Provi-dence n. the care or benevolent guidance of God over the universe, earth, humanity, and individual humans. No, this issue of The Traveler will not be a travelogue about a city in Rhode Island named Providence. But it will be a travelogue…of sorts. A travelogue about your journey through this mortal life. A notable theologian…
The Travailer No, I didn’t spell “traveler” incorrectly. The word “travel” comes from an old English word “”travail,” meaning “very hard labor and toil.” “Travail” comes from a Latin word tripalium,” meaning “three stakes used as an instrument of torture.” Kind of an interesting study of word origins, huh? Where am I going with this? I’m glad you asked. With our modern cars, ships, and airplanes…
Continued from last month Every wilderness experience Holy Spirit leads us into is custom-tailored by God for each of us so we can humble ourselves, learn from the experience, be tested, cleansed, and “broken.” Then and only then can the Master Potter re-form, re-mold, re-shape, and re-store us more and more into the image of Jesus,…
Wilderness: n. A dry, hot place; a wild, isolated, barren, place; an obscure or unknown place; a deserted, desolate place. The English word, “wilderness,” appears over 300 times in the Bible, making it an important subject simply by the large number of references. Bible scholars and teachers often focus on the “wilderness experience” of Jesus (Luke 4:…
Continued from last month NOTE: In classes, seminars, workshops, and study groups I teach, I continually remind my students not to take my word for something as being final, to challenge me, to point out where they feel I’ve made a mistake, to ask questions… I constantly tell them I don’t have a corner on truth—that all…
Traveler: n. a person who journeys from one place to another. “Each of us is a traveler through this life, then through the eons of time and beyond—into our final, eternal state of being. We’re all pilgrims on a journey through this life…to the next life…and beyond. Yes, we’re all journeying through this life from conception to death,…
You do realize, don’t you, that among our thousands of regular readers–and visitors to this website–some will die this year, in 2011? Could YOU be one of them? The question is not “Are you prepared to die?” The question is “Are you prepared to live–really live–during your journey?” If Jesus is Immanuel–God full present with…
I know! I know! To be “politically correct” here in USAmerica, we’re not supposed to greet people with “Merry Christmas” these days. The word “Christ” seems to offend a lot of people. But…I’m saying it anyhow: “Merry Christmas!” So there… Let the political correctness police come and arrest me! Slowly but surely Christmas is being…
home-sick: (adjective) unhappy or sad at being away from home and family; yearning for home. It’s very normal for us humans to be homesick from time to time during our mortal life-journey here on planet earth. Maybe you’ve been homesick for the farm you grew up on. Or for the tree…
To anyone who will listen to me or read what I write, I am always telling them about God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), God the Spirit, and the Bible—God’s complete written revelation of Himself to humankind. I attempt to communicate to people how extremely “practical” God and the Bible are for our daily living. …
