Our newest, furry addition underwent surgery for several issues last week. We brought Kai home from the vet sporting his cone of shame and with a lot of pain medication. When the pain meds ran out, he was a wreck, finding ways to scrape his wounds and lick them, even while still sporting his cone. …
The Heart of Confession: The Third Step of Prayer
One of the strongest indicators of God’s existence is the consistent sense of morality found in the hearts of men from every culture, tribe, and nation. Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican priest and philosopher from the thirteenth century, introduced this moral argument as an observation to consider. He noted that men compare values and goodness in …
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Radical Reconciliation Before Worship
Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 1 Corinthians 6:7b Joni Eareckson Tada, who has spent more than fifty years in a wheelchair after a diving accident, often reminds her listeners, “God allows what He hates to accomplish what He loves.” While she refers to …
Looking for Redemption
Advent Day #18 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple,even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in:behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 3:1 And she coming in that instant gave thanks …
A Song of Warning
The beauty of reading history is that we can see how other’s choices went for them over the course of time. In every account of man’s rebellion against God and His law, the common denominator is destruction to them and to others. Rebellion against God has never ended well, ever. Bow now or bow later, …
The Song of the Interceder
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. There is nothing much darker in life than a parent’s broken heart over a prodigal. Broken hearts need not be limited to parents, however. It could …
His Song in the Night 