We are too civilized and educated to worship idols, aren’t we? We wouldn’t consider wasting our time carving a figure out of wood or stone and bowing down to it. The object would be blind, deaf, and dumb. Totally useless to help us out. Then again, we may be guilty of something too similar more [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of traveling over the last day and a half, and I brought along some CD’s I haven’t listened to in a while. One was Never Picture Perfect, by Rich Mullins. This is a gem of an album, with songs that deal with praising God in the midst of pain, in [...]

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.  I’ll say it again-it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!” Matthew 19:24Matthew 19:24English: Contemporary [...]

If you listen to the news, you’ll hear a lot of people say a lot of things. And you can’t believe most of it. Politicians often tell us they are going to accomplish something. They usually don’t call it a promise anymore, because they realize that it looks bad when they can’t deliver. Maybe they [...]

I like to watch Survivor. All the people with inflated egos, wondering if they are next to get sent home, or whether all their clever deceptions and conniving will work out to win them a million bucks. The personal drama combines with physical deprivation to create an entertaining show. And every show you wait for [...]