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As the teacher drove on, I began to wonder about all the evil in the world. “Father, I don’t understand something. Where does evil come from in the first place? How could God allow it? I thought He was completely sovereign.”
“He is. Let me explain it this way: God cannot do evil … [Read more...]
In Matthew 5:21 Jesus says: "You have heard it said to the people long ago ‘Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment." Then, in verse 22 Jesus takes the commandment a step further when he says, "But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, Raca … [Read more...]
I was asked by a radio talk show host: "What makes your book so unique?"
I was stumped (not the first time). I had to think fast. "Well ... if you boil it down you could say it's Christian fiction with a purpose."
"Explain what … [Read more...]
Why would Jesus turn water into wine for his first miracle? And why did he object when his mother asked him to do something about the empty wine jars? She said to him, "They have no more wine." She was asking Jesus to fix the problem. It's important to understand the … [Read more...]
Satan is a crouching lion, overtly trying to win us over to the dark side. But he's also sneaky; sometimes, not so overt. He'd love nothing more than for us to think of him as an innocuous character, created by man. He uses all sorts of subtle ways for us to buy into this lie. Maybe I'm being overly sensitive about these devil mascots so many high … [Read more...]
Excerpt from The Rector ... Available on Amazon, Kindle, Kobo, Scribd, IngramSpark, and pretty much everywhere...
The next afternoon I went with the preacher to Parchman Penitentiary. On the drive there, Father Davidson handed me a book. “Turn to page seventy-four and read what I’ve underlined,” he said. “Read it … [Read more...]I was reading a Linked-In blog today and came across this interesting question someone had posted: "I am trying to understand the difference in belief and faith. I hope someone in this group can help me." Hundreds responded. The responses amazed me. They were all over the board. It is a wonderful, thought-provoking question to ask, … [Read more...]
You're on a train from Turin to Milan, Italy. It's a short trip, only forty-four minutes. Fifteen minutes from the Turin station the conductor makes a calm announcement: "Onorevoli colleghi, c'è stata un'esplosione chimica in Narvaro, trenta mintui di distanza. Si può sia rimanere su questo treno e prendere le tue possibilità, o passare ad un altro treno … [Read more...]
Many writers and philosophers say wisdom includes a multitude of traits—compassion, humility, ability to see the big picture, to put things in perspective, to see things from many points of view, and on and on.(http://ow.ly/poo2g).
Plato claimed that wisdom is one of the 4 cardinal virtues (justice, temperance, and courage being the … [Read more...]
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None of us if perfect, but some of us will be.
In the history of mankind, there have been only three who were perfect. Jesus, of course, was without sin. Perfect. But so were Adam and Eve. Well, “perfect” until the day they decided to replace God with … [Read more...]
The Actress, the 2nd book in the Solo series is a treat for Christians who love mysteries
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