Spiritual Musings
Barbara Walters to Take a look at heaven
Last night, I watched Barbara’s look at her 10 most fascinating people of 2005. At the end of the show, she promoted her next show which will be about heaven. The tag line is “Where is it? How do we get there?” I will be interested to see if she comes up with [...]
Simplifying
The other night when I was with some friends, a common theme we shared was that we all felt really busy. It reminded me of something I read on simplicity a couple of years ago.
“For many people, simplifying means nothing more than ‘doing less.’ But simplifying is not so much about doing fewer [...]
God’s Glory
I have been thinking about God’s glory a lot this week. I am reading a book, Revolution Within and I listened to a message by John Piper on Tuesday. I have read several of Piper’s book and God’s glory is his biggest theme. I have been thinking about Piper as I have read this [...]
Revolution Within - Approaches to Spiritual Lives
I am currently reading Dwight Edward’s book, Revolution Within. Dwight is a descendent of Jonathan Edwards. We did a Bible study this summer in Hungary based on this book.
This week, I was reading in chapter 3. He talked about focusing on God’s glory as the main motivation in our lives. It was a [...]
What is the value of knowledge if not combined with faith?
Yesterday, my pastor preached from Hebrew 4. At one point, he talked about needing to act when we hear God’s voice and he went to verse 2 of Hebrews 4:
For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was [...]