Tag: Spirit

What is true goodness?

February 12, 2008 | 25 comments

While driving to my office today, it struck me how often people get upset with God because they don’t receive what they pray for. “God is supposed to be good,” they protest. “Why didn’t God give me what I asked

How unselflish are you willing to be?

November 3, 2007 | 1 comment

The below picture came through my inbox today and I couldn’t help but chuckle. I don’t know which creature asserted their position first. Whether the cat curled up in the dog basket and the dog decided to let the cat

The second death

August 12, 2007 | 3 comments

A number of people asked me this week about the second death mentioned in Revelation 11:2. The verse states: “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be

God so loved the world

July 31, 2007 | 14 comments

I’ve often puzzled over the meaning of this Bible verse: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 I believe a

Is life without matter conceivable?

July 29, 2007 | 11 comments

I’ve witnessed students of Christian Science wrestle with the unreality of matter, wondering how life could be possible without the atomic stuff. They try to envision existence without things, without cars, without physical bodies, without houses, and wonder, “What’s left?”