Meditations on Hebrews, pt 3

I'm kind of stuck in Hebrews 2. I want to move on, but I keep going back to it over and over because I keep seeing something in it that captivates my attention. Today what caught my attention is not so much a 'what' as a 'who.' It's Jesus, of course. Today I noticed something…

Jesus Undoes Death

Jesus Undoes DeathGenesis 5, Luke 6 Something that has always bothered me about the daily paper is the obituaries. I understand why the obituaries exist, but I have not so much a fascination with them. Some people make a habit of reading the obituaries—its like it’s part of their religion and if they don’t read…

Sermon Manuscripts: The Dangerous God

Friends, I finally managed to find my CD copies of my manuscripts from The Dangerous God sermon series of which I have posted a couple of the mp3’s here. I will be posting more of the mp3’s, but for now I would like to provide you with the sermon manuscripts. These sermons are filled with…

Endangered Species #11

Friends, I happened to be visiting Live-Science.com this evening and I came across an interesting article titled 10 Species You Can Kiss Goodbye. It is a picture essay listing ten different animals that are considered ‘endangered’ by someone who is, evidently, an expert. Doing my part to spread this disturbing news, I will here list…

Never Let Go

Friends, I have to be away from the blog for several days. This past week I have been at my in-laws. We were able to be together for the last four days of my brother-in-law’s life. Bobby was 30 and died from a brain tumor. He died Saturday evening around 7:30 or so. This morning we…

Reflections on Envy

Friends, I have written a post at my other blog A Pastor’s Prayer Journey on the subject of Silence and Envy. These are reflections on the recent death of an acquaintence of mine. If you are interested, here’s the link: It’s My Silence You Detest: Reflections on Envy. Thanks, jerry

A Helpful Scientific Study…A Flawed Conclusion

Friends, I have been ripping on science a lot today. I feel bad about that. So, to make amends, a little, I offer this helpful article from Science: Lonliness is in the Genes: I think there is actually something to this. If you think about it, this has its roots in the very sin that…

What My Friend, Jon, the Evolatheist said, pt. 2

Friends, I have posted one thought already about evolution providing us no hope for the future because it establishes in us no purpose in the present. (I’ll say more about this below as I discuss how death is the prevailing experience in this world in general and Darwinism in particular.) Sadly, I think this has done more to ruin…

To My Evolutionary Friends

Friends, I have been enduring the mindless gibberish of a couple of my atheistic, evolutionary friends lately. They continue to visit my blog even though they are quite aware of the fact that I’m not about to give any credence to the theory of evolution. So, since our conversation has been taking place on a…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 55: John 11:28-37: Jesus Hates Death

John 11:28-37   28And after she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 54: John 11:17-27: Jesus, The Resurrection and the Life

John 11:17-27 17On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to…

A Thought on Death

“Hence the real point of death is no longer parting from, but home-going to. As death is deprived of its sting and poison, as it is no longer a personal fulfillment of God’s wrath, it is only a biological mask that has no bearing on fellowship with the risen Lord.”–Helmut Thielicke, Living With Death