What happened to Lazarus? He is the center figure (other than Jesus), in one of the most significant, well-known stories in the Bible. But what happened after he was brought back to life?
Category Archives: Gospel
The Danger of Distance
Why do I think I can solve the world’s problems when I won’t even try to solve the problems in my community.
Steal Away Home – Book Review
Steal Away Home tells the remarkable story of a slave, Thomas Johnson, who first heard of Charles Spurgeon when he was forced by his master to throw Mr. Spurgeon’s anti-slavery writings into a raging bonfire, created entirely of Spurgeon’s writings.
No Community
This is not a post primarily about Covid, lockdowns and political decisions. It is a post about the impact of those decisions and others on a society. One definition of a society is “The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals.” There are a couple of key words in that definition,Continue reading “No Community”
Friends of God
Religions often keep people distant from God, but God has something better planned for you.
Living in a Broken World
We live in a world that appears broken and damaged. Why is it that way and what can we do about it?
The Truth Will Set You Free
Truth is freeing, but how do we find the truth in the complex world that we live in?
Dreams Dashed
Life changes, we change and our dreams change. That is a normal part of this existence. If you can’t find the hope today that doesn’t mean there won’t be hope tomorrow.
After Christmas – The In-between
So, here we are, after Christmas, but before Easter. After salvation, but before heaven. We have the Good News that Christ is born. We have the truth of His salvation, but we live in the reality of our daily lives. Living every day in this in-between place of a fallen world and yet desiring so much for everything to be made right and just and true.
The Best News!
The Christmas story is essential, but hearing it over and over again can cause us to miss the truth of the Good News that is contained in the story.