Wrong For All The Right Reasons
“Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.” -Jesus Acts of the Apostles 10:15 NLT Peter’s prayer time was interrupted with an “Amber Alert” from heaven. Someone named Cornelius was lost and needed to be saved. There was only one problem- Cornelius was an outsider, a Gentile. The Jew vs. Gentile tension was deep, but not intrinsically born out of hatred or racism. It was a matter of Jewish laws regarding holiness and separation. The Jewish people rightly discerned that they were chosen of God, divinely favored, and special… Read More
Why You Can Trust God’s Timing
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. (2 Peter 3:8, 9 ESV) The passing of time is consistent. A second is always a second; a minute always lasts one minute. Time is life’s metronome. Throughout history man has walked with the same cadence… Read More