by Timothy Shorey | Jul 14, 2021 | The Christian Life
(This article was published by The Gospel Coalition on July 13, 2021) God could have made all nutritious food taste like sawdust and given us an irresistible urge to eat it anyway. And while some allegedly nutritious food does taste like sawdust, the truth is most of...
by Timothy Shorey | Jun 30, 2021 | The Christian Life
I’m not sure how many people this affects, but for however many or few of you there are, I want to explain my blog intermittence in recent weeks; which will continue in coming months. You may not have even noticed, but my posts have slowed to a crawl of late. This is...
by Timothy Shorey | Jun 21, 2021 | The Christian Life
Seize Each Sneeze In my childhood, many Christians refused to say “God bless you” when others sneezed, in order to avoid perceived superstition. No one is sure when the sneeze blessing started. But the story I grew up with is that centuries ago, superstitious folks...
by Timothy Shorey | Jun 2, 2021 | Marriage and Family, The Christian Life, The Church
It’s Not Been Our Finest Hour Let’s face it. This has been a bad couple of years for the American church. It’s not that things were all good before. They weren’t. Politics, COVID, racial tensions, justice questions, views on our national history, and debates about...
by Timothy Shorey | May 20, 2021 | The Christian Life
The Sin of God-Plus Religion: How Whole Is Your Heart? Tale of a Divided Heart Solomon’s story is a warning shot. According to 1 Kings 11:1-11, this man who started very well, ended abysmally. He began as a good guy (1 Kings 3:3-10), but then finished spiritually...
