Category Archives: Odds & Ends

The Wonder Of Why

A group of atheists in north London have been creating some buzz lately by meeting for church—“atheist church,” as many are referring to it.  I find it extremely interesting that people who don’t want to have God still find a need to have “church.”  Is it a step-down program?  Or maybe a step-up program?  I suppose time will tell. InContinue reading “The Wonder Of Why”

The Walk Of Faith

10,000 steps—that’s what the medical community says we sedentary Americans need to do every day to maintain a healthy lifestyle.  They recognize the difficulty most of us have in finding time to get to the gym or the health club two or three times a week.  They’re telling us we don’t need to do that—we just needContinue reading “The Walk Of Faith”

The Power Of Choice

It’s not about chance, but choice.  Yet isn’t it true that all too often we find ourselves acting as if we really don’t have a choice?  We are compelled by circumstances, overwhelmed by our past, or influenced by others into a certain course of thought or behavior.  We really had no choice.  The ability to choose is such a remarkable gift.  To have the power to decideContinue reading “The Power Of Choice”

The Power Of An Example

I visited my mother recently.  In the town where she lives, the city supplies the trash containers.  You probably have them or have seen them.  They are huge and tilt back on two wheels so they can be moved easily.  The lid attaches to the handle so it can’t be lost.  In my mother’s case though, the lid and handleContinue reading “The Power Of An Example”

The Need For Speed

Let’s go back in time to when the 4G phone first came out. There was a popular commercial that divided the world into two groups:  the cool and the uncool.  The cool had the uber fast phones and were therefore aware of everything that was going on, while the uncool were bumbling and stumbling their way through life becauseContinue reading “The Need For Speed”

The Unchained Word (3)

And how exactly does God’s word unchain us? Initially it does so by revealing to us the good news of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection on behalf of all people. God opens our heart, as He did with Lydia (Acts 16:14), and like her, we are immersed to receive the forgiveness of our sins andContinue reading “The Unchained Word (3)”

The Unchained Word (2)

Not only did Paul know through the Scripture that God’s word could not be chained, he had also witnessed it in his life. In his travels throughout the Mediterranean world, he had seen the good news of Jesus transform the lives of countless people. In Ephesus, Athens, Corinth, Philippi, Rome, etc., he had seen peopleContinue reading “The Unchained Word (2)”

The Unchained Word (1)

Paul spoke of “my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal” (2 Timothy 2:8-9). Like his Lord, Paul bore the shame and stigma of an innocent man in being treated like a criminal. As he sat in his cold, dark, damp cell and reflected on hisContinue reading “The Unchained Word (1)”