Does God “give and take away”?

This question got asked by a thoughtful person the other day.  Are we right to sing “You give and take away” in the song “Blessed be the name of the Lord?”   The line of course is drawn from Job’s response to his suffering (Job 1:21).  But was Job right in his assessment.  We know that… Continue reading Does God “give and take away”?

The biggest lie of all

I’ve been interacting with the big dark world of conspiracy theories in recent blogs and YouTube videos.  One of my main arguments is that we don’t deal with “conspiracy theories” so much as “Conspiracy.” That in effect there is one viral lie that sheds into individual beliefs, communities’ religious groupings and political movements. The lie… Continue reading The biggest lie of all