Book Review: “God Can’t” by Thomas Jay Oord

“God Can’t,” wait a minute, what? What kind of title is this? Who does Thomas Jay Oord think he is? God can do whatever he wants, after all, he is God and that is the definition of God, is it not? These are the questions that will be going through many minds just by hearing …

Random Thought… Bullying

Although I haven’t produced many posts yet, this one will be a bit different from what I have shared thus far. I’ve been seeing these types of memes going around a lot on social media lately. When they come across my feeds, I initially think to myself, “seriously, why not teach your kids to stop …

Connecting With God & Others

Yesterday I was reading through a fellow blogger’s post, Still Ungodly, (a blogger I might add that is much better than me) and something in that, well several things actually, really resonated with me. Here, Kristen, TheUngodlyWoman said: “You see, I do not strive to be godly. I believe in one God, in three persons, and …

Many Gods, Same Name

Many gods all with the same name… And, I’m not just talking about the Christian, the Muslim, and the Jewish gods either… As I scrolled through my Facebook newsfeed, it occurred to me that there are many friends and acquaintances that all consider themselves Christians. There are a couple I suspect to be Jewish, but …

Two Brothers; A Vet & A Refugee

There once was a Midwestern family. The mother and father were devout Christians and they had two sons that they tried to raise the way they thought best. They instilled in them principles of love that they held so dear. The older son seemingly followed in their footsteps. He was active in their church as …

Biblical Socialism & Why I Support Bernie Sanders

I do not believe the Bible teaches either capitalism or socialism as an economic system, nor is it designed to be a guide book for economics as those are clearly man-made institutions. Furthermore, I believe that one can find passages throughout the Bible that promote and discourage capitalism as well as passages that promote and …

Music, A Gift From God

I was going through some older blogs by Andrew Schwab. For those that may not know this remarkable human being, he is an author, speaker, blogger, and front man for both Project 86 and London Six Echo. And, through all of that he is a devout follower of Christ. I have never met Andrew, nor …