The Christmas story as it has been told in my lifetime, and yours, is filled with inaccuracies. Tradition continues to trump truth. Is it that important? I think it is. Let me be specific. First, there is no reason to believe there were only three Magi. The Bible doesn’t reveal the number (Matthew 2:1ff). It […]
Read More »The War on Christmas Continues
Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. (Prov. 14:34 NAS)
Read More »One More Name For Your Christmas List
Some of my fondest, warmest memories are those from the Christmases of my youth. In those days, the 1950s, Christmas was more about Jesus than Santa. In downtown Atlanta department store windows were decked out with various Christmas displays including the Nativity. Even the county court houses had a Nativity.
Read More »What’s In A Name?
Words are powerful. When we assign words to a person we give them meaning, identity, and even authority. Think about when Mr. Smith becomes Senator Smith or President Smith. These labels do a lot to our concept of Mr. Smith.
Read More »Relationships
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. After this, there were relationships. If you think about it relationships are life. Relationships are basically all there is in life. We can’t avoid them even if we wanted to. Therefore, it is important that we have the kind of relationships that God wants for […]
Read More »Loving the Lord With Our Minds
Mark 12:28-30 “And one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?” Jesus answered, “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind and with […]
Read More »Are You Too Hard on Yourself?
Christians have a hard time loving themselves. Sometimes they don’t even like themselves. It is easy to understand why when we are tempted to compare ourselves to a perfect God. If we maintain that approach, we will always be down on ourselves. We can never make the mark. Perfection just isn’t in our DNA.
Read More »A Difficult Biblical Issue: Theodicies (Part II)
In the first of this two-part series, we talked about theodicies. A theodicy is an attempt to defend God’s goodness and justice in light of all the evil in the world. The question is how can a good God allow such horrible things to happen on planet earth when He ‘could’ stop them? This is […]
Read More »A Difficult Biblical Issue: Theodicies
How do we handle the idea of evil in the world? How do we reconcile all the evil with a good God as we understand Him? This is what theodicies are all about.
Read More »God Is Good-We Are Not
Recently, my wife and I had dinner and Starbucks afterward with some good friends, Steve and Kathy. We had not seen them in ages. We started to talk about spiritual things and the state of the nation. Kathy said, “Well, God is good and we are not.” That stuck with me. It is something certainly […]
Read More »A Heartfelt “Thank You” To My Readers
The time has come for me to take a break from writing each week. I have enjoyed so much my eighteen months of sharing my thoughts with you here on FetchYourNews. My hope is that over this course of time somehow I have blessed you, made you think, laugh, and infused some valuable insight. In […]
Read More »Atheist Don’t Exist-God Said So
I’ve met some agnostics before, but I’ve only met one or two people who actually claimed to be an atheist. Most people who struggle with the existence of God will simply opt to the agnostic position. The agnostic says that they just don’t know for sure whether or not God exists. When an atheist claims […]
Read More »I Love How God Arranges Things
Those of us who have been in Christ for any length of time have witnessed how God orchestrates things. He brings things together, usually without our noticing, and makes them happen. What we chalk up to “coincidences” are not really those at all. Rather, they are manifestations of God’s Providence. It’s usually after the fact […]
Read More »Are You Angry?
Anger. What do we do with this powerful emotion? Christians are not supposed to get angry, are they? This is a topic that is greatly misunderstood within the Christian community. Christian counselors encounter angry Christians every day. Many are there not because they are angry, but because they don’t know how to deal with it […]
Read More »Why Would Anyone Want Your Jesus?
This is a fair question. Why would anyone want to meet the Jesus you know? What does the world see, your unsaved friends see, when they see you or your church?
Read More »It’s The Feet Stupid!
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth (I John 3:18). During the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton often used the phrase, “It’s the economy stupid!” It was the economy and he got the message in time to adapt his campaign and win the election.
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