According to Ephesians 1:15-19, Paul prayed for the Ephesian Christians that they, and we, would have the eyes of our hearts enlightened to be able to have God’s work done in our lives (read previous post “Do You See?”). He mentioned three specific things: the hope of God’s calling, the greatness of God’s involvement with […]
WAYS AND MEANS OF CHRISTIANS RESPONDING TO “OPPONENTS”
(IMAGE: ONE WAY JESUS by tataijucc at deviantart.com) Two separate news articles recently caught my attention. The subjects were different, but both were about Christians responding to people and situations with which they disagreed. The first article was about a pub in Australia called Mary’s Newtown. Shortly before Easter the pub posted a picture on […]
Do you see?
What do you see: ISAWABUNDANCEONTHETABLE Do you see: I SAW ABUNDANCE ON THE TABLE Or do you see: I SAW A BUN DANCE ON THE TABLE God wants you and me to see, understand, actually live the things he does. We can experience the abundant life Jesus offers by seeing and applying his intentions for […]
Life on other planets
A WHACK-A-MOLE ARTICLE (SUBJECTS THAT JUST POP UP IN MY HEAD) The search for the presence of life on other planets is a large and interesting enterprise (https://www.seti.org/). Really interesting is the idea of sentient life, perhaps as advanced or more advanced than humans on Earth. Of course, there are people who believe there’s no […]
Spiritized
Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” How much life do you want? How much of that life? Answer by answering another question: how much God do you want? Jesus announced, “I am the life” (John 14:6) and prayed, “This is eternal life, that they may know You the […]