Peter Kreeft (Quoted by Russell Moore in Adopted for Life, 144): If one Egyptian tailor hadn’t cheated on the threads of Joseph’s mantle, Potiphar’s wife would never have been able to tear it, present it as evidence to Potiphar that…
Facing Some “Orcs” in an Adventure You Didn’t Ask For? Persevere.
Maybe you’re facing some ugly circumstances in life? That’s how the adventure of life sometimes goes. Tolkien’s, Frodo and Sam dialogue near the end of The Two Towers: ‘I don’t like anything here at all,’ said Frodo, ‘step or stone,…
Russell Moore on The Heart of the Matter Regarding Adoption
I highly recommend Russ Moore’s book on adoption. He writes: “Here’s where, I think the nub of the whole issue lies. Adoption would become a priority if our churches themselves saw our brotherhood and sisterhood in our church itself rather…
How Thrilled Are You About the Good News?
“If you are not aware of the fact that this is the greatest good news that has ever come into the world, or has ever been received by man, it may be due to the fact that you have an…
An Emphasis on Justice and Holiness is Needed If We are to Grow in Our Understanding of God’s Love
“The more we emphasize the inflexible demands of justice and holiness the more marvelous become the love of God and its provisions.” John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied, page 18.
Is God Shouting to You in This Way?
C.S. Lewis wrote in The Problem of Pain, God whispers to us in our pleasure, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” If God is shouting to you through…
Chris and Jamie Brauns Birth Announcement
Please join Jamie and me in celebrating the arrival of our first baby Kindle. Born late in the afternoon of March 11, he weighed just over 10 ounces. Both dad and Kindle are doing well. I was a real trooper…
We’ve All Got To Go Through Enough To Kill Us
From Pilgrim’s Progress where the “river” is death: Now I further saw, that betwixt them and the gate was a river; but there was no bridge to go over, and the river was very deep. At the sight, therefore, of…
The Hills Are Always Blue From a Distance
Have you ever worn yourself out traveling between the hills? Uncle Burley said hills always looked blue when you were far away from them. That was a pretty color for hills; the little houses and barns and fields looked so…
Benjamin Franklin on Freedom
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.” ~ Benjamin Franklin. (Quoted in Os Guinness, Time For Truth, page 86).