Truth For The Heart
The title of this post is from the 1968 Star Trek quote I mentioned in The Era of Six Impossible Things: “Is truth not truth for all?” A Christian answers with a resounding, “Yes!”
When truth is in the realm of the physical universe each of us must answer, “Yes, truth is truth for all.”…
It’s another story, however, when it comes to discussing truth in the moral and metaphysical universe in our postmodern society…
Read MoreSometimes I think I have gone Through the Looking-Glass with Alice, there are so many today who, like Lewis Carroll’s White Queen, are able to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast. A few can handle more than six! It doesn’t matter if there is no basis for the truth of any of those things nor does it seem to matter if there is contradiction between them.
Read MoreI’ve finished my series of posts about how I became a Christian, and what it means to believe in Jesus Christ. I’m about to begin another series on why you can believe in Jesus Christ. You may be thinking: how can I be encouraged by these posts in those moments when I feel like a smoldering candle that is about to go out? Because the posts are about our hope.
Read MoreIf you’ve been reading my posts, you know my story about how I came to believe in Jesus Christ. What about you?
Read MoreWhat does the key of belief look like? What does it mean to believe in Jesus Christ?
Read MoreAfter that summer night, in the following weeks, to my delight and astonishment, I realized that I had entered into a new and real relationship with God. He was there! I knew Him!
Read More“In the whole Bible there is hardly another chapter which can equal this triumphant text.” Martin Luther
Read MoreThere were people I met who I knew had been through the door and lived on the other side of the wall.
Read MoreIf Isaiah helped me find the door, I think Mark showed me the keyhole and the lock.
Read MoreI grew up going to church Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday night. I thought I was a Christian, but as I became older I found myself longing to know God better. There was something missing despite all of my religious activity and sincerity. I wasn’t sure what it was—it was kind of an elusive feeling—but I knew whatever it took to be close to God, I just didn’t have it.
Read MoreJob 3 contains Job’s absolutely gut-wrenching lament. Losses and suffering have piled upon him until his heart splits and sorrow and anguish flow out from him in words of despair.
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Kindling for Candles 