“The Solace For Our Restless Hearts!”
“The Solace For Our Restless Hearts!”(Acts 17:22-34).We began this week with the strong emphasis: “acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is the God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other”(Dt.4:39). We continued the week highlighting the Supremacy and Sovereignty of God, his Omniscience, Omnipotence and Omnipresence.As […]
“Athens: A City Of Restless Hearts!”
“Athens: A City Of Restless Hearts!” (Acts 17:16-21).In his “Confession,” St. Augustine of Hippo prayed the famous most quoted line, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Someone has said different names for “our restless heart” include “our search for meaning, our desire for […]
“God Alone Knows!”
“God Alone Knows!”(Job 38:31-38).There is no doubt that in this generation, some of the Divine questions posed to Job can be considered childish. Today’s generation has answers – or so we claim.Even if we have answers, why is it that bad things happen to good people when at the same time good things are happening […]
“The Omniscient, Omnipotent And Omnipresent God!”
“The Omniscient, Omnipotent And Omnipresent God!”(Job 38:12-21).There is this pun where the teacher picked an average student to answer the question, “When did the First World War start?” The student got up and responded, “I do not know. I was not yet born.”These days, we rely so much on documented scripts and downplay orality. Yet, […]
“Avoid Words Without Knowledge!”
“Avoid Words Without Knowledge!”(Job:38:1-11).“Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?…Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundations?…”In a bid to understand God’s questions to Job, I asked, “Who created God?” One answer says, “No person or thing created God. He created “time,” and because we dwell in the dimension of […]