About God: August 2010

...so what about God?

If you are a person who thinks that God, that is the God of the Bible, is only accessable at the local Sunday morning First Church of Whatever then you are in for a wonderful suprise. He, God, is a person with a real personality and the capability to communicate with you, an individual human, in real time and in the lanquage and/or vernacular that you can understand. You are welcome to add to this discussion!

If you are a person who has experienced God's nearness, His love, and His voice, you are welcome here as well.

Finally, if you are a person who thinks this whole subject is a bunch of mystical foolishness well...you are welcome too. You may teach some of us how to defend our position. In any case, enjoy!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Self Improvement Books...and God.

I own a stack of self-improvement books by many titles. Some are on financial literacy and management, others are on "focus, motivation, successful thinking" etc. There are many exciting principles and proverbs in these books and all of them suggest a wonderfully successful outcome if you follow the guidelines. I even have some of these kinds of books that are written by Christian authors. But, they all leave out one extremely important question; what about God?

What will it be? Self-improvement or God-improvement? The answer to that question depends on who you trust to direct your life and where you get your information. One example of self-improvement vs. God-improvement is given in Romans chapter 7 (the Bible). But this is a huge discussion and potentially very confusing. Just consider this question if you will...who is most qualified to bring real positive change to your life...you or God? Proverbs 20:24

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The Sea of Information...and God

When you think about it, information is bombarding our minds every waking second of the day. We are bombarded with external information such as the web, TV, telephones, and day to day contact with other humans. Internally we can wake up and find our mind is already processing information we've already digested and suggesting ways to cope with that information. So our minds are in danger of being entirely consumed every day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a week.

So in August of 2010, along comes God, the God of the Bible and again finds that there is "no room in the inn"... (Luke 2:7) so to speak. Let me ask you a loaded question. If Christians believe that God is all knowing, all powerful, owns everything and has emphatically stated that He loves them, would it not make sense for us to pursue a meaningful relationship with God even if it cost us some time away from the "sea of information" around us? Furthermore, who do you think has the most reliable and valuable information anyway? God or everybody else?