• Applying for Heaven | Posted by Mart De Haan on Jul 02 2008

    We endure application forms for credit cards, employment, life insurance, and driver’s licenses. We fill them out when applying for tax credits, college entrance, and passports. Sometimes they are required when applying for church membership.
    So let’s push the idea of applications to another level. Think about what it might mean to fill out papers for [...]

  • Reflecting on Yesterday | Posted by Mart De Haan on Jun 29 2008

    Yesterday’s post was upsetting to many of us. In some cases it shifted our focus from our agreement about Christ to disagreements among ourselves–or with “Charles”– over our relationship to Old Testament law.
    In retrospect, we don’t know what’s going on in “Charles” heart. He could be a brother who believes in Christ while being conflicted [...]

  • Better than a Miracle | Posted by Mart De Haan on Mar 26 2008

    Seems to me that we can be thankful that God’s ability to care for us is not limited to obvious suspensions of natural law. Your responses to my post on “Miracles” shows something better than “first century” expressions of supernatural power. The fact that none of us have seen anyone feed 5000 people with a [...]

  • What I Can’t Do (3rd of 3) | Posted by Mart De Haan on Feb 21 2008

    In my last post, I talked about some specific examples of things I can’t do regardless of how much faith I have in God, myself, or anyone else. Let me give you a couple more examples and see if we can come to terms with what we can’t do:
    In addition to all of the things [...]