doubtless

When many Christians think of God’s light, they simply think of basking in it themselves, having their ‘personal glory,’ a presumed result of their own good works and nature, on display for all the world to see. But Jesus spoke of being filled with light, and being filled with darkness, the connotations lending themselves more to illumination of the spirit within. Jesus also spoke of the eye as the lamp of the body, a lamp generally identified as something that emits light. That makes more sense...

As we try to chart a course of daily forgiveness of others in our lives, we sometimes hover our attention over the minute details of some alleged transgression, our minds momentarily drifting off into a zone of purposeful differentiation between ‘justified judgements’ and those that we know had selfishly based motives. It’s hard to face up to the fact that it’s our Heavenly Father’s Glory, and not ours, which is at stake.

As Christ Himself related in Matthew 18:23-35, as God’s servants,...

I found myself in a snit last night, a self-righteous snit of indignation. I was deeply hurt when a friend didn’t show for a scheduled event, nor did he even bother to let me know that the event wasn’t to happen. I wanted to lash out. I conjured up images of Jesus running the money-lenders out of the temple with a cat-o'nine-tails, but, even in my state of snittiness, I realized that the comparison didn't fit. 'I trusted the man!' I fumed. 'He let me down!' I typed one reprimanding note after another,...

I was roaming the different chats this morning and curiously tapped into a text-only link that offered the opportunity to 'Chat with other Christians right now for free' in my zipcode. When I clicked on the link, I was confronted by a snapshot of a 'hot' brunette lying on her tummy atop what I'm assuming was her bed, her well-endowed body clad in skimpy lingerie. She was obviously browsing the net for 'Christian' companionship, a laptop flipped open in front of her.
First I was offended,...

... When I started working again a few months ago, my original intent was to earn just enough to meet our household budget. When offered a full time position, however, I took it, thinking of all the previously unaffordable 'necessities' I could now afford to purchase.
... My job requires a lot of public contact. My first week or so behind the cash register, I smiled a lot, inwardly offering the silent prayer, 'Bless those who persecute you...' when my inability to perform according to my...