Can we be wholly dependent and valuable at the same time? Let us chart that over the next half million years or at least this lifetime. I track family history and see that really our lives are just a puff and then we are gone. Yet, in each of us is the desire for something more and something unending. God made us for the garden of Eden. Adam and Eve were in perfect dependence on God and decided they wanted …
We all know that expectation of harm is worse than the real thing. Jesus said not to worry and that God would take care of us, but expectations are tough. They are often the worst part. Beyond that we often do not know how much is in us in the suffering. God made us much stronger than we think. Let me tell you a story. Expectation of Harm is Worse by Far I moved to poor nearly starving China in …
We preach Christ crucified. It is extraordinarily strange. Cruel execution as a criminal for the One we say is God is complete nonsense to the world. For example, Muhammad wrote in the Koran that Jesus did not die on the cross. Muslims cannot bear the Christian claim that God’s chosen one died and in that way. Neither can we actually. We know why Jesus is there and have a hard time seeing our sin just like that. Historians believe Jesus …
Christmas is exciting, light, soft, and happy. It is not surprising that Easter gets less press. Easter is heavy and often so heavy. We like light happy meaningful Christmas. Easter is the main thing though. Did God want us to only feel heavy here? Easter often is like lessons on how bad it is to die on a cross which is true. There are no funny things here. So people developed the friendly Easter bunny. However, I need not just …
