Posts by Truth and Life
A Minute Meditation on Divine Inspiration
All Scripture is God-breathed [inspired by God] and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.2 Timothy 3:16-17 The word “God-breathed” is used only by the apostle Paul in his letter to young Timothy. It’s the kind of an…
Read MoreA Lasting Relationship
We are now able to communicate from anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds, but creating trust in relationships that matter most to us is what psychologists keep trying to solve for us. Regardless how much we try to engineer our relationships, our deepest expectations will never be fully satisfied through them. Our…
Read MoreTrue Spirituality
Spiritualties are a big topic which covers a wide range of beliefs, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. We even talk now about secular saints; those regardless of beliefs have made what they call “a lasting contribution to the world.” Worldly spiritualties overflow with terms like “soul,” and “spirit” used to mean most anything. True…
Read MoreAbiding in Christ the Truth and Life
Its late summer and the once little seeds have now grown into plants with many vines, some of them producing fruit. If our lives are going to be fruitful to God they must abide in Christ. Jesus says, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you,…
Read MoreSeeds and Weeds
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As…
Read MoreThe Seeds of Faith
There was a panel of four on a major news network who were discussing the pros and cons of a possible drug that might extend one’s youthfulness for a number of years. They were all for that. One of the members speculated, “If they offered a drug that could make you live forever, would you…
Read MoreGod Cares
The year was 1956. While training in Pastoral Care at the Fergus Falls State Hospital, the chaplain asked me to go with him when he conducted a funeral for one of the hospital patients who in those days were called “inmates.” The chaplain asked me to meet him at his office on the day of…
Read MoreThe Worth of Worshipping God
On the average 2.5 million people watch a professional baseball game. That many people see a player make the sign of the cross after he hits a grand slam. The gesture acknowledges the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. About 2 billion of the world’s population call themselves Christian and know what the sign…
Read MorePentecost as Divine Noise
We’re a visual people and the sight of something like “red tongues of fire” grabs our attention. But how do we see “Divine Noise?” Out of the sky came a noise of the wind and filled the whole place where the people were gathered. It was the sound of God’s voice that brought all creation…
Read MoreThe Sin of Forgetfulness
Originally it was called Decoration Day, first observed three years after the end of the Civil War. On May 5, 1868, John Logan, issued a proclamation from his Washington, D.C. office telling Americans to celebrate “Decoration Day” on May 30. He urged them to decorate Civil War graves with the “choicest flowers of springtime.” It…
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