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Getting cynical about signs from God

Getting cynical about signs from God

I'm a cynic. When I hear people claim that God granted them a car park or made the rain stop, I have to wonder, did he really?.

  • How to ruin Christmas

    My sisters and I joke that we grew up with the Christmas Grinch. Our mum hates the commercial fuss of Christmas and has always tried to avoid the material focus: no tree, no decorations, and no fussy Yuletide crafting sessions.

  • What's your driving force?

    Sigmund Freud proposed that the "pleasure principle" was the main driving force behind life. He said that everyone wants to live a life full of pleasure. Alfred Adler stated that humans' main driving force was "striving for superiority".

  • Christless Christmas — How Santa dethroned Jesus

    The most wonderful time of year is here. The Christmas countdown is nearly complete. Advent calendars almost empty, presents wrapped and placed under the brightly lit tree. No matter where you go, you are reminded the festive season is upon us.

  • Renewing a wounded, broken spirit

    Demoralized? The evils in this world can overwhelm. Many ask questions like: “Where is God?” or “How can God allow such pain and tragedy?” You are not alone.

  • Hope is real

    Imagine a world where all Christians were drab, serious and austere, without a sense of humour. In such a world the Church would have virtually no positive influence on anyone, since part of our job as the body of Christ is to exhibit hope to the world, as salt and light. 

  • I want to harness the power of old people; a dream

    So... I want to harness the power of old people. Why? And what does this mean? What power do "old people" possess that young people do not?

  • A year in the life…

    This year has been a winter and I have felt like a lumberjack. I am learning, as the year draws hastily to a close, that I have very little to say.

  • Ordaining the ordinary

    Who hasn't felt the desire to do something special for God? Who hasn't felt refreshed at some point after hearing a Bible talk? Who hasn't felt unspiritual and wished to be more prayerful, disciplined, or knowledgeable?

  • What are you building with your life?

    A few months ago I found out that one of the teenagers in our youth group has been diagnosed with a severe stage of cancer. At 17.

  • Why the Westboro Baptists scare me

    Fred Phelps, the former leader of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) and former patriarch of America's most hated family from Topeka, Kansas, died on 19 March 2014.

  • Rebuilding the fallen planet

    The state of the world is full of evil, injustice, war, exploitation etc. ... The Bible says we are dead in our transgressions: that is, spiritually dead. We are without hope in ourselves, having no relationship with God.