Thinking about God, Jesus and The Big Questions

Up until now, the book of Psalms was always the hardest one for me to read, because I found it difficult to see how each sentence made sense. Co-incidentally, I happened to be participating in an Advent Bible study at the same time as I was reading Psalms in my daily readings. In the Advent study, there was a lot of focus on waiting (for the Messiah, in previous times; for His return, in current times). This shed a lot of light onto Psalms. Once I started reading Psalms in a future-tense way instead of a current-tense way, it made a lot more sense. The writers of Psalms were expressing their thankfulness for past promises and also for their trust in the Lord for the future . They were not (quite as much as I thought) expressing their immediate, present-day situation. Psalms suddenly became a lot more readable and made a lot more sense once I realized that these writings were about yearnings and not about current states. If you found this post interesting, you may also like th...

I had never tackled the topic of money before because it was not always clear to me what the Bible said about it. Part of that was bound up in hearing what others think is the correct attitude toward money versus what the Bible actually says. Part was also due to me needing to read the Bible through multiple times before some level of understanding and consistency sank in to me. So. The Bible does not say that rich is good and poor is bad; nor that poor is good and rich is bad. What it does make very clear is that it is one's attitude toward money that is important. Let's take a look: For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. 1 Timothy 6:10 This verse says that the love of money is the root of evil. Not money per se, but the love of it. It also explains quite clearly why this is so: because it will cause people to wander away from the faith....