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Psalm 3 Say You, Say Me, Selah
Questions: How do we react when trouble hits? What if it is our fault? Is hope more than an illusion? Where is God? How does He want us to deal with anger? And what does Selah mean, anyway? “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.
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Psalm 2 Rage Against the Mashiyach
Questions: Why do we rebel? What is the goal of rage? Does this bother God? Click “Read More” to pursue answers in the Psalms.
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Psalm 1 Tree Time
One of the other things I was struck by during my 40 Days study was the importance of God’s word. In particular, though reading Rick Warren’s book was both stimulating and encouraging, I found myself longing for more time just reading the Bible. I don’t know if this was despite,…
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Day 41 – Final Thoughts on 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren
Whew! Though it took me nearly 60 days (rather than 40), I am glad I spent the beginning of 2006 with Rick Warren’s book (similarly to what I did with the Purpose-Driven Community last spring). I was deeply impressed, particularly with how Rick: * Covered the essentials of the Christian…
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Day 40: Living with Purpose – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #5: You Were Made for a Mission Point to Ponder: Living with purpose is the only way to really live.. Verse to Remember: “David… served the purpose of God in his own generation.” — Acts 13:36 (NASB) Question to Consider: When will I take the time to write down…
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Day 39: Balancing Your Life – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #5: You Were Made for a Mission Point to Ponder: Blessed are the balanced. Verse to Remember: “Life life with a due sense of responsibility, not as those who do not know the meaning of life, but as those who do.” — Ephesians 5:15 (Ph) Question to Consider: Which…
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Day 38: Becoming a World-Class Christian – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #5: You Were Made for a MissionMy Point to Ponder: The Great Commission is my commission. Verse to Remember: “Send us around the world with the news of your saving purpose and your eternal plan for all mankind.” — Psalm 62:7 (LB) Question to Consider: What steps can I…
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The Testimony of Dr. Ernie: Why I Am A Christian
As noted in today’s devotional, I don’t think I’ve ever posted my testimony — my salvation story — online. For the record, here it is, from something I suspect I first wrote in the 1990’s. Intriguingly, this perhaps does a better job of answering Alan’s questions than my DiaBlogue. Alan,…
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Day 37: Sharing Your Life Message – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #5: You Were Made for a Mission Point to Ponder: God wants to say something to the world through me. Verse to Remember: “Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you, but do it with gentleness and respect.”…
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DiaBlogue: (EEE-III) Beneath Belief
In the final part of my response to Alan’s EEE response to my epistemology, I want to address Alan’s concerns about specifics. First, in terms of specific, fleshed-out paradigms: Only (III), as far as I can tell, is concrete enough to be applied as a “truth test”. I wonder if…
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DiaBlogue: (EEE-II) Context is King
In part II of my response to Alan’s EEE response to my epistemology, I want to address Alan’s concerns about context: II. Knowledge is contextually accurate, paradigmatically-justified belief. I want to emphasize that my understanding of (II) is as a meta-definition of knowledge. I use “meta” here because specific definitions…
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DiaBlogue: (EEE-I) Absolutely – Not?
Since Alan raised several different but important points in his response to ‘take deux’ of my “Epistemology of Empirical Essentialism“, I’m going to tackle them in three parts. To start with, though he concedes EEE Is Not a Shoe Size, he does find my first assertion: I. Belief in truth…
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Day 36: Made for a Mission – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #5: You Were Made for a Mission Point to Ponder: I was made for a mission. Verse to Remember: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe…
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Day 35: God’s Power In Your Weakness – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God Point to Ponder: God works best when I admit my weakness. Verse to Remember: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” — II Corinthians 12:9a (NIV) Question to Consider: Am I limited God’s power in…
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Day 34: Thinking Like a Servant – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God Point to Ponder: To be a servant I must think like a servant. Verse to Remember: “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 2:5 (NIV) Question to Consider: Am I usually more concerned about being served…
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DiaBlogue: Epistemology of Empirical Essentialism, Take Deux
Though it did take me four blog posts: * Absolut Beliefs * Aristotle’s Spiral * To Good, Too, Be True * Brothers, Can Youse Paradigm? I feel pretty good about the resulting epistemology, which Alan apparently agrees with. I might summarize it here as: I. Belief in truth is inherently…
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Day 33: How Real Servants Act – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God Point to Ponder: I serve God by serving others. Verse to Remember: “And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.” — Matthew 10:42 (NLT) Question to Consider:…
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Pray for the Peace of Iraq
This is slightly off-topic, but today’s rioting in Iraq (which some see as the early stages of civll war) really touched my heart. I’m not the most sensitive soul, so that doesn’t happen very often. Hence, I wanted to take the time to fully respond to that prompting. Under the…
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Day 32: Using What God Gave You – 40 Days of Purpose-Driven Life
Purpose #4: You Were Shaped for Serving God Point to Ponder: God deserves my best. Verse to Remember: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” — II Timothy 2:15…
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DiaBlogue: Brothers, Can Youse Paradigm?
Despite the ominous title “Take It or Levitt” (possibly chosen for lack of a better pun :-), Alan’s post effectively highlights a number of issues that I concede I have not treated clearly enough: * How do community norms relate to “universally valid” knowledge? * What does it mean for…
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