Post 55: Fractured Parables - The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
Some of you older readers might remember those cartoon shorts from the 60s called "Fractured Fairytales". They presented satirical twists...
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Feb 16, 20235 min read
Post 54: Divine Appointments - Nati
This is the final post in which I have been sharing some true experiences that I documented as a chaplain in the jails of Orange County,...
Jan 15, 20235 min read
Post 53: Divine Appointments - William
Correction Unfortunately, the email for last month's post provided the wrong link (as did the "corrected email"). Purely "pilot error."...
Dec 16, 20224 min read
Post 52: Divine Appointments - Javier
Background The world is a complex place. Although I don't subscribe to the doctrine of meticulous providence/divine determinism--the...
Nov 19, 20225 min read
Post 51: Divine Appointments - Intro
About a year ago, I presented a short series of sermons called "Divine Appointments" in which I detailed three amazing encounters I...
Oct 19, 20224 min read
Post 50: The Gospel According to Calvinism: Divine Regifting?
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." = Yogi Berra That quote brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. Yogi Berra was...
Sep 19, 20224 min read
Post 49 - Hell: Three Views
A good Christian friend of mine recently told me that he had been witnessing to his elderly aunt. His love for her and his concern for...
Aug 23, 20224 min read
Post 48: "Papering the House"
I played in a jazz-rock band (think, Chicago, Tower of Power, BS&T) throughout the '70s. While we never made it big, we did have a bit of...
Jul 17, 20224 min read
Post 47: A Different God? - God is Spirit
Recap: In an effort to ensure that we are worshiping the true God, we have been exploring the three denominative expressions of God in...
Jun 19, 20225 min read
Post 46: A Different God? - God is Light
Recap: We have embarked on an effort to ensure that we are worshipping the true God by exploring the three nouns used in the Bible to...
May 20, 20225 min read
Post 45: A Different God? God is Love
Recap: In the previous couple of posts, I made some general observations about false gods and posed the question: At what point does a...
Apr 22, 20224 min read
Post 44: A Different God? Allow Me to Clarify
Recap: In the last post, I explained that a Calvinist pastor/friend took issue with a statement from my book that says, "the god of...
Mar 24, 20225 min read
Post 43: A Different God? - Intro
Background Before a book is published it is common for a writer to reach out to people with a certain amount of expertise in the subject...
Mar 2, 20225 min read
Post 42 - The Will of the Wind
Not My Will, but Your Will When I was in high school, a popular destination for the kids during Easter break was the Colorado River. In...
Feb 5, 20224 min read
Post 41 - Unity (not diversity) Is Our Strength
Unity There is an old adage that says that "a camel is a horse designed by a committee." A camel is a very strange-looking creature...
Jan 15, 20224 min read
Post 40 - Oh, Figs!
Happy new year to all! Recap: In a recent post (Post 38, Nov 25, 2021), I explained my belief that, similar to how an acorn is...
Dec 20, 20213 min read
Post 39 - Know Wonder - a Christmas Message
The Want of Wonder G.K. Chesterton once lamented, “The world will never starve for want of wonders, but only for want of wonder.” There...
Nov 25, 20214 min read
Post 38 - "Human Infrastructure"
Recap: In the last post we challenged the notion of divine determinism/meticulous providence - the belief that God controls/micromanages...
Nov 9, 20214 min read
Post 37 - Who Did What?
Greetings to all. I know it's been a while since my last post. In August we completed a survey through the Gospel of John with regard to...
Aug 1, 20213 min read
Post 36 - Hope, Freedom, Truth
Recap: Last week we completed a review of some of the election-related verses in the Gospel of John with an illustration Jesus gives...
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