The apostles pleaded with the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’ (Luke 17:5). This morning, I read a beautiful analogy: faith as an underground stream, always flowing to nourish us when our bodies, hearts, or souls grow weary. Last Wednesday, after the election results were announced, my children called, their voices filled with fear. ‘Dad,’ they asked,…
Sadness of the Zoo
We are moving into a period of bewilderment, a curious moment in which people find light in the midst of despair, and vertigo at the summit of their hopes. It is a religious moment also, and here is the danger. People will want to obey the voice of Authority, and many strange constructs of just…
At War With The Holy Spirit
Stephen’s scathing indictment, “You always resist the Holy Spirit!” (Acts 7:52), echoes through the ages, a timeless condemnation of those who deliberately oppose God’s influence. His words weren’t merely directed at the Sanhedrin; they were a broader condemnation of humanity’s persistent rebellion against the Spirit of God. Jesus, the ultimate manifestation of God’s love and…
Eleventh Hour
History echoes with the solemn significance of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was on this fateful day in 1918 that the Armistice was signed, bringing an end to the Great War, a conflict that ravaged nations and claimed the lives of millions. The biblical reference to the eleventh…
Wrathful God versus Loving God
When I read the Hebrew Scriptures I read about a God who at times is vengeful and willing to punish. Since Jesus showed up, one never reads about a vengeful God in the New Testament until we get to Revelations. We may wonder why bad things happen to good people, but we never think of…