Do you look good on wood?

Each and every person on this planet faces their own cross.
We will either go to it in this life, or the next.
When I see a cross, that is the first thing I am reminded of…that I will not escape it. The world will have it’s way with me unto the grave.
But that grave will not hold me. [...]

The Terribleness of Death

I spoke to my brother the other day on the phone. He seemed a bit down and I asked him how he was. He told me that the sister of his son’s friend had just died that day of cancer. She was 16 years old.
I did not know this girl, or her family. But after [...]

We must die

We must.
Sin demands payment. New life is dependant on it.
No death…no life. 
“If you would gain your life, you must lose it for my sake.”
There are some “Christian blogs” and “Christian churches” that really don’t believe that. They really don’t believe in dying to the self. They are really ALL ABOUT AFFIRMING  ‘THE SELF“.
Instead of using [...]

Death of the Old Adam, Death of the Old Eve

Jesus said that if you would gain your life in this world… you must lose it.
Is there any dying going on in your church? Are people losing their lives on a regular basis?
It’s supposed to happen, you know.
St. Paul tells us that “the law brings death.”
 There is no life in it.    Life… the authentic, genuine [...]

It’s Worse than We Thought

‘ The Problem’ turns out to be a lot worse than we thought.
There is actually not one wit of hope. With all of our reason, with all of our know- how, with all of our striving, with all of our good will… there is no overcoming it.
“But we are making advances!” “But we now [...]