To be judged is to be told you are at fault and that you are “wrong”. This is something no one enjoys.
Tag Archives: God
The Church – a Hospital for Sinners?
The Church is God’s Place for the healing of the broken hearted, not a weekend performance.
What Happened to Lazarus?
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?
We Need and Have a Better Hope
Hope is an important word, with an important meaning behind it. When I was in counselor training, one of the worst problems you would ever find was a lack of hope. When people have lost hope, then it impacts their capability to deal with all their problems, no matter the severity. Hope allows us to come back from terrible tragedies. It allows sport’s teams to pull off incredible upsets. Hope can provide a path out of some very dark places.
Friends of God
Religions often keep people distant from God, but God has something better planned for you.
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.
Don’t “Other” One Another
Why don’t we practice the Biblical “one another” commands in the modern church?
Calvinball and the Art of Changing the Rules
Who here has played Calvinball, or its equivalent? This is the famous game played by Calvin and Hobbes where they constantly change the rules. Playing a game where the only rule is who can change the rules to their advantage can seem fun at first, but in time, it really becomes exhausting. If you have ever played games with a grade school boy, you might have experienced this and it can be difficult to keep up.
The Dead End of Trespassing in Other People’s Offenses
Are you trapped by an unforgiven offense? It can be even worse when it isn’t your own.
Help My Unbelief
Despite all of that truth, which we have been exposed to over and over, many of us would be right to echo the words of this father in response to Jesus, “I believe; help my unbelief!” (9:24b:ESV) When we come to Christ in faith and join His Kingdom, we do believe. The Gospel means accepting the miracle of who Christ is, what He has done and what that means for us. We believe in that truth and we move forward in our life with Christ, hopefully growing in Him along the way. And yet, we don’t believe. We are sometimes afraid to pray for God to act in our lives and the lives of others. We are challenged with the doubt of a God that might not be big enough to provide for the circumstances that we find ourselves in.
Seeing God 