If a ruler listens to falsehood all his officials will be wicked. Proverbs 29:12 This proverb encapsulates a general principle, that those in leadership pass on their faults more quickly than their virtues. Leaders are watched, and watched with greater expectation of trustworthiness than the watchers expect of themselves. So inevitably, when a fault is… Continue reading

One of the biggest problems in the Church today is a lack of gentleness. We treat each other roughly becuase we fail to consider one another. Compassion is a vanishing virtue. Out godly living is demonstrated through gentleness born of wisdom. This is the opposite of selfish ambition. Wisdom doesn’t look at others in envy,… Continue reading

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. 2 Peter 3:10 We’ve been looking at the passage that… Continue reading

Coming off caffeine this week: my head hurts. Continue reading

Blogging and RSS seem just made for each other. I’ve been using SharpReader for testing feeds. I’m not sure how this stands up against other readers, but I think the idea of using a stand alone program rather than a web browser is much better. News without the image overload is great, and the full… Continue reading