Is Tolerance the Highest Virtue?

In 2012 America, the worst labels you can hang on someone are intolerant, hateful, narrow minded and judgmental. Now if you disagree with someone’s opinions, beliefs or actions, you are being intolerant. Just ask the president of Chick-fil-A. It seems that tolerance has become the highest virtue. But should it be? Recently, there was an […]

Decommitting

It’s a real word. I looked it up. Of course spell check doesn’t recognize it. Maybe it just wants me to add a hyphen. I read an article last night about a high school football player who had committed to play football for the University of Oklahoma, but had later decided to decommit. Decommit. Is […]

I Know the Plans I Have For You

Robyn and I sent some chocolate covered strawberries to a friend who’s serving at a Young Life camp in Colorado this month. If you’ve never tried Shari’s Berries, I highly recommend them! I was tracking the shipment this morning and took this screen shot on my phone: The order was picked up yesterday evening in […]

Where Are Christians Who Have Died?

For the past couple of days, we’ve looked at some of what the Bible tells us about our eternal home–the new earth and the city of New Jerusalem. If you have placed your faith in Christ to forgive your sin–eternal life is a guarantee. You never have to wonder if you will spend eternity with […]

What is Heaven Like? (Part 2 of 2)

Yesterday, we looked at what we can learn about heaven from Genesis 1 and 2 and Revelation 21 and 22. In those chapters, we see God’s original design for the earth and how He will one day make the earth new. You can read yesterday’s post here, if you missed it. Let’s continue our look […]