on Adam and Eve

Francis Schaeffer wrote a book titled "Genesis in Space and Time". I am presently finding it a compelling argument bolstering my belief in a thought that our modern (and especially post-modern) minds often judge to be a stretch.


Adam and Eve, real people in real space & time.

It is actually a much more plausible explanation than whatever else is proposed, but our cultural aversion to the meta-narrative (one overarching story that contains and explains the entirety of our universe and existence) leaves me skittish about committing to the Biblical story (not publicly of course, only in the hidden thoughts of my early morning waking moments). Nonetheless, I am truly being strengthened in my inner man by pondering the text of Genesis 1-11 through the eyes of a wise and bold man of God. May the Gospel of God bring about the obedience of faith which Paul speaks of in the first verses of his letter to the Romans.

on difficult days and worship

some days are difficult, heads and hearts ache, strength wears thin, stress gets high, pain is either on the horizon or already penetrating our souls, people hurt us or fail us, God seems distant...

the challenge is turning those difficult things into opportunities to rely on God's sustaining presence as what we need to carry us through. that's what worship is I think. that's what gives God honor, when b/c of who He is we are able to continue rather than sit down in despair. a song may remind us such that we worship, but a song is only worship full to the extent that it is an expression of a heart relying on God for everything that it needs.

may God make us worshipers, may God fill our hearts, may God reign as our desire, may God satisfy our longings... i think this is only one thought

Psalm 16:11

on the Nail Gun-

My employer dropped a nail gun on my head;
I think it was an accident... my wife thought it looked like something out of "night of the living dead".

I remember a wise professor from my college days saying that the one redeeming lesson from the slew of horror films is that if you try to bury something that isn't dead it always comes back to get you in the end.

He was applying this to how so often we "stuff" our emotions/responses to difficult/hurtful experiences and relationships... in the end they always come back up; pain must be dealt with or it will come back as a rotting mess seeking to destroy us.

Freedom from the past starts with dealing with the past:

only Jesus heals, forgives, restores...