One of the characteristics of youth is a feeling of invincibility. The young feel as though they will live forever. The reality of the transitory nature of life has not dawned upon them as yet. “As for man, his days are like grass…for the wind passes over it and it is gone.” (Psalm 103:15, 16). An understanding of the certainty that each of us has but a finite number of days to live is truth that is hard for the young to grasp just…
“OK, Robert. You have discussed cooking, clothing and cleaning (you didn’t discuss that specifically even though you implied it) in previous postings, and although her tasks may be more challenging than I thought, let’s face it—it’s still cooking, clothing and cleaning—what all house wives have to do. That’s not the challenging life I want.” At this point, I love that response! The virtuous wife’s involvement in these next ventures must be a shock to the reader who thinks a homemaker’s only activities are “housework.” …
I am not a “Help, Help, we’ll all be killed” kind of person, and I have been a slow responder to the Wu Han virus scare. For example, I felt like a fool going out with Jill at 6:00 this morning to Walmart so we could get two rationed, packages of toilet paper. However, the e-mail I am forwarding to you has rattled my cage a bit, and caused me to rethink our virus strategy. Please, please give this a read – it is…
“She’s like a trading ship that sails to faraway places and brings back exotic surprises. She’s up before dawn, preparing breakfast for her family and organizing her day.” (Proverbs 31:14, 15). In ancient cultures, food preparation was a constant, never-ending task for the homemaker. There was no pre-packaged or frozen food available, and the job often demanded long, even pre-dawn hours to accomplish her task. The evening meal was the crown jewel of this food-preparation phase of the homemaker’s responsibilities, because it represented the one time…
A much publicized feminist fiction today is that wives will be limited, hindered and will suffer as indentured servants if they become stay-at-home moms. The final nail in the coffin to bury this myth is Proverbs 31:10-31. This proverb begins by describing what a biblical wife means to her husband in the role to which God has created her—to be his helpmate in the ruling task to which God has called him. “Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above…
As I checked my favorite news aggregator one morning this week, I came across an article that began with this sentence: “The nuclear family must be abolished in favor of a ‘feminist future,’ says one feminist writer.” The article continued with, “In an article posted on Vice News, feminist writer Sophie Lewis proposed replacing the traditional family with a shared ‘surrogacy’ model in which ‘the labor of making new human beings is shared among all of us, ‘mother’ no longer being a natural category.’”…
If Jesus tells us to pray for something to happen in the world, and God is as real in our daily lives as He was to Jesus, might we not anticipate that this prayer will be answered? Jesus tells us to pray a specific prayer, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven” (Matthew 6:10). Whenever we pray this to our Heavenly Father, does it not make sense that our Father is going to answer this prayer? Yes,…
What we have discussed the past few weeks is neither easy nor entertaining reading to everyone. It is controversial, theological, and, for many, a brand new way to look at the world and life in general. However, I believe understanding clearly the subject of our discussions is worth the effort necessary to make it the object of our diligent pursuit. It is the framework for all of life, both the reason for life’s journey and the means by which we take the trip. It…
We are the children of a Father, the sheep of a Shepherd, the vice-regents of a King, the soldiers in an army, and the employees in a business. These are all metaphors that I have used in past blog postings to illustrate the “big-picture” of the relationship we have with God. God has saved us for a distinct purpose of which many Christians are completely unaware. Contrary to popular belief, we were neither saved to escape hell, nor to enjoy eternity with God, although…
The battle raged for 33 years, from the Incarnation to the Cross, and it was there on that cross that the outcome was finally determined. On a lonely hill outside the city wall of Jerusalem, Satan killed Jesus, the very Son of God Himself, the Second Person of the Trinity, on a wooden cross. It appeared to the disciples, and it appears to the casual observer today, that Satan had finally won the battle, and crucifying the Son of God was the most tragic…