Are all sins equally obnoxious to God? Is gluttony just as offensive to the Lord as adultery? Should we really equate speeding on the highway with taking the life of another person?
We live in an age where people resist and even resent the idea of authority. A rugged individualism that says you cannot tell me what to do governs our thinking.
“Though the concept is somewhat foreign to us, it was commonplace in ancient Israel,” writes pastor Adam Dooley. “Fasting appears 75 times in the Bible.”
“What if I told you that winter holds much greater significance than stoking daydreams of summer vacation or the playfulness of childhood?” says pastor Adam Dooley.
With College March Madness just around the corner, high school basketball is winding down and regional tournament brackets are starting to take shape. What can we as Christians learn from basketball?
We waited for appointments, for test results, for airplanes, and for a chance to do it all again the next week. For nearly three years, hurry up and wait was the name of the game. Waiting became routine; but it never became easy.