Straddling the Issue

Elijah appealed to all the people and said, “How long will you straddle the issue?  If the Lord is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him.”  The people, however, did not answer him. Elijah taunted them: “Call louder, for he is a god and may be meditating, or may have retired, or may be on[read more]

Living Originally in an Unoriginal World

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love. 1 Peter 1:5-7 But those tenants said to one another, “This is the heir.  Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance[read more]

Attention and Responsibility

Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged!  The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior; he will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love.  He will sing joyfully because of you, as one sings at festivals. Zephaniah 3:17 In his book Existence and Love, the sociologist William Sadler[read more]