Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Henry David Thoreau
It’s not often I use a secular quotation on this blog, but this one has been on my mind. As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, there is a strong feeling of separation from God during […]
As I said in a previous post, I’m not a big believer in man-made global warming. However, I’m not inclined to believe what criminals claim they found in “original” e-mails to refute man-made global warming either. If someone can justify breaking the law to steal private information, then I assume they also can […]
As I was working through Jeremiah, I came across this verse:
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
Looking up the word “heart” in the Book of Matthew alone, I found these verses, every one of which contains a quotation of […]
This is a false dichotomy. Judgment is not mutually exclusive from love. I’ve heard the expression that the only thing worse than hate is apathy - because even to hate somebody, you still have to care about them in some respect.
Love means deeply caring about someone’s welfare. As a father who loves his kids, […]
This was a nice quick read. I thought the discussion on how TULIP applies to soteriology (the theology of salvation) was helpful. However, the most useful part of the book was probably at the end, where the point is made that God is love, first and foremost. Sharing a gospel of judgment without love […]