Entries Tagged as ‘Character of God’

May 21, 2009

Meek and Humble Christians, What a Concept!

At times I grow weary of the way Christians posture themselves with one another.  
Sometimes it seems to me that the main objective of evangelicalism has degraded to being all about “correctness.”
Rather than shining forth the characteristics of Christ and being a beacon of love, peace, mercy and humility to each other and to a hurting world; I [...]

May 16, 2009

Making a Believing Preparation for the Divine Blessing

 
A Word For Today
From Morning and Evening
by C.H. Spurgeon
Entry May 16th Evening Verse
 
“And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and [...]

April 12, 2009

Happy Resurrection Day!

April 10, 2009

Christ’s Death the Ultimate Expression of the Love of God

God proved his love on the cross.

When Christ hung, and bled, and died it was God
saying to the world—I love you.  Billy Graham
 
God sat in silence while the sins of the world were placed upon his Son. Was it right?
No. Was it fair? No. Was it love? Yes. In a world of injustice, [...]

April 6, 2009

Pray That They Might Follow Jesus Despite the Fray.

According to Dictionary.com the definition of fray is:
 
1. a fight, battle, or skirmish
2. a noisy quarrel or brawl.
 

Today for better or for worse those who are choosing to come to Jesus in America must do so in the midst of a spiritual fray.
 
With heightening societal opposition it is no longer as [...]

March 26, 2009

Finding Refuge

Today, here in my home town, we are enduring a typical early spring March blizzard. 
 
 
 
And for fortunate people like me who work inside it has provided an unusual opportunity to experience finding refuge. 
 
Those of us lucky enough to be able to hunker down and enjoy viewing the snow from our cozy nests have [...]

March 9, 2009

The World Needs Jesus

This must be my week for videos.  My friend E-runner over at More Than Coping which is also a wordpress blog posted this short clip based on a Jesus Movement of the 70’s song.
The song is by Malcolm and Alwyn two British friends of mine who were comrades of Tom and myself during some pretty wonderful [...]

February 23, 2009

Jesus is all about relationship–Are you willing to go there?

Making contact with God and maintaining a meaningful relationship with Him is at the very heart of what it means to be a Christian. The primary purpose for Jesus’ mission to this planet was to pay the way for reconciliation of relationship between God and humankind.  The capability of people to make unhindered and lasting [...]