John 15:16 – Household Words:

FRUIT. John 15:8,16.

When I was a boy my parents planted peach trees. For years, they bore only leaves and a bit of shade. Finally, they bore fruit. Fruit trees are like that—they don’t bear much fruit during the first years. We don’t either. But as we get older, God gives us the capacity to bear spiritual fruit:Continue reading “FRUIT. John 15:8,16.”

Predestination vs. Free Will. Daniel 11:27.

How can God know the future, yet still allow us to make our own decisions? “If he knows what I’m going to do, then didn’t He CAUSE me to do it?” “Foreknowledge is not cause.” I love that simple answer from the Dragon in the John Gardner novel GRENDEL. “Foreknowledge is not cause.” Just becauseContinue reading “Predestination vs. Free Will. Daniel 11:27.”