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Discovering God’s Will: A Parenthetical Thought

[Author’s note: While writing the article on “Thy will be done,” I struggled to keep the focus on God’s will, rather than “God’s will for me.” Several of the books I am reading while writing this series seem to entwine the two thoughts. So, since that topic is clearly important to many believers, it seemed…

Is God Indifferent?

The first and short answer to the title question is no. In fact, the Bible tells us that God loves us (1 John 4:19). More on that later. But I’m guessing that even in human terms, we don’t say we “love” something that we are indifferent toward, right? (Okay, I’m thinking in terms of we…

Our Father

The Lord’s Prayer has been repeated hundreds, if not thousands of times throughout the lifetime of many Christians. But, if you’re anything like me, you haven’t spent much time really thinking about what you are saying. So over the next few months I’m going to take a journey of discovery, and drag you along with…

From a Distance?

There was a very popular song some years ago entitled “From a Distance.”[1] The song detailed what the world looked like from a distance—everyone living in harmony, no one in need, no guns, no bombs, no disease, no one going hungry. From a distance, we are told, everyone is working together, playing songs of hope…

I Am the Way

I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) There are several important truths in this very familiar verse, but for now, I want to concentrate just on Jesus’ claim to be “the way.” Elsewhere in Scripture we read the warning to “Enter…