Many Christians including myself have gotten stuck in their own world and did not even know it. Sin is just this insidious. We feel like good Christians, but actually we are stuck in our own world. To explain, let me tell the first of three stories of Christians I know of – a married guy, a divorced woman, and myself. First the Story of the Married Guy Stuck in His Own World A passionate Christian guy who worked for me …
My topic today is that Dads are important to a family. Without a good view of what a father is, few of us can see God well. I see people we minister to here struggle with seeing God well due to broken relationships with their father. My own relationship with God and my kids is still harmed by the example of father I got from my Dad. In my family, I tend to encourage kids to climb the mountain and …
Christian marriage is a big topic. Lots is written. I still see gaps. Let me tell you what I see. First, at the end of Cinderella and such children’s books, it says. “she got married and lived happily every after.” When I read these books to my kids, I would say “she got married and though marriage is a lot of work, they lived happily ever after.” If we see finding our mate as the end, we are doomed. So …
Who to marry is a critical question in the Christian life. Let me tell a story or two. Moving to China in 1991 for God progressively gave me a bigger picture than American Christianity. In that way God blessed by getting me to commit to help Christianity in China. One thing I saw was differences in dating and marriage. Chinese people see life as an endless struggle. As such, marriage in Atheist China was dictated by economics. First parents chose …
Better Thought on Woman Caught in Adultery can help us know God better. Let’s look more closely at what uis also called, the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11). Why did Jesus not have the woman caught in adultery stoned? (For discussion on if this passage is Biblical, see Two Doubtful New Testament Passages.) Mercy? Jesus never went against anything in the Old Testament. Jesus was without sin. Deuteronomy 22:22 says: If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both …
