- Sun, Feb 21, 2010
- Suffering and Evil
Dalai Lama, seen through the eyes of a Chinese Christian
Two segments from the novel Safely Home, by Randy Alcorn
Two segments from the novel Safely Home, by Randy Alcorn
Moving through the pages of a classic mystery/suspense novel, one would expect to find the usual fare: thrills, some gore, exciting plot and the obligatory romance thrown in for good measure.
Finney was intoxicated not by mere feelings of joy, but by joy itself, a billion burning quasars of pure joy. All joy he had known on earth was like drinking from the contaminated lower waters, far from the source of the stream. Now he was drinking from the Source itself, the fountain-head of Joy.
This world was so bright and overwhelming he felt it would have blinded and ripped his earthly body to shreds. The joy of heaven was like a volcanic explosion, spectacular and thrilling, but never subsiding. Not like a once-in-a-lifetime eclipse seen for a moment then gone ...
(The following letter was written to a friend's parents who had lost their son in a tragic accident. Names and identifying information have been changed to protect privacy.)
The prospect of death has a way of getting our attention, of cutting to our very heart. Yet we also have a way of turning our eyes away from Death’s burning light to gaze again at the shadows of this world, stepping back away from death and ignoring the message it sends.
It’s one thing to trust God to provide for our present needs (Matthew 6:33). It is another to presume upon him by dictating (via choosing to go into debt) the demand for, amount of and necessary duration of his future provision.
Excerpted from Southern California Christian Times, December 1994.
Dr. Michael Wohlgenant, Ph.D., a professor at North Carolina State University and parent stated why he and his wife objected to a book used at his daughter’s elementary school.
A teacher in the school read, “Wonderful Sausage,” to a first grade class. It tells about a butcher who kills his wife, grinds her into sausage and sells it to townspeople. The meat is so popular that the butcher continues killing children, kittens, and puppies to make more sausage until he is discovered—and strangely disappears, perhaps fed to his own ...
Deception had been on my mind, off and on the back burner, for ten years.