Sometimes, I don’t need inspiration. What I need is just my sanity. I don’t need verses that tell me I’m about to see a miracle. I need something that says God wants me to make it to tomorrow, and still be able to be useful. Sometimes I need to know that God doesn’t always wantContinue reading “The Sanity Verses”
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Apologized and Revised: Looking For the Elusive, Mysterious "Reformed, Calvinistic" Tent
Just before I left for work this morning, I made a several discoveries: First, I discovered that “c.t.” in the current essay’s comment thread is a person who has been feeding off my web-sites for several weeks now. Second, I discovered that this same person was the source of the original “Reformed/Calvinistic Tent” quote thatContinue reading “Apologized and Revised: Looking For the Elusive, Mysterious "Reformed, Calvinistic" Tent”
The Prodigal Project
For the last three months, I’ve been leading a study of the story of the prodigal son in a men’s Bible study here at OBI. We met twice a week, and I simply took the study whatever direction was interesting to me. It’s been a lot of fun, and I have a lot of materialContinue reading “The Prodigal Project”
The Last Laugh In The Least Likely Place
The Last Laugh In The Least Likely Place (Holy Saturday ’04) A reader at Josh Claybourn’s blog writes On the Christian calendar, today is Holy Saturday. It marks a kind of pause in the “Triduum,” the three days from the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday until the triumphant dawn of Easter Sunday. For the modernContinue reading “The Last Laugh In The Least Likely Place”