"Paranoia strikes deep ... Into your life it will creep ... It starts when you’re always afraid ... Step out of line, the men come and take you away!" (Stephen Stills, 1966) Franklin Graham says, “I appreciate the fact that the president does have a concern for Christian values,” said, “he does have a concern to protect …
What God is Like (Musings on the character of God) #10
He’s a lover… Of all the ways to describe what God is like, this is the most legendary. He loved the world enough to send his Son, he loved us while we were still sinners, he loves us in our state of paltry sanctification. How great is the vast and fearless love of God! His …
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THE ANTIPHONAL SONG (God’s agape received, reciprocated, and reflected) part 1
If anyone obeys his Word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2:5 If we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 1 John …
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Treating Timidity (part seven)
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, …