The New Free ThinkersToday’s guest post comes to us courtesy of Timothy Tremblay. Christianity is a lifestyle of self-denial and discipline: one of total surrender and obedience to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Some view this as a constraining, boring, and old fashioned way of life. But we only have one life to live. We can seek to [...]
BRRRRING! Alarm clock blaring, I ran across the hall to put in my contacts in front of the well lit mirror. Too well lit, I thought. Using both hands to try to place the contact lens, I attempt to turn off one of the light switches with my elbow. Somehow, I am successful in this, [...]
Mine! It’s an ugly, four letter word. It’s the anthem of the “terrible twos.” But “mine” isn’t just the favorite word of cranky toddlers; it’s the catchphrase of our generation. “It’s my body, it’s my life, it’s my…” is our excuse to do anything we like, regardless of the consequences. Just like a child clutching [...]
Commitment: so many people take it for granted. Lately God has been dealing with me about this. When I think of commitment, I think of what one lover shows to another. I think of an undying bond that holds two people together. That’s true, but there is much more to it than that. If you [...]
It’s twelve forty-five in the morning. I lay in a sleeping bag on my living room floor, awake. Though I have every reason to be comatose, I can’t close my eyes. It’s prayer time. I roll over onto my stomach, and start to seek the Lord, trying not to wake my friend on the couch, [...]
The wind blew gently over the quiet town. No one knew He was coming, no one knew He was entering their very presence. But why should it be any different? This only happens once in a great while. As the Man walked quietly down the road people wondered who He might be. Who was this [...]
As a gentle breeze surrounded me, I wondered why I was outside in the first place. It was cold, and the house looked so inviting as I shut the door. Sitting down on my steps, as I did so often, I lifted up my head and glanced up towards the night sky. A multitude of [...]
Not long ago, as I was waiting for statistics class to begin, the subject of my faith came up with a friend. After I explained what “Apostolic Pentecostal” meant, he asked incredulously, “Wait, do you go to church every Sunday?” “Yes, I do.” “Seriously? Wow, that’s a lot.” “Hey man, I love it. I love [...]
The religious world seems to have thoroughly co-opted the word “unity,” for it is not used in modern English vernacular. Commercial interests use it rarely, and even then it’s usually a brand or label of some sort that might as well be any other string of syllables, like the name of a computer processor or [...]
Not long ago I spent a week at a camp meeting and heard a number of incredibly anointed sermons preached. One that stuck out to me was a message by Bro. Joel Urshan about the love of God. As he preached, I was convicted and lost control of my emotions as God began to flow [...]