Who's On First?

Do you often find it hard to make time for God? I know I do.  We have an entire universe of distractions at our disposal to come between us and God.  Now perhaps it’s easier to choose time with God over something as trivial as, say, video games or reading a blog. But what about things that are actually important?

Dying to Live

Why don’t you kill yourself?  That’s not a rhetorical question; ask yourself that with every intention of answering.  What is stopping you from taking your own life?  Life is full of pain, and some would even say that life is pain.  If that is indeed the case, and if we follow our natural instinct to escape pain, would it not logically follow that the best way to do so would be to escape life? So what’s stopping you?

46 Days of Easter

Isn’t it weird seeing Christmas decorations in October?  We chalk it down to pure and simple commercialism most of the time.  But the reason for that is because there is a hype—a build-up—for Christmas.  We look forward to it the whole year, and the anticipation builds all the more as fall comes to an end and winter approaches.  For Christians, Christmas is truly important, as it our day to celebrate the advent of Jesus Christ.  So where’s the hype for Easter?

Prison Break!

Do you ever feel like you just can’t express yourself and no one understands you? Like you’re all alone?  Like your spirit has a will of its own, but the body is weak? Like you’re completely caged up? Plato knew just how you feel.

Thousands of years ago, Plato, the Philosopher King, did not like his body. Nor anyone else’s for that matter.  According to Plato, the inner-self, the real person, was trapped in and cursed with a physical body prone to illness, injury, and all sorts of degrading wants and temptations.  He believed the only escape from this horrid cage was death, which would finally grant the soul true freedom.

Apologising for Apologetics

Have you ever found yourself stumped after someone challenges your faith?  You’ve reasoned and quoted till your brain feels tied in a knot and the other guy seems like he’s barely breaking an intellectual sweat.  You just want to shove “The Bible says so!” down their throat and make all their science and logic go away.  Well, there is good news for you: Apologetics!

Artificial Sweetener

            Have you ever had anything so sickeningly sweet that the sweetness lost its sweetness?  Of course when I say this, we think immediately of food; though the principle is applicable in many areas.  Take for instance the film industry, particularly regarding Christmas.

It's the End of the World!

     “Repent! The end of the world is nigh! Doom, death, and destruction are at hand!”  I’m sure you can easily picture the dishevelled ‘prophet’ on the streets downtown with his message sharpied onto his cardboard sign, preaching of the coming judgement and destruction.   Imagine if you saw him, but as you came closer, you notice how calm he is.  How his message doesn’t look scribbled and frantic, but instead reads more like the cover of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written in large, friendly letters: “DON’T PANIC.”

Lost and Found: A Cause to Celebrate

Have you ever lost your wallet? Your phone? It can be quite distressing realising that one’s place for keeping money, ID, photos, means of communication, etc. are nowhere to be found on one’s person. When one is reunited with their lost property after double-checking pockets or back-tracking, there is a tremendous sense of excitement and relief. This is because we value such things. The same principle applies in church.

One Nation Under God

          We like to say of our country that we are “one nation under God” and “in God we trust.”   But does our nation believe that? Are we really in a Christian nation?  When we look around ourselves, we have to answer ‘no.’   So how do we become a Christian nation once again?