Category: DEVOTION

WHAT SHOULD MUSIC IN THE CHURCH SOUND LIKE?

There’s been a lot of debate in recent decades over what music, or the worship in church should sound like, but it seems that what's known as the "contemporary" style of worship has pretty much triumphed over hymns in most evangelical churches. I here offer my viewpoint, for what it's worth, and a suggested fix … Continue reading WHAT SHOULD MUSIC IN THE CHURCH SOUND LIKE?

HOW TO BUILD A REAL AND LASTING YOU

HOW TO BUILD A REAL AND LASTING YOU

Who's read C.S.Lewis' book, "The Great Divorce"? In this stimulating novel Lewis sees some people who make it to heaven as being brilliant, vibrant beings, shining as the sun. Others are portrayed as just feint wisps: dim, almost ghost-like forms-the difference being due to the way they had lived their lives on the earth... Please … Continue reading HOW TO BUILD A REAL AND LASTING YOU

HOW AMAZING IS GOD?

HOW AMAZING IS GOD?

How amazing is God? Nobody this side of heaven knows for sure. But one thing we can know is that no created entity is more amazing than its creator... I halted the business of my day yesterday for just a few minutes-just long enough to look into the stunning blue sky, where brilliant cumulus clouds … Continue reading HOW AMAZING IS GOD?

WHAT GOD WANTS

Watching the news; observing people and the affairs of humanity; looking in the mirror and thinking of what I've done with my own life, I had to ask my God why He would care at all about the human race... "What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that … Continue reading WHAT GOD WANTS

TROUBLE

TROUBLE

"Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward", observed Solomon. Sometimes, perhaps often, we all feel the same way about life... More recently, Bob Dylan wrote in his song "Trouble" Trouble in the water, trouble in the air Go all the way to the other side of the world, you’ll find trouble … Continue reading TROUBLE