Every now and then, I speak up and say that swearing bothers me. I often say it's because when I was little I heard it a lot when people were angry. That's true. But here's more to the story ( Read more... )

But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created man on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever ( Read more... )

Ok, Exodus 9:13 and on blew my mind yet again. Listen to this:

13 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me, 14 or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your ( Read more... )

So today I read 1 kings 11:1-13, which talks about Solomon's foreign wives. This is what I wrote in my journal:
King Solomon loved other women. He was not devoted to his wife. He had other wives. The Lord had commanded him not to follow after other gods, yet he let his wives lead him astray. When went to the trouble of building altars to other ( Read more... )

This one's about 2kings 18-19. I've read it before recently, but this morning I find myself reading it again. The gist of what goes on this: Hezekiah is king, and the Assyrians are threatening him. The Assyrians make proud boasts against the Lord, claiming that the Lord sent them to overthrow Judah. The messenger from the Assyrians was trying to ( Read more... )

The other day a few friends of mine were having a theology conversation. The main topic was predestination vs. free will. Now there were two girls we were talking with that believed strongly in free will. My friend Johnny, who has some kind of gift at communication and talking with people, at first listening and trying to understand. Then after a ( Read more... )

I'm working on a homework assignment.

One of my textbooks is called Engaging God's World by Cornelious Plantinga, Jr ( Read more... )

Today in my history of Latin America class, we're talking about religion. Now, most countries that speak Spanish or Portuguese tend to be predominantly catholic. But my professor showed us a video of a woman talking about Spiritism. She didn't say anything about Christ or about the church. She talked about Spiritism. She talked about seeing ( Read more... )

Back from tour ( Read more... )

I lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth ( Read more... )