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Thoughts on Prayer, Part 2: Can we do it wrong?
The Bible is pretty clear that prayer is a vital part in building our relationship with God. Since it is our incredible opportunity to communicate with our God, and it is so important, one has to wonder if there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. I will start by...
Thoughts on Prayer, Part 1: Why we do it
Prayer is such an interesting thing. It is something so vital to our spiritual life, yet it can easily become misunderstood or misused. Some believe that prayer is only for major requests—as if God only has time to listen if the request is large enough—and it is...
The Perfection Trap
Many dream of the Perfect Church. In this dream, the greeters are always smiling and genuinely happy. There’s a distinct absence of gossip, criticism and no judgmental glance is found. Teens never check their smartphones and babies never cry. The praise team is always...
Christian Works: Legalism or Love?
There is an interesting struggle Christians often find themselves in—myself included. This struggle is the purpose of our “works” as Christians. On the one hand, the Bible seems to stress that they are important, yet on the other hand, the Bible also seems to suggest...
Thoughts on Paul, Thorns, and Grace
Heaven on Layaway
I am always amazed at how we humans can be so fickle about what we will accept as a gift. At one moment any gift is seen as unacceptable charity, usually due to senseless pride. Another moment, we will do anything to get some pointless thing free, but it turns out not...