Archive for March, 2010

Struggles Part Deux

22 March 2010

A comment is the impetus for returning to this topic.  Jenn Chimed in with this to say: This is not a “popular” message among Christians today, Ron, but one that deperately needs to be shared. Christians who are struggling are often treated with contempt by the Church, as if their struggles are a sign that [...]

Struggles

14 March 2010

All of us, without exception, deal with struggles in our lives from time to time.  For some of us, the worst struggles we face, though serious to us at the time, are relatively minor in retrospect.  For others, there are some struggles that most people could not make it through.  The question is, why do [...]

Christianity and Politics

2 March 2010

For many years I believed that if only we could, as a country, adopt the best political philosophy, we could turn America around and once again become a moral, Christian country. I hope you see the problem with this. I was placing my trust in a philosophy which is the same mistake Utopian thinkers have made throughout history.

Prayer

1 March 2010

Why is it that so many Christians struggle with prayer?  We all know one or two “prayer warriors” but for many it seems difficult to maintain a daily prayer routine, much less engage in serious, daily prayer. I’ve gone through seasons where I was praying regularly and productively, only to one day realize that somewhere [...]