March | 2014 | Pedestrian God

When Faced with Sin

Mar 26 2014

If we really all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, then what do we do when we are confronted with this sin? The Bible lists plenty of good and bad examples for us, but let’s take a quick look at the first two kings of Israel to reflect on our own lives.

Saul, after being commanded to kill all the Amalekites and their possessions and failing to do so, reports back to Samuel that “I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.” Samuel cuts him off with a reproach and yet Saul continues to say, “The troops brought them … The troops took sheep and cattle …”

TV Show Review: Resurrection

Mar 17 2014

From the moment the first commercial echoed the a capella words “I’m coming home, coming home, tell the world I’m coming home” I wanted to know how ABC’s new show Resurrection would mirror culture’s desire to have life after death.

After all, this is the same station that has heaped a pile of shows I refuse to watch: Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Nashville, Revenge, Scandal, Betrayal, Desperate Housewives, Trophy Wife, The Bachelor / Bachelorette, and Dancing with the Stars. (I will make four exceptions: Once Upon a Time and Marvel’s Agents of Shield (though I have not watched them), Wipe Out and our house’s favorite, Shark Tank.

ABC does not reflect my family or my family’s values. With our little spare time, we have become increasingly choosy about the television shows that we do watch. But the echoes of “coming home” triggered a deep desire to hunt for the moral truths in Resurrection.

By the Word of Their Testimony

Mar 12 2014

They conquered him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not love their lives in the face of death. Revelation 12:11

My testimony? That’s easy. I was raised in church and I walked down the aisle when I was seven. Isn’t that how most of our testimony stories go? A yawnful summation of God’s grace. I thought my testimony ended at the end of that aisle with my cute seven-year old self. But my testimony isn’t over yet.

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