If God were King # 10… We Would Treat Government His Way
Bear in mind: neither earthly families nor government will exist in heaven. So what we are discussing concerns bringing heaven’s values into a fallen creation. Whenever creation is ultimately redeemed, government and family will not ascend into heaven.
violence & my Lord: what did Jesus’ apostles do?
Four questions now come to my mind:
- How could I have missed this crystal clear example for so long in my walk with the Christ?
- Isn’t it easy to see the Christ himself continuing to engage this violent world with peace and non-violence, doing so now through these men, his apostles?
- Wouldn’t our vision of the Prince of Peace be blurred and distorted, fogged and perverted, had the apostles responded to the use of physical force levied against them with physical force, or violent words, in response?
- How might our world be different today if every Christian since the apostles responded to violence the way Jesus Christ and his apostles responded to violence?
God At Work #1: God is at Work
There are a lot of reasons why I care about this so much, but here’s the main one. We’ve been given a theology that says that where God really is, where he’s really active at is at church. We’ve divided up our world into the sacred and the secular.
But take heart plumbers and poets, bankers and mechanics, because that’s not the Christian Story.
God is at work.
Mental Health Problems More Common Among ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’
Spiritual but not religious? If so, you may be more likely to suffer from mental health issues.
According to a study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, people who identify as “spiritual but not religious” are more prone to suffer mental disorders than either those who employ a religious framework or those who are neither religious nor spiritual.
My New Year’s resolution for 2013?
To cut myself some slack on all the things I can’t seem to follow through on. All the things I’d like to change about myself but haven’t gotten there yet.
To be resolved that every day is the New Year. With all kinds of possibilities.
To get back up and try again. Every day. Sometimes many times a day.
With all the Grace and Power of the universe at my disposal.
Marco Rubio: Riding to the Immigration Rescue
Mr. Rubio would ease the way for skilled engineers and seasonal farm workers while strengthening border enforcement and immigration laws. As for the undocumented migrants in America today—eight to 12 million or so—he proposes to let them “earn” a working permit and, one day, citizenship.
‘Stand closer to the rhino’ results in grave wound
The Beeld newspaper reported Tuesday that Chantal Beyer said the game park owner snapped pictures and suggested that she “stand just a little bit closer” seconds before the attack. Photos show Beyer and her husband only feet away from two rhinos.