(Below is a take on what might have been going on inside the woman’s head that was caught in adultery in John 8. There’s a lot of accusing and judgment in the world around us. Dragging our enemies, our exes, and our presidential candidates into a circle to be stoned for what they’ve done. It’s refreshing to think about how things could go differently.) It’s all become so clear now. I’d never seen my sin before this moment. I’ve just…
I’ve got a feeling that while what I posted in “Part I” may make some sense, it may still leave a lot of questions unanswered. Perhaps questions like: “If God’s desire is for us to be so comfortable, rested and pleasured, how do you explain the torture, jailing, and gruesome killing of Jesus’ first disciples? And the promise that we’ll experience persecution and share in his sufferings? And the fact that life is painful and difficult?” It does seem like…
Food. Sex. Pleasure. Comfort. Rest. Ruling. Does this sound like a list of things that some preacher somewhere should preach against? Does this blog title sound like some hedonistic reality show? I admit that my knee-jerk reaction might be something like that. But I’m learning something entirely different. Early this year, I began to see a new theme emerging. That all of these things come as gifts from God. He thought them up himself and then rained them down as gifts for the…
