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Nobody wakes up one morning and decides to ruin their spiritual life. Drift is almost never dramatic. It's usually subtle. A compromise here. A distraction there. A small step away from God that doesn't seem dangerous at the time. That's what makes it so dangerous. After all, if anyone should have been immune to spiritual failure, wouldn't it have been Solomon? He was the wisest man who ever lived. God had blessed him beyond measure with wisdom, wealth, influence, and opportunity. So how did he end up drifting into idolatry? And in today's New Testament reading, another question emerges. How could the same crowd that welcomed Jesus with praise and palm branches be shouting, "Crucify Him!" just a few days later? Was it really the same people? What changed? And is there a warning here for those who seem excited about spiritual things one moment and disappear the next? Today's readings force us to ask a sobering question: Are we growing closer to God—or drifting farther away than we realize?
The Bible, especially Proverbs, has a lot to say to us about parenting. We’ll talk about that subject today. We’ll also talk about whether or not we can question God and, from the New Testament, we'll look at the church disciple process.
"I'll just sin now and ask for forgiveness later." Have you ever been tempted with that thought? The deceitfulness of sin tells us that we can go ahead and sin even though we know it’s wrong, then we can ask God to forgive us and that’s all there is to it! But that’s rebellion against God and you can’t be both rebellious (determined to go your own way) and repentant (turning to go God’s way) at the same time. But there’s an even bigger problem with this kind of thinking. What is it? Also, in today's post, read about chocolate-covered dirt, foolish talk, and dirty jokes.
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