Wednesday, April 27, 2011

"God is better . . ."

Don't take the bait, swim away . . . you gonna leave God for that?

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Divine Wisdom


"Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words, or He will rebuke you and prove you a liar" (Proverbs 30.5 - 6 NIV).

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

"It's not fair . . ."


It's not fair that I'm in a small church.
It's not fair that I'm not in a small church.
It's not fair that I'm a pastor.
It's not fair that I'm not a pastor.
It's not fair that I'm a leader and not a follower.
It's not fair that I'm a follower and not a leader.
It's not fair that I'm still married.
It's not fair that I'm still not married.
It's not fair that I've got kids.
It's not fair that I don't got kids.
It's not fair that I'm a man and not a woman.
It's not fair that I'm a woman and not a man.
It's not fair that I work so hard.
It's not fair that I'm such a slacker.
It's not fair that I'm a husband and not a wife.
It's not fair that I'm a wife and not a husband.
It's not fair that I'm Chinese.
It's not fair that I'm not Chinese.
It's not fair that I'm a Christian.
It's not fair that I'm not Christian.

It's not fair that Kangaroos carry their young in their pouch.
It's not fair that Rabbits can reproduce so quickly.
It's not fair that Dogs can lick their behinds.
It's not fair that birds can fly, fish can swim and bears can sleep all winter.

It's not fair that I'm in jail.
It's not fair that I'm not in jail.

It's not fair that heroin is so addictive.
It's not fair that I can't operate on myself.
It's not fair that I have a heart and brain.
It's not fair that I need air to breath and food to eat.
It's not fair that woman can bear children and men can't.
It's not fair that men can marry women but can't marry their sister, mother or daughter.
It's not fair that I can't have multiple wives.
It's not fair that I grew up middle-class.
It's not fair that I'm not in abject poverty.
It's not fair that our government is so easy going.
It's not fair that things are fair.

It's not fair that God has a position on so many things.
It's not fair that there is only one way to heaven.
It's not fair that good things happen to bad people.
It's not fair that God created everything each according to its own . . .

"Life's not fair, but God is good." To say "it's not fair" is to desire equality in some area that we do not want responsibility in. In some weird manner, it is to defy and oppose God and His created order . . . because we secretly think that it's not fair that God is God and we are not.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

What is liberal theology?


According to Dr. Al Mohler, he quotes Richard Niebuhr, "A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross" (H. Richard Niebuhr, The Kingdom of God in America; New York: Harper and Row, 1959; page 193). A Christless Christianity that is void of God's wrath, man's sin and a Jesus who never went to the cross (because it's just too violent and grotesque to think about as civilized, rational beings).

I had a theology professor who once quipped, "if a rat falls into a cookie jar, does it make it a cookie?" Nope.

Saturday, April 02, 2011

If a tree fell in the forest . . .

. . . would you hear it? This was too sweet to pass up.