So, we are created to do good works. Not so difficult a thing to do. Or is it? There seems to be a catch in our perception of “works.” We want to make “it” be something that is humanly possible, something that springs out of us: feed the hungry, clothe the naked, assist the needy. […]
Workin’ in a coalmine, going down, down, down
Lee Dorsey’s Workin’ in a Coalmine is a classic… Workin’ in a coal mine Goin’ down down down Workin’ in a coal mine Whop! about to slip down Ephesians has a similar ditty: For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. […]
I don’t know nuttin’
I’ve noticed that a large number of folks who hail as Christians feel woefully inadequate and ill-prepared to serve God. It doesn’t seem to matter if they are newbies or have multiple decades of being marked as a Christian under their belts. At least, it doesn’t seem to matter here in the U.S. I can […]
Good literature and society’s outcasts
You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilization to pieces, turn the world upside down, and bring peace to a batle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of good literature. –Mohandas Gandhi If Jesus were on earth you’d find him in a […]
Defeated by a… gate?
I tend to camp out in a passage for several days at a time. The longer I stay in it, the more alive it becomes. I’ve been rolling around for almost two weeks in 2 Samuel 23 (and it’s parallel counterpart in 1 Chronicles 11), as I noted the other day. I’ve always been a […]