
Eternity’s Brink — Episode 10 — Awareness Awakened
The Fruits of Servanthood 3 (Awareness Awakened) Servanthood brings an increased awareness of many types. The awareness of the situations others face and their subsequent needs is one. The awareness of our own nature, complete with its weaknesses and sins is another....
Eternity’s Brink — Episode 9 — A Righteous Life
The Fruits of Servanthood 2 -- A Righteous Life The effects of sin in our lives are always bad and often disastrous. I didn’t believe that when I was young. I was taught it but I hadn’t seen enough evidence yet to buy in to it. I had friends and relatives who were...
Eternity’s Brink — Episode 8 — An Abundant Life
The Fruits of Servanthood 1 -- An Abundant Life Jesus did come to give us life to the full, the abundant life (John 10:10). That is his goal as the greatest servant of all. Satan will try to convince us otherwise, but don’t be fooled. God loves us and wants us to be...
Eternity’s Brink — Episode 7 — God’s OT Harshness
Once I understand intellectually that the supreme description of Jesus is that of a servant, I have to clear out any hurdles that keep me from emotionally accepting this marvelous truth. Since God’s “harshness” in the OT has been one of my greatest hurdles to clear,...
Eternity’s Brink — Episode 6 — Jesus Said It
Implications of Matthew 20 Let’s go back to the text of Matthew 20:25-28 and ask of it some questions that are begging to be asked. Why did Jesus begin with a description of worldly leadership? That was obviously where the apostles were conceptually. Ten of them were...
Eternity’s Brink – Episode 5 – Who is Our God, Really?
A Beautiful Realization How do you know a person, really know them? This knowledge can come through several avenues. One is through their actions. “By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise,...
Eternity’s Brink – Episode 4 – Finding Clarity
The Bible Makes it Clear Most importantly, the Bible itself shows the type of relationship that God longs for with us. Many passages could be quoted to prove that point. Here are just a few of them, taken from the OT only, for reasons you can probably guess. “The LORD...
Eternity’s Brink—Episode 3 – God and Me II
A Personal Relationship With God? Religious folks often speak of having a personal relationship with God. What does that actually mean? How personal can it be? When you read those aforementioned passages from the OT, it is not easy to grasp that God even wants a...
Eternity’s Brink—Episode 2—God and Me
Face to Face With God The nights were the worst. I was having hallucinations and delusions. I imagined myself in different places, with other people present and some really strange smells as a part of it. I couldn’t sleep much at all and was thinking about death and...
Eternity’s Brink—Episode 1—What Happened?
Five Bad Days—Then the Hospital When I received my official diagnosis of cancer on January 5, 2022, I was surprisingly not disturbed emotionally. For one thing, a preliminary diagnosis had been suggested earlier, but remained a bit uncertain for several months. Thus,...