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There is little more than I would enjoy in this life than to have a perfect relationship with God’s creatures. I really want them to trust me and to see me as God’s representative, here on planet earth to protect them, provide when they have need, and be a conduit of God’s grace to them.…
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The next subject I’m planning to write about involves the ideal of a perfect creation. Why can’t we talk to animals and have them understand us? Why can’t we understand them? When will wild animals ever trust humans? Anyway… when I think of the subject, my memory is tuned to a story I read this…
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Author’s Note: This is the third part in a series on mankind’s search for the ideal — the perfect, the mature, the right. I m convinced that every human being, Christian or not, has at some depth a desire for things to “be right” in the world. This longing drives us to seek answers. Some…
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Illness is a part of the fallen condition mankind finds itself in. As part of the curse of Genesis 3 on Adam and Eve, physical death came to humankind and, I assume, sickness and pain. The ideal of fleshly immortality that God created in Eden disappeared and people have been coughing, wheezing, sneezing and itching…
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Lately I’ve been really longing for things in this world to be right. Have you ever felt the same? I believe that every human is in search of what is ideal. Nobody likes to be taken advantage of, to be wounded, to suffer personal loss. We all long internally for things to be right, and…
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This is a re-post of an article I wrote years ago on Mardi Gras and Lent. H0w familiar are you with the histories of these “holidays?” Today being Mardi Gras, why not refresh your memory of the who, what, when, where and why?
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Some trees are easy to identify by their fruit. Take orange trees, for example. An orange is… an orange. There just isn’t any fruit quite like it. Grapefruits are big, tangerines are small. But when those green orbs turn bright orange, there is no doubt about the fruit. Other trees are challenging.
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Folks, God’s word is true and science is not opposed to Scripture. In fact, it is shedding light on the events and persons of the Bible. Because the people and kingdoms were real, archaeology is uncovering evidence of their existence. Archaeology and science allows us to see how people lived, how they built things, how…
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I know some people who give a “Who cares?” about genealogy (and history in general). “They’re dead. I didn’t know ’em. Move on.” But researching history is not a static, cold exercise. Once you start learning things about someone, names jump off a page and they become real people. People who lived through history you…
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Wouldn’t be nice to one day be SO wealthy that all you have to do is call up your accountant and say, “Are the bills paid?” He’ll say, “Yes, sir. As always.” And you won’t even have to ask, “Is there any money left?” because you know that there is plenty! Isn’t that a great…
J.C. Newton 