Mark 8:22-25 BIBLE THOUGHT: “Then he laid his hands upon his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and saw everything clearly” Mark 8:25 RSV). As a child, I accidentally knocked my toy train onto the floor. It broke. I picked it up to take it to my father, because my dad could fix […]
Dr. Kathy Thompson of the Oklahoma Christian University music faculty provides us with the words and music to a new Christian hymn. Entitled, “Heartbeat of God” the song takes up God”s wonderful introduction of himself in Exodus 34:5-7. The words to this new hymn are below. You can listen to it by going to “sermons” […]
Many people study the Bible. Some people learn the original languages in order to study the Bible. Others buy several versions of the Bible to aid their investigation. A few people study hermeneutics to safeguard their interpretation. Others just read and draw conclusions. Increasingly students of Scripture notice that few of us study the Bible […]
Most of us have pondered the passages in the Bible where God is depicted as a warrior or when he orders the destruction of people and places. These episodes often push people away from God. Atheist and anti-theist, Richard Dawkins, in The God Delusion, uses God’s destructive side as evidence against any divine being: “God’s […]
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Our family recently spent a Saturday at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History in Norman, Oklahoma. We awed at the huge head of the Pentaceratops which according to the sign holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s biggest dinosaur skull. We saw the skeleton of the largest known adult Apatosaurus (93 feet long!) […]
The Bible uses many images to describe God. He is a shepherd, a father, a warrior, and even a rock. No one image captures all there is to say about God. It may be that the two dominating images of God in contemporary society are General God and God the lawyer. God is called a […]
The world’s most famous atheist, Dr. Richard Dawkins, spoke at the McCasland Field House on the campus of the University of Oklahoma on Friday night, March 6, 2009. About 2,000 people attended the lecture. Prior to the event, the believers in Oklahoma House of Representatives considered a resolution opposing the event. During the evening, one […]
So why did I write a book about God? What is the purpose of seeking out the divine heartbeat? The world is filled with God-talk. People talk about God. Some speak for God. Increasing numbers argue against God. A friend of mine says that atheism has become anti-theism. He means that there is increasingly a […]
Luke 15 tells the story of the Prodigal son. The more I reflect on this simple tale, the more depth that I see. In the opening chapter of the book Listening to His Heartbeat, I use the story to give us entrance into the heart of God. It does do that, but there is clearly […]