If you do not have a free will, then not only is your existence meaningless, you are without hope in this life and the next.
Read MoreResearch indicates babies show a clear preference for articles of clothing worn by their mothers, and within a few hours after birth, mothers can distinguish their child by its smell.
Read MoreGod values the freedom of your response far too much to diminish your volition with His power.
Read MoreI was visiting with a friend yesterday who said, “Humans are hardly predictable or dependable.” My friend is correct.
Read MoreNever has a rider ridden more straight and true. Dad’s coaching crescendo culminated with a scream, “Don’t look at the pole.”
Read MoreEverything you perceive had to have an origin. Its presence is dependent upon something greater than itself, holding it together, and retaining its consistency.
Read MoreGiven your freedom in Christ, you may live free in the power of the Spirit, walk with God each moment of every day, trust Him for each day’s concerns, and dedicate yourself to knowing God more fully. Or, you may not.
Read MoreGod initiated instead—loved me when unlovable, resistant to His overtures, suspicious of His every intent—and demonstrated His love.
Read MoreGod is inviting Isaiah to argue a moot point. That’s dumb. Irrational.
Read MoreKnowing God is not about explaining His paradoxes. To know Him is to understand that He is paradoxical.
Read MoreKevin demonstrated John to me. John demonstrated how to grasp the heart and heartbeat of Jesus.
Read MoreMaintain the two tracks in parallel, God sovereign and on His throne, man free to choose how he will live his life, and you have the potential for God and man in relationship.
Read MoreHardship is relative. What’s important is whether or not your soul seizes the godliness offered during the demand on your soul’s health.
Read MoreIt is no mistake that you live, and move, and have your being at this particular time in history.
Read MoreA rather violent storm was moving into our area, and as it arrived, it matched the hurricane in my head and heart. I remained on the patio as Dianne sheltered in our interior bath and the tornado sirens sounded.
Read MoreTo know Jesus is to know grace and truth. To encounter grace and truth is to encounter Jesus—and since Jesus is God incarnate, to know Jesus or encounter grace and truth is to know and engage with God.
Read MoreHere’s to my friend Linda, now departed, and the wonderful family she leaves behind, a family that has made me as much a member as if I were born into it.
Read MoreWhile you are going to work, making nutritious meals for the family, nurturing your friendships, and managing your stressed budget, entire armies of people are dedicated to foisting upon you the pettiness listed above.
Read MoreI don’t care what political stripe you have down your back, this heavy-handed behavior should absolutely horrify you!
Read MoreWhy this is occurring is, to quote our web guy, “Confusing.”
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