Author | Vagabond Preacher | Lover of the Poor | Grandpa
[If you haven't read Part 1, I advise you to a take a few minutes to do so before reading on...] The second problematic tendency is the opposite of the first. Instead of disrespecting our brothers and sisters of another ilk, we respect them so much that we justify our weak points. We assume that …
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Major League Baseball pundits drool over the “five-tool player” who can run like the wind, throw like a rocket launcher, hit for average like a machine, hit for power like Superman, and catch the ball like flypaper. OK, all that “like a” stuff I made up, but you get the point – to be a …
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When I decided to follow Jesus I immediately joined a church that was associated with a certain denomination, a year later I went to that denomination’s nearest Bible College, and over the next thirty-plus years I went on to plant and pastor three churches under that same movement’s covering. I have no beef with my …
[This is the 2nd of two Addenda and final post of the essay: What God is Like (Musings about the character of God) which is located in its entirety elsewhere.] The fundamental mistake is to begin with ourselves and not God. God is the center from which all life develops. If we use our ego …
[This is the first of two Addenda to the essay on "What God is Like."] God is not made of clay. We don’t get to mold him into whatever form pleases us. We get our information about him primarily from the Bible – at least I do – and I am convinced that the data …
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