Just to make sure we’re on the right track when it comes to thinking about the nature of God here are a few more words that more fully describe austerity. Caution, carefulness, cutbacks, decrease, meanness, skimping, thriftiness, harshness, recession, rigor, regulations, sparingness, stinginess, and hardship. Whoa, that’s just not the God that we see reflected in Jesus life and ministry. What is … [Read more...] about The Nature of God: Part II
The Nature of God: Part I
When our son was in the third-grade I was watching him play basketball at a tournament one Saturday morning in Orlando. He has always been a great athlete and an even greater competitor and that was no different when he was the point guard that summer. He was a great ball handler and could shoot the ball for an elementary kid pretty good. I realized that he seemed not to be shooting the ball that … [Read more...] about The Nature of God: Part I
The Giant of Pluralism
At the turn of the last century, Ferdinand Saussure, a famous linguist, made several seemingly simple yet profound discoveries about the way humans use language. He contended that (1) language is the domain of speaking out loud, or articulation; (2) each idea expressed through language is assigned a certain sound; and (3) the sound itself becomes the sign of the intended idea. He reasoned language … [Read more...] about The Giant of Pluralism
Spiritual Desolation
I've been thinking about the desert and the promise land of the spirit. Both in Spiritual Desolation and Consolation, God is up to something good. Some seasons we rest and enjoy and some seasons we are challenged to grow. We may prefer consolation but it is most often in our desolation that we are forever changed. Spiritual Desolation is a collection of moments, times, or an extended season when … [Read more...] about Spiritual Desolation