-
Joy and Toil
One of the lies we are tempted to believe is that joy and toil can never be packaged in the same box. You can have joy on one day and toil on another. Or you can have gladness of heart at 2pm and dishes to do at 3pm. But you can’t have a jolly spirit…
-
Judgment vs. Judgmentalism
Regardless of the common root, there is a world of difference between good judgment and judgmentalism. We must get the former while avoiding the latter. Jesus addressed judgmentalism when he said, “Judge not, that ye be not judged” (Matthew 7:1). Now we all know that this passage is often twisted. The school teacher returns the…
-
Advent Meditation: Look to the Needs of Others
On the one hand, you cannot blame the man who says that he is going to look out for himself. He has a busy life. A full plate. And only so many hours in the day. Moreover, the Bible does not forbid, but actually requires that a man look to his own needs so there…
-
Fodder for Your Christmas Spirit
The world has come down with a bad case of the Bah humbug. Not in all places mind you. But there is a general malaise of Scrooge smathered across the major portion of our present situation. The 2020 riots leave a sour taste in the mouth. The COVID masks seem to keep it in. And…
-
Fa La La La La to the Phalanges
Isn’t it remarkable that no one has ever become a Christian merely by losing an argument? Here we were thinking we could sweep people into the kingdom simply by the force of our logic, only to discover that after we won the debate, the atheist just headed down to the dive bar to get wasted. Now I…