1 Corinthians 16:17 I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. Anyone who has competed in endurance races like 10k’s, marathons, triathlons and the like, probably understand the intense feeling of thirst. A short distance can seem like an eternity when you are becoming de-hydrated […]
Archive | January, 2021
Are You Making Your Plans in Pencil or in Pen?
1 Corinthians 16:7 For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. I’ve often pictured the Bible heroes as people who were fully tuned into God in such a way that every step was laid out in […]
The Matthew Effect – is God Unfair?
Matthew 25:29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. David Epstein published an interesting read entitled The Sports Gene which investigates the question of whether elite athletes are genetic freaks or simply normal people who overcome their […]
Jesus – Not a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel Robert Merton, a 20th century sociologist, is credited as coining the expression “self-fulfilling prophecy” which is “in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes […]
Athletes Filled with the Holy Spirit
Exodus 31: 1 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God… We tend to have a distorted view of God and the Holy Spirit. While it is true that we see many manifestations of the Holy […]