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God’s anger is what we experience when we resist the fierceness of unrelenting love. We are in a storm and we can ride the storm or wage war against the storm, but we cannot ignore the storm.

It is great territory for meditation and a vast battleground for mediation.The biblical writers chose their metaphors carefully to leave us plenty of room for exploration.

There is a sort of hate and abandonment is the gateway to true love and fulfillment.

We need new patterns. We need to replace old, worn-out, useless and even harmful behaviors with newer, more nurturing and positive actions. What are the steps?

  When the colluded powers sent their collaborating messengers to warn Jesus he was in trouble and that he was likely to be killed, his response was four-fold: I am doing works of mercy and deliverance. I will continue to do them until I am done. I will not be stopped. I will not be…

  Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, with gushing blood, detail of the Ghent Altarpiece, Jan van Eyck, c. 1432 “… Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” – John 1:29  It is not enough to have a theoretical understanding of God’s redemption through Jesus and how He came to fulfill the Old Testament…

What is life? Overwhelmed by complexity,Ambiguity,Perpetuity,Jaded acuity.Then proceeding …

Ten years ago, February 24, at the age of 91, Oden E. Lockhart died. At the time of his death, he was still conducting his radio ministry on multiple stations in the Appalachian region of this country. He had been an encourager to me for 35 years since I was in college back in the…