• The Grace of God in Creation

    As I sit here at my table, drinking tea and watching the neighborhood birds through the window, I wanted to drop a quick thought on the subject of grace and creation. In Genesis 2, God gave Adam (and eventually Eve) care over His other creatures — a cool vice-regency role that believers in God should

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  • In Search of the Ideal, Part 5: Love & Company

    Humans were not made to be alone, a lesson learned from Eden. We need other people. For Christians, this need is double. We not only need the social fellowship but we need the spiritual support. Humans partner up for a reason, and this reason is support.

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  • In Search of the Ideal, Part 4: Of Birds & Men (Creation)

    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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  • In Search of the Ideal Extra: Preaching to Birds

    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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