Tiger Woods’ formal public apology came just a day ago, and many from the social media universe are chiming in on the subject. A few of the responses circulating are from those who consider his presentation a “canned,” performance. I must admit the thought has crossed my mind. “Of course Tiger needs to do this,” … Continue reading Tiger, Apology, and Refuge in Dharma
Ashes
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. Sometime ago I was scanning through some Web news and I noticed Christianity Today put up some articles reflecting on Lent. As today, marks the beginning of the Lent season, I thought they would be interesting reads to meditate on:Steven R. Harmon: To Take Up the CrossFrederica Mathewes-Green: … Continue reading Ashes
Does God Send Christians to Hell to Fire Up their Testimony?
Bill Wiese, a former real estate broker, purports that on November 22, 1998 at 11:00 p.m. he fell asleep alongside his wife Annette and woke up 3:00 a.m. the next morning in the fiery pit of hell, which he describes in a book entitled 23 Minutes in Hell (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House, 2006). Naked … Continue reading Does God Send Christians to Hell to Fire Up their Testimony?
Love Everyday
I don’t claim to be some kind of love doctor or anything like that, and honestly I probably don’t know much about love at all. But I came across something today in C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity that really hit the nail on the head! It goes like this:On the whole, God’s love for us s … Continue reading Love Everyday
What True Prayer Is…
"Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouringout of the heart or soul to God, through Christ, in the strength and assistance of the Holy Sprit, for such things as God has promised, or according to his Word, for the good of the church, with submission in faith to the will of God."- John Bunyan