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Sit down with me as we think through some tough topics in a reflective way and examine some of the difficult issues that can trouble followers of Christ. My hope is that you’ll always come away with more to think about… RBC Ministries
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- A Lost Commandment? |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 18 2010
The other day someone gave me a book that has gotten my attention. It’s called, Love Revolution: Rediscovering the Lost Command of Jesus by Gaylord Enns.
I was skeptical at first. Expected a predictable rehash of a subject we’ve all heard a lot about.
But the author told his own story of brokenness in a way that [...] - Jesus and Health Care |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 13 2010
I have no interest in using this space to argue the partisan issues or perspectives of the current national health care issue.
What I would like to talk with you about is whether fair and affordable health care for everyone is something that followers of Christ should be concerned about.
Are we responding with the wisdom of [...] - What if…in Heaven? |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 08 2010
Because the book of Revelation foresees the merging of heaven and earth in ways that will be far better than we have ever known…
What if– heaven turns out to be far more like this world than we expected, but far beyond what we have ever imagined?
What if…we are headed for a heaven on earth [...] - Too Good to Be True? |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 05 2010
Hey, I’ve been kicking something around and would like to get your thoughts.
We’ve all heard it said over and over, that “if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is… ‘too good to be true.’
Don’t drink the “Kool-Aid”…
In one respect, most of us probably accept the warning as a matter of wisdom—except when [...] - For Better or Worse |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 03 2010
Imagine leaving home, never to return, without knowing where we are going… except that our destination has been promised to be “far better”…
In some ways that’s what Abraham and Sara did. God asked them to leave an ancient home in modern Iraq– without telling them for where (Gen 12:1; Hebrews 11:8).
Is it different for us? [...] - 8.8 in Chile and Our Own |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 27 2010
Woke up this morning to hear the news of another devastating earthquake: This one registering 8.8 in Central Chile.
Wondering what this is going to mean for the people of that shaken region even as we continue to hear about the hundreds of thousands in Haiti who are still without housing, security, or answers for what [...] - The Confessions of Augustine |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 23 2010
A couple of nights ago I stumbled onto a classic: The Confessions of St Augustine of Hippo who lived 354-430 AD.
A few pages into his story, I found myself gripped by the mind and heart of someone who in his youth broke his mothers heart… only to become a lover of the God he once [...] - A Foolishness that is Off the Charts |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 18 2010
A proverb of the Bible says,
“Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him” (Prov 26:12).
Of Proverbs 26:12, an often “heady” Word Biblical Commentary says,“This is an astounding proverb. Are there degrees of folly? And is there a degree of folly that is simply [...] - An Olympic Tribute |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 15 2010
During Vancouver’s opening ceremonies, organizer John Furlong encouraged Olympians to compete in honor of the Georgian athlete who died in a luge training run prior to the beginning of the winter games.
Urging the Olympians to rise to the spirit of the event, Furlong said, “You are our beacon of hope in a world so much [...] - 20/20 on Who? |
Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 13 2010
Two passages of the Bible that are often used to emphasize the importance of Scripture may be doing something more.
Example One: When, after eating no food for 40 days, Jesus resists Satan’s temptation to turn stones into bread, he quotes Moses as saying “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that [...]
