(This is a devotional piece inspired by a talk that Louie gave at Thirsty on the night that we had communion. The substance of the talk was that communion is the Lord’s feast, and that at the Lord’s feast there is nothing for us to do except sit down and let Him wait on us. [...]
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Sit Down
Posted in Devotions on May 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Blogging About Salt
Posted in Devotions, Diatribes on February 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You are the salt of the earth.
–Matthew 5:13
I love salt, and I am sure many of you do as well. In our day and age, we love salt mainly because it adds flavor to our food. But in the time of Jesus, salt was loved for an entirely different reason: it was a preservative. Salt [...]
Time for a Gut Check
Posted in Devotions on January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OK, it’s time for a gut check.
This week our pastor said that everyone wants to be known for something. That’s right. Even if you think you don’t want to be known for anything, you’re still not off the hook, because that means you want to be known for not caring what others think about you.
So [...]
If You Give a Homeless Person a Quarter…
Posted in Devotions on January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
People have differing views on whether or not to give money to homeless people who beg on the street. Many object on the grounds that these people may be “professional” panhandlers who make a killing with the money that they collect by begging, or that they may be drug/alcohol addicts who would simply use the [...]
Do We Really Want to Hear from God?
Posted in Devotions on August 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.” (Exodus 20:18-19)
The Israelites had [...]
If It Had Been Me in the Garden That Day, Would I Have Done Any Better?
Posted in Devotions on June 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
It is not uncommon for Christians to lament the Fall and its effects upon our world, saying things such as, “Why should I have to bear the curse of sin for something that someone else did several thousand years ago? If it had been me in the Garden that day, I would never have eaten [...]
Compassion vs Admiration
Posted in Devotions, The Vault on May 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
(originally written in February 2003)
While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this [...]
Duty and Obligation
Posted in Devotions, The Vault on May 5, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
(originally written in May 2001)
Duty is the moral necessity to perform certain actions for no reason other than obedience to some outside authority, without regard to any personal goal, motive, desire, or interest. This is not to be confused with the concept of obligation, which is the moral necessity to perform certain actions in order [...]
The Grace of God
Posted in Devotions, The Vault on May 2, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
(originally written in August 2001)
God’s grace is an overflow resulting from the very nature of who and what He is. None of us is properly adapted to survive in God’s world. Left to our own devices, we would perish in our hopeless ineptitude. God has provided eternal life, that is, the resources to survive in [...]
