archive: Theology

Years ago, someone bought a bunch of billboards on the interstate we often travel. With no reference to a company or a cause, they simply said… “There is no heavier burden than a great opportunity.” Obviously that struck me. What is my ‘heavy burden’? I don’t want to miss out on my great opportunity. What [...]

Suppose there was a king….a good king…who ruled over his land with both justice and mercy. Everyone knew him to be a good-hearted king, but he was strong on people who didn’t respect each other. His view of the law was that it was to protect everyone from everyone, and to reflect well on him [...]

O.K., this is going to be frustrating. But it is true. We can’t know, like completely and totally know what’s real, until we die. That’s why it’s called faith. We have to “park” what we don’t know and not let those issues derail us. Peace comes from resolving what you can know and what you [...]

We’ve spent a ton of time talking to church leaders from all over the country about mentoring. The recurring theme is that men who will take the time to invest in younger men are rare. Very rare. Why is this? I didn’t set out on a mission to answer this question, but I think I [...]

“God is great, God is good. Let us thank Him for our food.” Maybe the secret to surviving tough things in life is hidden in the middle of this children’s blessing. God is good. I recently had a little health scare. It seems little today, but it was pretty big a couple of days ago. [...]

So when does God intervene in our circumstances?  Can we inspire Him to intervene through desperate prayer? Why is it we pray and pray for an outcome only to have it go the complete other direction? Short answer – I don’t know. Long answer – Here’s my best shot…6 points. 1. Perspective - God sees everything in [...]

We’re Christians because we have faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That seems sort of easy to have faith in when it was 2000 years ago and didn’t cause us any personal pain. What’s hard is to have faith when God allows a man to get hit by a car while [...]

Years ago, I read where Patrick Morley was visiting with an elderly “saint-of-a-woman” he knew. He wanted to pose a question only a saint could answer, so he asked her to explain Romans 8:28.  “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called [...]

“The one human quality you can always depend on is selfish interest.”  The first time I heard that I bristled. “Wow, what a nasty outlook on people. Are we really that bad?” Then the real question. . . “Am I really that way?” The answer is yes, I am. And you are too. And what’s [...]