The world is still in need of true healing, not just a temporary numbing. But to understand how we come to find real healing, we first need to see more of the connection between opiates and religion. This will open up to the door to a beautiful revelation . . .
Am I enough? Am I acceptable to God? Am I a disappointment to the One who created me? Or am I a blessing to His heart? It can’t be both. It has to be one or the other. Yet sadly, because of the trust we put in ourselves, we think we are a disappointment to God . . .
Infinity War involves a villain named Thanos who is pursuing six “infinity stones.” These stones will give him the power to destroy half the population of the universe. There is indeed a message hidden here; one that is breaking box office records and blasting out a fresh parable to the world. It is speaking of things to come (though perhaps not in the way you’d expect). If this perplexes you, listen in as we unpack the mystery of this parable together . . .
A.W. Tozer said in his book Knowledge of the Holy, that by a “secret law of the soul” we tend to become like the image of God we carry in our mind and heart. Our internal compass moves us towards our perception of the deity that we behold. Tozer also said that “what comes into our mind when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” This is more profound than we know. Way back in the Garden, Adam opens his eyes for the very first time, and . . .
Lately I’ve found that no matter how hard I think. Or seek. Or question. Or try. I can’t escape this call to His Wisdom.His Wisdom calls me to foolish childlike thinking. Seriously.  Childlike thinking . . .
This month on the New Bus . . . A look at the fires of Notre Dame, the crown of a dead star, the future of missions, and resurrecting the extinct . . .