Big Plans
How would you answer this question – what is humanity’s greatest achievement in the past 100 years? Creating vaccines? Breaking the DNA code? Splitting the atom? Creating the internet? Breaking the four-minute mile? Summitting Mt. Everest? (8 mins. reading time) Being a science nerd, I would answer with the 1969 moon landing. I was only…
Introducing …
What comes to mind when you hear the word, Messiah? Is it the 2020 Netflix Messiah television series? Handel’s great musical composition? Or perhaps a promised and expected deliverer to an oppressed group or nation? (11 mins. reading time) In verses 4 to 6 of Psalm 2, God provided a measure-for-measure response to the three-fold…
After Disappointment
We can learn a lot about a person’s character by how they handle disappointments and successes in life. Some people allow success to go to their head. Others use their success for the benefit of others. Likewise, there can be a contrasting response to disappointment. Some people become bitter and resentful. Others choose to learn…
Be Afraid … Be Very Afraid!
What frightens you? Is it the dark, or spiders, or heights, or public speaking, or snakes, or flying, or death? We all have our phobias. In this final speech of Psalm 2, God advises the kings of the earth what they should fear. (12 mins. reading time) After the nation’s rant (vs 1-3), God’s response…
The Endorsements
Do you purchase products or services based on reviews? Have you ever decided to buy something based on an endorsement, only to eventually be disappointed by it? It could have been a movie trailer, a book review, or a single released ahead of the album. (9 mins. reading time) Back in the day of post-vinyl…
Identity Issues
Today, the pursuit of identity is a popular topic. People tend to identify with others who have shared interests, political ideologies, ethnicity, religion, age, location, etc. There is also a tendency to identify oneself and others based on individual appearance, self-expression, life experience, gender, etc. People have a deep need to be part of a…
Head and Heart Collide 