When God’s Law Doesn’t Feel Life Giving

In my last post, I alluded to commands of God which don’t feel life giving.  What did I have in mind?  I think of anything which denies me something that I want.  We don’t need to stretch our imagination very far to come up with many examples.  I will give two. The...

Living Happily Under God’s Authority

The Christian God is a God who claims authority over our lives.  That’s an unattractive way to start a post, isn’t it? (I will propose that God’s authority brings beauty at the end of this piece!) But really, we see his authority from the opening chapters of the...