopher, physicist, and theologian. Pascal made famous an interesting argument for the existence of God: PASCAL’S WAGER. Imagine life as a bet. Pascal says it may be difficult to prove the existence of God with reason, but because life is a wager, we should wager that God DOES exist. Continue reading “Pascal’s Wager: a Dollar Against a Million.”
The ‘LONG ISLAND MEDIUM’ TV show: Talking to the Dead or Innocent Entertainment?
The Old Testament law forbids consulting a medium. Why? That depends. Many mediums are fake—masters of an elaborate con-game, the goal being to keep you spending money. But maybe some are sincere. Yet even sincere or “real” mediums remain fake because they are not actually consulting the dead, but a demon pretending to be aContinue reading “The ‘LONG ISLAND MEDIUM’ TV show: Talking to the Dead or Innocent Entertainment?”
Horoscopes, Palm Readers, & Fortune Tellers.
These things seem like harmless fun. But there’s a reason the Bible forbids them. The answers they provide can be convincing because your enemy knows you and does have some knowledge of the future. With that combination, a psychic or a fortune teller can be so persuasive. But these people get their “answers” from theContinue reading “Horoscopes, Palm Readers, & Fortune Tellers.”
War.
Nothing is more intense than war. A soldier’s entire life may seem dull when he reflects on three or four days spent fighting for his life and the lives of his brothers-in-arms. War is INTENSE. Men die on your left and right. Near misses make you wonder how you survived. You may not eat someContinue reading “War.”
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