It started with an internet search to find unusual Bible passages, but the information that appeared was unexpected. Not only were the verses displayed on some sites taken out of context, no consideration for the verses around them or the Bible as a whole, but Christ was depicted as mean-spirited ...
Read More »How to Find God in the Details
“I just don’t think we are meant to know,” sighed my friend. “It is just too much for us to understand.” Checking her watch, she excused herself for an afternoon meeting. As I finished my coffee, I pondered her statement. It is one I have heard before: God is beyond ...
Read More »The One True Institution That’s Too Big To Fail
“Too Big To Fail” That phrase became popular following the collapse of Lehman Brothers and other financial institutions in the U.S. The “too big to fail” theory: ” … asserts that certain corporations, particularly financial institutions, are so large and so interconnected that their failure would be disastrous to the ...
Read More »What Really Happened to Lot’s Wife?
The simple answer to what really happened to Lot’s wife is that she turned into a pillar of salt when she disobeyed the angels and looked back on the city of Sodom in its destruction—her city. Lot and his family, including his wife, had enjoyed the luxuries of Sodom. Their ...
Read More »Should Women be Ordained Pastors?
Have you ever stopped to notice that there are no ordained woman preachers in the Bible? Have you ever wondered why the twelve disciples were all males? “Do you believe women should be ordained pastors?” James Brown sings that “it’s a man’s world.” Many will strongly disagree with his claim, ...
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