Intangibles are not qualities that can be timed, measured, or weighed. In pro football it’s the intangibles that mark the difference between players. Two quarterbacks can have equally strong stats, but a player’s character, things like his work ethic, his leadership capabilities, his mental capital, confidence, responsibility, and his personal faith all play an amazingly …
Category: Just Thinking
Tolerance can lead to Intolerance
Demand tolerance toward immorality on any level and soon biblical truth will not be tolerated; the message of tolerance morphs into hostility and intolerance towards Christianity, then we will be forced to be tolerant. Aggressive hostility toward the truth will come when we cannot call wrongdoing sin!
Social Conventions and The Gospel
Is it true that much of the Christian Church's success was derived from social convention rather than inherent human need for Christ, a savior? Many believe so. That a small town doctor might attend church to appear socially straight is not uncommon. That a student might attend youth group to meet, even prospect for dates …
“All the wit th…
All the wit that we have gathered by observation and experience will not supply us with sufficiency of common sense, if we turn away from God. Charles Spurgeon
Are Guns Going To Hell?
Are Guns going to Hell? Oh Lord, act for thy name’s sake. Truly, have our creations sinned against Thee? Surely you will call their sins to account. Those rebellious Guns, with smoke in their barrels, deceived by the evil one, they have disobeyed you! And now they are following their own thoughts, their own ways. …
How do you love?
Do you love your neighbor? What does it look like to love? Do you love like Jesus loved? Look at me, look carefully. Listen to me, listen carefully. Watch me, observe my ways. Is there something worth loving in me? What if I’m not a “good” person? I lie, I steel, and I lust. Maybe …
Gifted and Worthless
We all know someone gifted and talented, destined to be great they are. Usually a huge vocabulary is associated with such a person. Their knowledge about certain things is exceptional. They can be great writers, musicians, academics, athletes, public speakers or simply great thinker’s. They captivate our desire to be just like them. But why …
Family Guy – Corrupting Influences
Obscene and filthy conversation prevails everywhere in society. So universal is this that almost every Christian finds common conversation corrupt and defiling. Especially contaminating is the media. For example, obscene and offensive cartoons like Family Guy are training our children to disrespect themselves and others. “Speech is an invaluable gift; a blessing of inestimable worth,” …
The Plain of Faith
Few care to listen to those who come late to the party of internet discussions. The topic tempts passions only for a moment, days at best. Come late to the thread and nobody cares; the thread is dead, only to be revived once again in another context, another drama. It seems little is ever learned …
Reaching Out
When was the last time you invited the uncool, the not so perfect, the lost to your house for dinner? You know who I mean. The guy who smokes or the one with the weight problem. Worse yet maybe he does not belong to your social class. He could be richer or poorer than you, for one reason …
