My wife and I are going through the Bible together, starting at the beginning. As we’re doing this, I thought it would be interesting to post any questions or reflections here. I started doing this a while back, but here I’ll be including both mine and my wife’s reflections.
We don’t hold back: if we find [...]
Bible Reading #1
Thoughts While Driving To Work Today
First off, I think Deepak Chopra gives me my Wendy’s breakfast order every morning.
Well. Probably not THE Deepak Chopra. But this guy looks just like him.
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The myriad disagreements between Christians struck me this morning during my drive through the cold drizzle of this gray Saturday.
This was probably because I passed my old Lutheran [...]
Maybe Then
Christianity has its own culture.
Because of this, Paul’s urge to make our calling sure is taking on a new sound for me today, because I am forced to ask myself, “Are you really a Christian, or are you just immersed in Christian culture?”
I think that is a question that we all need to ask ourselves.
See, [...]
Punch Them in the Nose and Take Their Cookies
There’s a lot about the nature of our God revealed in the first little bit of Nahum (and it’s a very small book, so it wouldn’t hurt to go read it real quick – honestly, took me about seven minutes or so).
The first bit deals with some attributes of God that we post-modern folks [...]
Is James a Stay Puff Marshmallow Man?
One thing you should know about me: I’m a compulsive Bible buyer. I don’t know what it is. I’ve owned a lot, I’ve given them away. Different translations, different sizes, different notes, etc. Well, Sarah had one that had a button flap on it, and was rather compact. I liked it. I had had one [...]
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