Tag: Will

• God is Always Behind the Scenes.

  As I read Isaiah 45:1-13, there is one, single, consistent, mind-numbing, eternity-changing, thought: God equips, empowers, and energizes even those who do not know him as Lord and Savior in order to accomplish his majestic purposes. I ask, “Why does he do this?” The answer comes in verses 5-6: So that everyone, from east to […]

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  September 12, 2010

  Life

• Happy Twenty10

  My apologies for the laziness with blogging lately.  I really have no excuse. I get married in less than two weeks, and the last six have been a whirlwind.  God has taught me more than I could ask for since being home from South Africa.  As always, he is continually revealing the dark parts of […]

  January 3, 2010

  Life

• More Thoughts on Loving and Liking

  I wanted to clarify a few things from my last post.  Here are four things that I do not mean when I say that loving and liking someone is the same thing: I don’t mean that you have to be buddy-buddy with every person.  There is a way to be gentle, respectful, kind, truthful, and […]

  October 13, 2009

  Life

• “I’m Called To Love Them, But I Don’t Have to Like Them!”

  Have you ever heard a Christian say this?  I’ve not only heard it, but said it many times. Yesterday, talking about Barack Obama, a friend told me that they love Obama but don’t like him.  (By the way, this was right before he called Obama a “self aggrandizing, arrogant socialist…who is a piss-poor leader.”) Sometimes […]

  October 13, 2009

  Life

• The Lord Will Provide

  By John Newton and William Cowper Though troubles assail, And dangers affright; Though friends should all fail, And foes all unite, Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide: The Scripture assures us, “The Lord will provide.” The birds, without barn Or storehouse, are fed; From them let us learn To trust for our bread; His […]

  March 3, 2009

  Theology