October 2009
5 posts
a great adventure
have you ever had one of those days? most of us have. last friday was one for me. let me tell you what happened. it had been a good week, i had gotten everything i needed to do for the week done, and i had plans to go fishing that afternoon with one of the elders in our church. seemed like the start of a great weekend. i have been fishing with bill many other times, i was familiar with the...
what is life that is truly life?
we are starting a study of 1 john this week in our sunday worship service. it is interesting to see the similarity between the opening of john’s gospel, and the opening of this letter. both are rather complex sentences that surely could have been simplified. why they weren’t is a matter best taken up in heaven. despite this complexity, it is clear in both places john points to...
where is the problem???
if you read the last blog, you know we raised the question whether it is ever acceptable to be angry with god. i did this because in jonah 4, jonah was quite angry with god, and god confronted him. now, suppose we had the chance to ask jonah…what’s the problem? what do you think he would say? as i understand this story, it is clear to me, he would reply: the problem is those evil...
angry with god???
hello again. here’s the question for today…is it okay to be angry with god? i know that is an unfair question without giving you a context, but what do you think. as i see it, there are times when god seems to be okay with our anger. jeremiah felt god had deceived him when he was called to his prophetic office, and it appears god indulged him (as opposed to immediately squashing...
how do you think of grace
as you may know, we are studying the book of jonah on sunday mornings. quite an interesting study. i see an awful lot of grace traced throughout the story…but often i see that grace in a context i,we, wouldn’t immediately associate with grace. here is what i’m getting at. isn’t it true that most of the time we associate god’s grace with positive experiences. when...