We can all think of someone who is constantly telling you how great they are, or fishing for compliments, wanting people to fawn all over them. It’s not an attractive personality trait and we cringe when we see it. (If you can’t think of someone…maybe it’s you!) A young CS Lewis thought of God this … Continue reading Praise Me.
Author: Daniel Waugh
Raise an Ebenezer, ECC Daily Devotional
A Liturgy for Those Flooded with Too Much Information
In a world so wired an interconnected, our anxious hearts are pummeled by an endless barrage of troubling news. We are daily aware of more grief, O Lord, than we can rightly consider, or more suffering and scandal than we can respond to, or more hostility, hatred, horror, and injustice than we can engage with … Continue reading A Liturgy for Those Flooded with Too Much Information
Faith vs Decisions
I was recently in a conversation with someone I respect immensely. They reported something they heard a pastor say that troubled them. Via the grapevine, it was reported that this pastor taught that his kids didn't need to be saved because they already were, by virtue of him being a pastor. I suspect, knowing something … Continue reading Faith vs Decisions
Why are we Shocked?
Don't forget, we live in Babylon. And Babylon isn't Jerusalem - never has been, never will be (in fact, earthly Jerusalem ain't no Jerusalem either). In two stages, Israel was taken into exile. First, the Northern Kingdom was conquered carried into exile to the Assyrian empire in 722BC. The Southern Kingdom of Judah help off … Continue reading Why are we Shocked?