Tag: God

  • Our human arrogance

    We treat God like HE is the One on trial. As skeptics, we come and demand something of God. We ASK of God. “If you’re such a ‘good God,’ why then…” But our arrogance is a problem. We forget something key: God has some questions for us. We just don’t like this impolite God, so we make one in our…

  • Simeon and Anna — Waiting on God

    When I was in college one of my professors told of a missions teaching trip he had made to India. Near where he was staying were several small caves where those following Hinduism would go for silence and prayer. He decided to hike into that area one day and out of curiosity found a cave and began to make his…

  • Two Great Words: Fear and Hate

    It is incredibly interesting that two words we try to avoid and “correct” in our world are fear and hate. Yet, in the Bible, they are words that have a different meaning in a different context. 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Prov. 1:7, NIV) 10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of…