–The following is from an article by Michael W. Austin, published by the Christian Research Institute: “Anti-intellectualism is rampant in the United States. For quite some time now, our culture has exalted feelings above reason, pragmatism over wisdom, entertainment over intellectual engagement, and we’re now seeing the fruit of these choices. The criticisms are now clichés,Continue reading “ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM in the United States. Hebrews 5:11-12,14.”
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IMAGINE PEACE. James 4:4-10.
What if we were all on the same side? What if everyone loved everyone, and there was no judgment, no hate? No politics? No right and wrong? “Imagine there’s no countries. Nothing to kill or die for… Imagine all the people living life in peace…. Imagine all the people sharing all the world.” Unfortunately, thisContinue reading “IMAGINE PEACE. James 4:4-10.”
SATAN MADE A TERRIBLE BLUNDER. “Then Satan Entered Judas.” Luke 22:3.
Carman, one of the most dramatic showmen in Christian music, recorded an unforgettable song that tells the story of Jesus’s death and resurrection: “THE CHAMPION.” This was 1985 and there is a ROCKY-feel to this upbeat, synthesizer-backed ballad that pictures Jesus and the devil in the boxing ring together. Satan arrives, proud and ready forContinue reading “SATAN MADE A TERRIBLE BLUNDER. “Then Satan Entered Judas.” Luke 22:3.”
DO YOU LOVE GOD WITH ‘ALL YOUR MIND,’ MARK 12:30?
God called me to a life of the mind while in high school. I was a cheating, failing student when He arrested my attention, calling me to exercise perfect integrity in my classes. That was the most difficult challenge I had ever faced, a weight I did not think I could lift, but I maxedContinue reading “DO YOU LOVE GOD WITH ‘ALL YOUR MIND,’ MARK 12:30?”
WE WILL REFLECT GOD’S GLORY—LITERALLY.
When God the Father sits on His throne, “Earth and Heaven flee from His presence” Revelation 20:11. Imagine! God is so fierce the earth itself flees from Him. Then in the New Jerusalem (heaven) “the city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because GOD’S GLORY ILLUMINATES IT; its lampContinue reading “WE WILL REFLECT GOD’S GLORY—LITERALLY.”
He is Not Safe. But He is Good. Job 23:15.
C.S. Lewis hid brilliant insights in children’s tales, as when the character of Aslan is first introduced by Mr. Beaver– “It’s no good, Son of Adam… But now that Aslan is on the move—” “Oh, yes! Tell us about Aslan!” said several voices at once, for once again that strange feeling—like the first signs ofContinue reading “He is Not Safe. But He is Good. Job 23:15.”
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