Posted in Faith on Nov 30th, 2007
An interesting story is told of the nation of Israel in Numbers chapter 13 and 14. “The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel’” (13:1). And so Moses sends twelve men, one chief from each tribe, to spy out the [...]
On Sunday, our pastor’s key passage of scripture for his sermon was I Corinthians 6:19-20 which reads, “…do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your [...]
It bothers me when people limit what the Lord can and cannot do by their own understanding, though I am more often guilty of this than I care to admit. But I am quick to confess and to proclaim that my Lord is not powerless, and that there is nothing He cannot do. Often in [...]
Last night, I had the privilege of going with some friends to the Electric Factory in Philly to see Rob Bell, and to listen to his talk entitled, “The gods aren’t angry.” As expected, Rob was great. My friend Dan Fisher, from whom I got the ticket, told me that the venue was standing room [...]
In “The Return of the King,” during the coronation ceremony where Lord Aragorn (the Ranger formally known as Strider) is finally crowned as king, an event happens in the movie that did not happen in the book. After the crowning, Aragorn is moving through the gathered throng. And he comes upon the four hobbits who [...]
Posted in links on Nov 25th, 2007
Here is a rather lengthy interview by Trevin Wax with N.T. Wright. N.T. Wright has taken some criticism for some of his viewpoints. But I really appreciate his desire to remain true to the scriptures.
I grew up in a church body that was big on discernment. We could find fault with just about any other individual or group of Christians. I remember a number of years ago, when I was still with that group, I read the following quote by Oswald Chambers, “God never gives us discernment in order that we may [...]
Well, yesterday was a wonderful day of food and fun and food and fellowship and food and frollicking at my sister and brother-in-law’s house. The Jordan residence was overrun by the Manthey clan. We had a delightful day. Here’s a picture of Michelle tackling me in the leaves. It may look like a pose, but it [...]
“Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing unto Him; sing praises to Him; tell of all His wondrous works!” (I Chronicles 16:8-9 ESV) I am grateful that the Lord ”…does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our [...]
I was thinking about Thanksgiving and things I’m grateful for. (I will post more tomorrow.) But as I was thinking about it, I was remembering a post I wrote on this blog back in August. I’ve seen other bloggers post stuff that they wrote a few years ago. And I realize that this is only 3 [...]