Month: May 2018

I Just Can’t

I just can’t get it out of my head, you know… those thoughts of inadequacy. It’s so easy to let them bounce around in there, running into everything that forms who I am, or at least who I thought I was. Years went into forming my identity but it takes mere minutes to knock it all down. I wander around my mind picking up the damaged pieces of my self-esteem, trying to reassemble things the way they were but nothing can stop the thoughts of inadequacy from returning. With every cycle more damage is done and although I pick the pieces up and put them back where they were, things will never look the same again. (more…)

The Word of God in the Hands of Man

It turns out that misquoting, misapplying or misusing scripture is not all that uncommon. To help you avoid this error I have created this post. While this post does not cover all verses that may be misquoted, misapplied or misused and all situations in which you may end up misquoting, misapplying or misusing scripture, it hopefully will make you think twice before you speak. (more…)

God and His Call

We can do many things without God by employing our own talents and hard work. The one thing we cannot do without God is please Him.

The Marketing of Jesus

It has been a long week but a good one. We no longer have two grandsons and one granddaughter. I can no longer say I am the grandfather of 3.8 grandchildren. As of Monday May 7 2018 I am the grandfather of Broderick, Rose, Wellsley and Ezra. There is no reason why I am so tired, I didn’t go through labour, but I am, so I am reposting this blog from over a year ago. I think of all the blogs I have posted it says the most about how I feel when it comes to the way some people think we should tell others about Jesus. (more…)

The Perversion of Perfection

Sin is the improper allocation of God’s perfect design. Sin is not founded on evil but instead it is founded in extending the natural desires placed in us beyond God’s intention which is why sin is evil. This is why we are so easily deceived, this is why we are so easily convinced that what we are doing is just an extension of who we are, because it is. (more…)