We have great joy. Our world is filled with tragedy, but we have hope. The beauty of our hope isn’t a cheap imitation, God doesn’t pretend; he doesn’t make any claims that the world is okay, he not only acknowledges the ugliness, he shows us that it is much uglier then we realize. The beauty […]

My heart is heavy, as I’m sure every heart is in light of the events of yesterday. I had a post prepared for today, but have decided to save it and post in response to the weighty news we have all heard. There are a number of things I would like to say, but to […]

Well-known atheist, Richard Dawkins, equates belief in Jesus and belief in Santa Claus as equally flawed and misplaced, and I don’t blame him, we often treat them the same and confuse our children by hyping up the non-existent Santa and downplaying the God who does exist. Santa is a touchy subject, and I think most […]

There is a strange trend of splitting the “god of the Old Testament, and the god of the New Testament”, as if they are two different beings. That’s really quite ridiculous, God is God, he is unchangeable and always has been and always will be, that’s simply the definition of God. This splitting mentality paints […]

It’s interesting to me how we approach the bible; most of us will choose a book or two that we like and read those a few times, few people take the time to read Scripture in its entirety, and so there is this sort of disconnect, like a CD skipping; but from Genesis to Revelation […]