Parents practice this prayer principle
If we had good parents, and/or are good parents, we’ve experienced this. When a child asks for something special, his or her behavior factors into whether or not the something is given. You… Continue reading
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Some possibly true positions on prayer
A note to the reader as I continue my series on prayer: I could be wrong. Shocking, I know. I’ve been pondering problems with prayer, praying for perspicacity, and putting my presumptions into… Continue reading
A particularly powerful problem
I have to believe that prayer is not meant to be problematic. No passage in the Bible that I can think of suggests that it is. And I am not suggesting that everyone… Continue reading
Even more problems
Many Christians have at least one story of how God answered prayer for them. I have a pretty cool one that I shared a number of years ago. You can find it here.… Continue reading
More problems, pray tell?
We truly are in a battle for the soul of the nation, just not in the sense that our president means it. We are in an ever-escalating spiritual war battling the enemy of… Continue reading
Problems, pray tell?
The struggle is real. How do I use this hotline to heaven without getting stymied and stumbling, or wondering and wandering, or doubting and dropping the call? How do I pray well? Prayer… Continue reading
The love we need
She was poor and downtrodden. With little to call her own and even less hope for a better future, she felt virtually enslaved by her helplessness. But worse than this, she was disagreeable,… Continue reading
We are his cause
A lot of us humans have a pet cause, which is one of the things that sets us apart from the animal kingdom – our pets don’t have a human cause. But, of… Continue reading
Life’s a bitch
“Life’s a bitch. And then you die.” This nihilistic little pearl of wisdom was popular among my circle of friends in our younger years, usually spoken with an air of resignation….and a smile.… Continue reading
Don’t add stupid to guilty
How can anyone do such a thing? Have they no common human decency? What is the matter with people? The more I read the news, both current and past, the more attractive living… Continue reading
Flipping off God
At its most basic level, support for abortion and gender transition is a big middle finger in God’s face. Think about it. God designed an incredible process of human reproduction that requires very… Continue reading
No rights for the Godless
It’s a rights free-for-all these days. Rights are in conflict with other rights; rights are being conferred and rights are being confiscated. And a lot of folks are feeling fairly frantic about it.… Continue reading
The scandalous mercy of God
Raising ten children meant my parents had to be intentional about seeking a balance between meeting the individual needs of each of us kids without appearing to favor any. I’m sure the scales… Continue reading
Pride Month is just wrong
Sometimes I feel like going to live in a cave until Jesus returns, and rids the world of all evil. Then, and maybe only then, will my soul no longer be so vexed… Continue reading
Dumpster children and mandatory marriage
With the prospect of Roe v. Wade finally being overturned, some are floating the “radical” proposal that men who impregnate women should be held financially responsible for the child they helped create. Maybe… Continue reading