Category Archives: Quick Thoughts

Saying ‘Thank You’

If we really believed that God is all-wise and all-loving, we would say ‘thank you’ when He doesn’t give us what we ask.

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The Best Critics

Sometimes our enemies are better at seeing our flaws than our friends are, so they may have the most valuable criticisms (even if they express them horribly or grossly overstate them).

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Grief’s Value, Grief’s Danger

Grief’s Value It is a tribute to God’s good gifts of life and love. James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. … Continue reading

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Using Time, Energy, and Mental / Emotional Resources

From my email inbox: “Depend upon it, we have no life-force to spare, and everything which lessens our consecrated energy is a robbery of God. ” C. H. Spurgeon

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A Tale of Two (Church) Heads

“Her Majesty the Queen is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England”  (official site of the Church of England). *********** Ephesians 5:23 …even as Christ is the head of the church.  

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No Love Without Truth

There is no “tension” between truth and love. If our words and actions are not pervaded with the love of God, they are not true. If our words and actions are not faithful to God’s truth, they are not loving. Continue reading

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“Lump of Coal” Christians

When God Works, Pressure Makes Precious. Continue reading

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