A few years ago I rode a roller-coaster in prayer. One day my faith would be on the highest of highs and the next day plummeted to the lowest of lows. There was no level ground of faith. Until this difficult time in my life, though my prayers weren’t always answered just as petitioned, they were answered favorable enough often enough to feel …
Hardened Hearts
I will never in a million years understand how our free-will and God’s sovereignty work together. It’s a great mystery. We are given free-will to make our own choices yet God is in control. A well known story in the Bible is a perfect example of my quandary: the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart. In case you aren’t familiar with it or need …
Jack Chronicles IV: God’s Creativity
For nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37).My son Andrew is highly allergic to dogs. His allergies aren’t just the nose sniffling, eyes itching kind but the “I can’t breathe; an elephant is sitting on my chest!” We tried allergy shots for a year, but even after all of the treatment he couldn’t tolerate any dog even the hypoallergenic ones. …