My sermons from the mount. ;)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSometimes when Christians don’t have inner peace (*raises hand*), it’s because they’re living two lives: talking about Jesus during the day, and getting smashed at night. Assembling on Sunday, and stealing on Monday. The ultimate problem is that they’re clinging to the deeds of the flesh from their pre-Christian days, and unwilling to leave it all behind. Sometimes burning bridges behind us is entirely profitable. When Elijah found Elisha and…
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy friend Justyna was talking to me about how sometimes Christians focus a ton on being right—and it is good to be accurate—but only so that they can point out where others are wrong. For a Christian, there are basically three types of judging: Number 3 is nominal. It’s observation coupled with loving action. We should remember that the kingdom of God is not a matter of being right and…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Featured photo by Sarah Lefor Art and Illustration.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are so many regrets that I have, and so many wrongs that I wish that I could undo, but I can’t. And today I got a notification on Facebook: she’s having her birthday in 4 days! But she passed away just recently. I cared for her a lot, and she shaped my ideals of what a good woman is like. I cannot wait for eternity to truly set in. …
Reading Time: 3 minutesThey don’t believe that there is an immaterial soul which exercises causal power on material reality. All that you are, therefore, is your body (including your brain). Since the brain, as a physical object, follows the laws of physics and chemistry, then your thoughts/decisions must also follow the laws of physics and chemistry.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRancid was poor.
But he taught the best lesson.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s always something that’s most important.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBitterness is the alcoholism of the emotional realm. Don’t use it to try to feel better.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSome people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them. Recently my mentor/hero/friend Luke Wilson accomplished some awesome physical goals, and I was wondering why people even in the military fail such goals. At the same time, I was thinking about much Luke has done in the lives of others, taking care of them physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We accomplish much when we are resolute; when we “set our faces.” The…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre golfing and Jesus connected? Well, if you strain enough, they sure are.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn his book, “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone—Especially Ourselves,” Dr. Dan Ariely performed a study on people who owned knock-off items.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIs it more logical to say that the universe arose from nothing? Also, advice on how to kiss your wife on your anniversary.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA thought experiment on the beginning of the universe. Open if you like dominoes. (Not the pizza.)
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudies have revealed a habit that we’re all better off ditching sooner rather than later.
Reading Time: 5 minutes“We must distinguish between truth, which is objective and absolute, and certainty, which is subjective.” —Popper
But is there a difference between knowledge and certainty?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s been said that when you want something the most, it’s the easiest opportunity for deception, because you’ll see what you want to see. And that’s the rub. Deceiving yourself is the worst of all lies, because it’s the one that you are required to teach to others. It’s cheating yourself out of who you really are. It’s cheating yourself out of ever fixing YOU. As Dr. Dan Ariely noted…
Reading Time: 2 minutesDr. Michael Ruse has an excellent piece called, “Is Rape Wrong on Andromeda: An Introduction to Extraterrestrial Evolution, Science, and Morality.” He goes through a thought experiment utilizing his own point of view. Let’s say that we start human evolution over again. Rewind it to the beginning and start out anew. Through randomization, a very different creature might evolve with different values and duties. Perhaps they act like bees, and…
Reading Time: < 1 minute“There is no such thing as morally right or wrong. Individual human life is meaningless and without ultimate moral value. We need to face the fact that nihilism is true.” In making sense of atheism, I believe that Christians need to consider carefully the topics of (a) free will and (b) morality. With regard to (b), Alex Rosenberg, the author of “The Atheist’s Guide to Reality,” wrote the opening quote,…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe brief “is” becomes the endless “was.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is a day coming for us all when our hearts cease to beat; the life will fade from our eyes, and our cells will begin a cascade of self-destruction into oblivion. And with that, what was once “us” becomes a memory of the past; the dying breath of summer as fall sets in in anticipation of an eternal winter. In the blink of an eye, our vibrancy is forgotten,…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteReturning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking. You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits. —Cindy Ross If you don’t hike, I encourage you to. Perhaps at first five miles seems daunting, but by the end of a season, 40 will be something that your heart longs to have the time to do. When I go hiking, I always take podcasts with me,…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is a saying among management and engineering experts: “Your system is perfectly designed to yield the result you are getting.” I am exactly where my actions have gotten me, and so are you. If you want something different for yourself, you first need to desire change—sitting down and counting the cost, as Luke 14 discusses, is a way to tell if you’ve got the willpower to move foward. If…
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat are the chances that anyone has ever shuffled a pack of cards in the same way twice?
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts…” —C.S. Lewis Ultimately, Hell is just a state where we severe ourselves from our Creator. As a Christian, I think it’s why we need one another. Through Paul, God warned of how dangerous it is to give up hanging out with our Christian family. He warned us not to…