The only word necessary to cross the great ford that separates us from God is the name of Christ, and anyone can say it. May God spare us from becoming self-anointed gatekeepers over minor and insignificant issues. [Click title to read more.]
One look at the nightmarish scrawl that humanity has left on its history will leave you stunned by the fact that God could love any of us at all. [Click title to read more.]
A review of Philip Yancey’s (old!) book What’s So Amazing About Grace? [Click title to read more.]
Somehow, over the years, I started self-censoring my prayers. If you’re in a prayer rut, you might be doing the same thing. [Click title to read more.]
God is the constant in the topography of our shifting world. When the landmarks disappear, when what we know has been rendered foreign to us, He will remain the same. [Click title to read more.]
Among Christians, there’s a sense that we’ve “made it” if we head into our adult years with our faith and our lives mostly in one piece. Except that isn’t really the case. [Click title to read more.]
Any time we use God as a means to our own end, any time we make God a “tool” that serves the same purpose as a crystal or a supplement or a coloring book – we’ve lost the plot. [Click title to read more.]
When we let ourselves be too easily influenced by other Christians – even the really, super-good ones! – we run the temptation of idolizing them. And then we’re crushed and brokenhearted when it turns out that they’re not perfect after all. [Click title to read more.]
If we allow ourselves to believe that God’s work in our lives can be purchased with money – if “faith” becomes “how much we are willing to spend” – then we believe that God can be bought. [Click title to read more.]
In fact, sometimes – without even intending to – I expect that other Christians will always respond to situations or think the same things or share the same feelings or hobbies or preferences that I do. And that’s hardly the case! [Click title to read more.]
