Archive for December, 2004
We all dream of what could be. We want to live in a perfect world we have created in our minds. This perfect world can be called a Vision of a preferred future. When the Israelites returned from captivity and came to the land of Cannan they had a vision of a preferred future. This [...]
We make choices each and every day. We have the ability to freely make any choice we would like (sure there are deeply rooted societal and psychological restraints, but in the end we can go beyond them). Of course, with each choice is consequence. In Ezekiel 18, God makes it clear that we will reap [...]
Ezekiel 16 discusses how the Israelites are a dispised people. Part of me would like to write a ranting review of the people and nations of this world and how they have treated the nation of Israel and Jews horribly. However, the Word of God clearly tells the Jewish people that they will suffer strife [...]
In Isaiah God is talking about the judgment he will bring upon all nations for their wicked ways. However (as usual) he provides a way for the righteous to be free from this judgment. Isaiah 35 talkes about a road that will be available to the righteous that will have no dangers on it. It [...]
We all deserve to be judged and rather harshly at that. Even those who do not believe in the judgment of God, do have to agree they have made so many bad mistakes they deserve to be judged. In fact, I think this is one of the things that makes Jesus so amazing. Here we [...]
It is human nature to want to rely on ourselves. It is human nature to want to rely on military might, economic growth or human power structures. It is God’s nature to tell us and show us how truly fragile these things are. As a Christ-follower, I need to always remember to put my trust [...]
1 Peter is often reviled by women because of passages that talk about women being subservient to their husbands. However, this is being taken out of context both by those who use it to subjugate women and women who use it to say the Bible is sexist. However, the whole passage relates to helping your [...]
We live in a world filled with “spirituality” and “religiosity”, but a world largely without faith. People want to say they are spiritual, but they define this in so many nebulous and self-centered ways that there is not true spiritual growth involved in it. It is much more about making oneself feel better than it [...]
We live in a world filled with “spirituality” and “religiosity”, but a world largely without faith. People want to say they are spiritual, but they define this in so many nebulous and self-centered ways that there is not true spiritual growth involved in it. It is much more about making oneself feel better than it [...]
The book of Lamentation talks about how the world did not think that Israel would fall to the might of other nations. Israel was a mighty nation ruling from “Dan to Berthsheba.” However, Israel did fall and became subject to other nations. The Lord used these other nations to teach Israel the lesson of obedience [...]
