Dale’s Rules for Life – Forgive!
I have these rules for life. Sometimes rules can be lengthy, spelling out all the “ifs, ands, or buts” needed for a rule to be proper implementation. When does this…
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The Basics 3c – The Bible: God’s Story
I recently completed a 16×20 paint by numbers canvas. The whole project took around 20 hours spread out over five weeks. The results will never hang in a museum and…
The Basics 3b – The Inspired Bible
The Bible we hold in our hands is special for one reason. It is like other ancient writings in that someone scratched an ink-laden tip across a piece of parchment…
The Basics: 3a The Bible Library
Our next section in this review of The Basics of Christian Faith will consider the Bible. What is the Bible? How did it come to be? What is its role…
Let’s Get Real
There is a conflict as old as humanity that crosses every divide ever created. That conflict can be summed up as “what is lawful.” Or to put it another way,…
The Basics 2f – God’s Response to Humanity’s Mess
The riddle of humanity seems like a hopeless mess. Whether we admit it or not, everyone is broken and has failed the potential of our creation in God’s image. But…
Humanity’s State
Let’s recap the puzzle pieces we have so far concerning the riddle of humanity. The first piece recognizes humanity’s creation in the image and likeness of God. The second piece…
Humanity’s Conflict
The crux of the riddle of humanity is the blending of two conflicting truths. On one hand, we are all created in the image of God. On the other, we…
Dale’s Rules of Life : How Many Apples Are In a Seed?
I have these rules for life. This happens to be the sixteenth in the list. It also happens to be one gleaned from a sign. Many years ago my family…
Humanity’s Flaw
It doesn’t take long to observe that something’s wrong with humanity. Somehow, it simply isn’t living up to the promise of being created in God’s likeness. Yes, there are flashes…
The Basics: 2b Complete Humanity
In each person are several tightly connected pieces. Our bodies are wonderful in their design. We are an adaptable and resilient complex web of cells, organs, bone, and blood. But…
The Basics: 2a Humanity Created
Humanity is like a complicated and contradictory riddle. Humans can be kind, gentle, loving, and self-sacrificing one moment but spiteful, destructive, hateful, and self-centered the next. We among all the…