As Christians, we sometimes forget what Christ really brought – what He really brings – into this world. We find it easy to place our message on a bumper sticker, or to put it on a t-shirt, or to make a really cool song out of it. It’s easy to sign a petition or pass … Continue reading
I wanted to share this amazing article on friendship that my wife recently posted on her ingenious blog The Philosopher’s Bride. God bless! Pain in the Offering
Pride lies at the heart of nearly all of the devisions we find in the Church. We Christians are often too quick to judge those who differ from us and place far to much stock in our own vain opinions. We blatantly ignore the One who binds us together as one body, the creator and … Continue reading
Today I wanted to pass on this beautiful prayer that my wife shared with me. She read it in a devotional book by Molly Sabourin entitled Close to Home which I highly recommend. It is the prayer of Metropolitan Philaret of the Orthodox Church. Please read it carefully, meditate on its content, and make it … Continue reading
Today I’d like to share a passage from The Wisdom of Solomon which vividly portrays the ethical consequences of the naturalistic view of reality. I ask you to meditate on these words and to wrestle with the implications of a world in which God does not exist, in which there is no objective purpose or … Continue reading
“Mystic Mondays” is a series done here at the Christian Watershed in the hopes of keeping us grounded. While we support the rational defense of the faith, we must ultimately concede that our faith is beyond reason; Christianity contains reason, but reason doesn’t contain Christianity. This is because our foundation is not in a system, … Continue reading
My internet friend David Hayward (The Naked Pastor) wrote a post yesterday posing some good questions about the rise of fundamentalism in today’s world. He sees the retreat to fundamentalism as a response to our uncertain and changing times. To him, it is merely an unwillingness to deal with mystery that causes people to become … Continue reading
I’ll be honest, the title is really just to catch people’s attention. But now that I have it, there is still a point to the title. I’ve been reading about the problem of evil lately and as one might suspect, it’s quite easy to lose faith in humanity during such an endeavor. After all, we … Continue reading
I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Jesus had come to earth in our modern times rather than in ancient Judea. What if He walked across modern America as He did Israel? I think the reactions to Him would be just as bad, if not worse. We’d like to think in our modern … Continue reading
Her chest heaves heavily as she struggles for breath. The horrible virus of AIDS has ravaged her fragile body. She doesn’t know why this fate has become her, but at six-years-old the young African orphan stares up into the stars, wondering if anyone shares in her suffering. Born to a mother who was raped by … Continue reading
