The Veil of Unbelief II

Continuing from a previous post ‘The Veil of Unbelief’, M. Catherine Thomas wrote: The sobering message in these verses is not only people in general but also many Saints would be led by the precepts of men. This prophetic insight offers a compassionate...

* Exercise Confidence

Gene R. Cook wrote: I believe that many people are confident that the Lord’s will will be done and that the Lord can do anything, but they are not confident that the Lord will do it for them or that he wants to do it now. This lack of confidence in our ability...

“Housework”

From Joan B. MacDonald’s book ‘The Holiness of Everyday Life’ and continuing from a previous post ‘Balancing’ now addressing other needs for balance: Housework:  It has been my experience that housework presents a whole different set of...

* Real Love is a Personal Exchange

From Timothy Keller and his book ‘The Reason for God’: In the mid nineties, a Protestant denomination held a theological conference in which one speaker said, “I don’t think we need a theory of atonement at all; I don’t think we need...

Happy Like Jesus III

Happy Like Jesus III*  (continued from . . . .  Happy Like Jesus II    ) A powerful lesson comes from modern American history. Secretary of State George C. Marshall once told a discouraged staff, “Gentlemen, it is my experience [that] an enlisted man may have a...

* Two Kinds of Freedom (continued)

Continuing from Jerry Sittser, sharing from his book ‘the Will of God as a Way of Life’. . . . (‘Two Kinds of Freedom’ continued from December 19,2020): Jesus taught that if we wish to find true life, we must die to our sinful and selfish...

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