Tag: Good theology

Advent Reflections: 1 Peter 5:6-7

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“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.” (CSB – Read the chapter)

Years ago I was watching a cooking show, and the host went out of her way to emphasize that salt is not a spice. When used properly, it is a flavor enhancer. It takes what is already there and highlights it and makes it more pronounced in the dish. Yesterday we talked about the importance of humility in the Advent journey. Humility, like salt, is fundamentally about being honest. And when we are honest, a host of other things begin to become possible. One of these is something the apostle Peter highlights here. Let’s talk about a powerful thing humility can accomplish in and for us.

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Morning Musing: Amos 9:13

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“Look, the days are coming – this is the Lord’s declaration – when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one who treads grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it.” (CSB – Read the chapter)

Modern imaginings of Heaven – especially in cartoons – are generally terrible. The common caricature is that we will be sitting in the clouds with wings and harps and halos doing…nothing. That doesn’t sound like an exciting place I long to spend eternity. It sounds like a boring waste of time. I’ll take the fun of sin and whatever bit of torment Hell offers over that, thank you very much. At least, that’s how the all-too-often and totally understandable reaction to that image goes. The devil got a win when he inspired that vision. Yet this vision is nowhere found in the pages of Scripture. Let’s talk about what we do see and why it is so much better.

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