Reflections: Pentecost and The Rod of Iron

“Potter” Image courtesy of dan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Happy Pentecost! This is being posted on Pentecost, a day that commemorates Jesus sending the Holy Spirit to His Church. The Holy Spirit, of course, reminds me of the “rod of iron”. What’s that? It doesn’t remind you of the “rod of iron”?…

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Wars Happen

I want to get this off my chest before the week is out. Political Idolatry I have asked the question before “Politics: The New Religion?” It seems that this ideological bent even pervades the world’s churches. I go to a Church of God (COG), and so I don’t know what…

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Reflections: Is God Ever Surprised?

God is omniscient.  Some say that means God can never be surprised.  Is that true? Last Reflections, we looked at “Does God Laugh?”  At the end, I asked everyone to reflect upon the question “What is required to make people laugh?”  In general, a person laughs when something is unexpected. …

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