A Contemplation: In reading Genesis 3, a question arises. Will humanity see ourselves as God’s or gods? The answer impacts our lives on a daily basis. Even though the two words sound the same, what a difference an apostrophe makes! If it’s God's it is based in relationship, a belonging that speaks of deep intimacy, union, and love. In being united to and in God who is “I AM”, we are partakers of His divine nature (2 Peter 1:3-4) a gift freely given to us by Christ. In Genesis

A Post-Christmas Question: What if neediness is a God-given gift? One not to be avoided, but embraced? What if our neediness is an opportunity to give God honor? Really? For too much of my life I considered being needy as defective and weak. It was to be avoided at all costs. After all I kept hearing you need to “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps”. The only problem was I didn’t have any boots. What if neediness is a path to failure leading us out of self-sufficiency int

…and now, Part 3 of the mind-expanding truths recently learned of from the book Patmos – Three Days; Two Men; One Extraordinary Conversation , (2 nd Edition), written by Dr. C. Baxter Kruger. This is a time-travel novel where the main character, Aidan, a burned-out theologian, husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many, is swept back in time to the Roman-occupied Greek island of Patmos, where he supernaturally encounters the beloved Apostle John. As we pick up where we