The other morning, I brought my camera with me to morning coffee since there was a thick layer of fog. As the sunlight began to burn off the fog, I was able to take some images. The interesting thing about fog is that while it obscures our vision, it also adds definition to the light […]
“For in him we live and move and have our being.’ Acts 17:28 While life circumstances may seem to be at the whim of random forces, it is simply not the case. We do not live in a vacuum. Instead we live in God. God is always present. God is always acting. We are surrounded […]
As a parent, when I held my young infant and watched him grow over the years, I imagined what kind of life he might live, guessing his life’s trajectory. What kind of man would he become? What kind of friends would he have? With whom would he fall in love? How would he spend his […]
Please click the following link and read about Jay McKinley. And then pray. And if led, do something. This average, normal guy has more faith in his little finger than I probably will ever have in my entire life. I’m staggered by his conviction.
I’m having a really hard time with this one. Conviction is not a good thing in and of its self. Suicide bombers have loads of conviction. He left his family behind? He will die soon? If you or I were to do the same thing we would be a misguided (if not crazy or horrible) person. This seems to me like a politically correct version of the self-immolation committed by Buddhist monks in protest to oppression in Vietnam. I don’t see how this is anything like what the Apostles did. I can’t imagine Peter essentially killing himself in protest to the oppression of the Jews under Rome. I can imaging Jesus rebuking him for such an idea. This man may have more conviction than you or I, but I don’t know that it is something to be applauded any more than we should applaud any other so-called righteous act of suicide.
I don’t understand why I should see this as wise, good, or praise worthy.