Monthly Archives: June 2016

Ancient Truth: Acts Updated

I finished reviewing and reformatting my Bible study notes on Acts. You can see them here. This one actually saw significant revision. I added a few historical details and found several places where the narrative was rather confusing. At any … Continue reading

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We Puzzle

Living heart-led doesn’t make you stupid, but a lot of folks might thinks so. People see that massive scar on my knee and the vestigial swelling and ask questions. Most of the time it ends up with silly questions about … Continue reading

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Settled

The City Council of OKC sent me a fat wad of papers to sign. As you might expect, it includes all the legal mumbo-jumbo for release of liability, etc. At any rate, they have agreed to pay what I asked. … Continue reading

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The Light You Have

Standard spiritual advice: Walk in the light you have. It’s the same as obeying your conscience as it speaks now so you can move farther along and train it to speak more accurately. If you aren’t faithful where you stand … Continue reading

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Worldly Benevolence

We’ve come to expect it from government aid agencies, but why would a church treat the needy with the same bureaucratic abuse as the they get from the rest of the world? It takes a special kind of moral resignation … Continue reading

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New and Ancient Normal

A clinical approach will give you clinical results with a utility approaching zero. Conditions permitting, I go out each morning and pick up solid waste (pollutants) around my apartment building. That it looks nicer without visible trash is just a … Continue reading

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Only What’s In Your Hands

I’m posting this late in the evening because I had to let it percolate into my soul all day before I knew what to say. This is an issue of biblical justice, not doctrine. Indeed, the whole thing rests squarely … Continue reading

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Psalm 105

This is the first of two historical songs. This one celebrates what God has done to establish Israel as a nation. These are the defining miracles that provide the core of Israel’s identity as God’s own people. This psalm offers … Continue reading

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Rattling My Own Cage

Sometimes I feel like I’m in a cage. My last visit to the cardiology clinic was a little unpleasant. The doctor was not my kind of guy at all, fussing about my preference for natural supplements and my resistance to … Continue reading

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FYI: Halfway Home

Don’t dance just yet, because it’s not a “done deal” as we say. I just wanted you to give thanks for what we have so far and pray it goes the rest of the way without trouble. The City attorney … Continue reading

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