I recently overheard someone say that God needs us. I didn’t hear enough to get the context of it and why he believes this, but it’s not the first time I’ve read or heard this, and I’m sure it won’t be the last, either. Another way of asking this question is: Why did God createContinue reading “Does God Need Us?”
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What’s Wrong with Graven Images?
My dad was a pastor, and periodically, he would take ten weeks to take the congregation through the ten commandments. As a boy, I understood some of them better than others. One that I thought I had a decent understanding of was the second, which says this in Exodus 20:4-6 (NIV): “You shall not makeContinue reading “What’s Wrong with Graven Images?”
Resurrection Body Scars?
The question in the title is one that I had never thought of before. It came to my attention because of a book that a brother in Christ gave my wife and me a while back called Being God’s Image by Carmen Joy Imes. Her thesis is not simply that we are made in God’sContinue reading “Resurrection Body Scars?”
He’s Alive
In the mid-1980s, when I was a young believer, I heard a song called “He’s Alive” by Don Francisco. This song tells the story of Easter morning from the viewpoint of Peter, and as I drank in the story through the song, I cried and cried. Throughout my years as an ESL teacher (of adults),Continue reading “He’s Alive”
Do You Regret Having Kids?
Earlier this week, influencer Chappell Roan sparked a firestorm when she commented, “All of my friends who have kids are in hell. I don’t know anyone, I actually don’t know anyone who’s happy and has children, at this age [under 6]. I have not met anyone who’s happy, anyone who has light in their eyes,Continue reading “Do You Regret Having Kids?”