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Stand Up for What’s Right

Psalm 15:4-5 Most people want to live in a just world, a world where everyone gets a fair shake. Unless of course you are one of the corrupt people, and want to hang onto your power, the power you obtained by doing injustice. Then you want things to stay just the way they are,Continue reading “Stand Up for What’s Right”

Speaking

Psalm 15:1-5 Has what you said ever gotten you in trouble? Welcome to the human race! Unless you never say anything, either with body language or with the tone of your grunts, you will make mistakes in your communication. Wars have been started over words. Drawing a picture can get you killed. What youContinue reading “Speaking”

Absolute Perfection

Psalm 15:1-5 Just how good do you have to be to get into heaven? I so often hear people talking about being good people, as though being good could satisfy a Holy and Righteous judge. Psalm 15 starts with a question about who is qualified to be in God’s presence. And then the writer,Continue reading “Absolute Perfection”

What Does “Right” Look Like?

Psalm 15:1-5 Every Public Relations campaign needs good visuals. Every product to be sold needs pictures that represent the product. We need pictures that tell the story we are trying to tell. If there are just words on a page, people will skip and move on to something with pictures. The old saying, “AContinue reading “What Does “Right” Look Like?”

Practical Atheist

Psalm 14:1-7 There are many practical atheists around us. We might actually be one. A practical atheist is someone who in everyday life lives as if the LORD wasn’t really present, didn’t really know or care, and who doesn’t have influence on current decisions and life choices. The practical atheist makes their own choices,Continue reading “Practical Atheist”

How Long?

Psalm 13:1-6 We are not a patient creature. We don’t like to wait. And yet our society is created in such a way that waiting is an inevitable part of life. Even fast food isn’t fast anymore. It used to be that burger joints would have a stock of sandwiches already made on theContinue reading “How Long?”

Unfaithful

Psalm 12:1-8 Some of the deepest wounds in life come because someone we trust lies to us. These wounds can penetrate so deeply that we begin to not trust anyone. And as that mistrust settles in we can begin to believe that no one can be trusted ever. Sometimes the mistrust settles in andContinue reading “Unfaithful”

Under the Threat of Attack

Psalm 11:1-7 In our Post 9/11 world we have developed different systems to express the perceived level of danger for the population. Some countries express these in colors, or numbers, or with labels. Whatever the particular system used, the current threat level is articulated. It is then up government agencies and citizens alike, toContinue reading “Under the Threat of Attack”

Evil’s Character

Psalm 10:1-18 In today’s politically correct world we often don’t name evil. Our society has become afraid to put labels on people and behavior. As a result many people don’t really know evil when they see it. In our society where we have been taught that there are no moral absolutes, no rights andContinue reading “Evil’s Character”

Late!

Psalm 10:1-18 One of the great struggles of any belief system is the problem of evil. Everyone must wrestle with this question, not just Jesus-followers. Even the Atheist must answer the question. That is because it is in the center of every human heart. We may be able to give a good, well reasonedContinue reading “Late!”