Labor Day: JEHOVAH as Lord of Work and Rest

Since today is International Labour’s Day, let’s consider for a moment what the Bible says about work: 1. Work in itself is not a curse. It is our design. When God created Adam, God placed him in the garden of Eden to work it. We do not just subdue and manage creation, we nurture itContinue reading “Labor Day: JEHOVAH as Lord of Work and Rest”

The Certainty of Faith

Are you sure of what you believe? That is the question that Bavinck raises in “The Certainty of Faith”. But perhaps that question needs a bit more expounding. More accurately, the question should be: are you sure of what you believe about God, the meaning of life, the state of your soul, Jesus Christ, andContinue reading “The Certainty of Faith”

The Reason For God by Tim Keller

Are we becoming secular or religious? The answer is both. Keller says, “Doubt and belief are each on the rise, our political and public discourse on matters of faith and morality has become deadlocked and deeply divided… We don’t reason with the other side; we only denounce.” REASONING OR DENOUNCING? In the past 6 weeks,Continue reading “The Reason For God by Tim Keller”

The City of God by St. Augustine

Pandemics. Wars. Calamities. All generations of men will experience these. Inevitably, these will lead us to question the usefulness of our faith. It is God’s grace, then, that we don’t need to grope blindly around. We can peer into how earlier Christians struggled with them. Among those who struggled and came out more convinced ofContinue reading “The City of God by St. Augustine”

God is Unchanging

Memories who won’t stop stinging /Promises I could’t believe in /I knew better then /I knew better then/To trust myself /To trust someone else /To trust the doubt in the back of my mind /Trust the trail of pain left behind” (Christina Perri, “Trust”) Trusting is hard. When the government announced that we were havingContinue reading “God is Unchanging”

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