Christian Living

Reports of My Death Are…

…greatly exaggerated. I really don’t know if anyone reported my death and if they did, I don’t know if they embellished anything other than the untrue statement that I had died. Yes, I have not blogged a lot. I have written weekly emails to the church I pastored during their transition, some of which will make great future blogs but that was the limit of what I could do. Writing blogs, as much as I enjoy it, is not something I could continue to do and still complete my transitional pastor calling. I did not die, I guess that is obvious by the existence of this new post, but I did struggle with some very serious health problems that have shown me that I may have been greatly exaggerating my own death.

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I Am Eve

A rather strange name for a man to use. For this reason, I will be only using this name for this post. I felt it necessary to change my name because I haven’t changed my behavior. The luciferin temptation to worship my intellect, define my existence, to create my own boundaries of right and wrong, has slithered its way into who I am.

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Easter

We have two sayings on which we base our message to the world. At the end of many Good Friday services, it is tradition to say “It’s Friday but Sunday is coming.” On Easter Sunday often the service begins with “He has risen” and the congregation responds, “He has risen indeed.” I may only be speaking for myself but boy, do we take for granted what we not only believe to be true but I would step out on a limb and say for the vast majority of those who are Christians and for all who truly follow Christ, we know this is true!

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Why Do We Suffer?

This question has been asked since the beginning of time. I guess that isn’t quite true. This question has been asked since the fall of man. That may not be true either. It was very clear that suffering would be the outcome of disobeying God (Genesis3:16-19 (NIV)). This is going to be a short blog if I keep answering the question with one sentence answers.

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Searching For The Real McCoy.

“He’s dead Jim!” I, like many others of my generation can hear and even picture these words spoken by Dr. McCoy. This along with, “D*mn it Jim, I’m a doctor not a…” (insert profession other than doctor here) are iconic phrases from the short lived (3yrs) TV series Star Trek that has become a franchise that is still adding movies and shows to its Sci-fi lineup. You may be wondering why a Christian blogger is talking about Star Trek. While I am borrowing a line and a character to make a point, I promise you I will not spend much of this post on my guilty pleasure, space Sci-fi shows.

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