Hope is the realization within, evoked by painting with what may be seen, that what is presently imperceptible is not only possible but perhaps more real than what is presently evident. Hope is the fuel of human endurance and proof of the transcendent.

Technological innovation has allowed mankind to imagine he has altered reality, when instead we have eliminated the natural boundaries that labored to ensure our health and well-being. In a world fashioned by man, we must re-establish boundaries that no longer seem obvious. God's Word will be the norm that guides us.

Narcissistic Spirituality

“There is a disintegration of moral integrity that parallels the disintegration of monetary integrity.” - Robert Breedlove

We have never witnessed a time more in need of being reminded on a daily basis that God determines reality, not man. The Church would be well-served to return to God’s prescription for life, even in those things we have naïvely determined were no longer necessary. There is, perhaps, no greater “chronological snobbery” (to quote C. S. Lewis) than the stereotypical view on Leviticus.

'The Reformation worldview leads in the direction of freedom. But the humanist worldview with inevitable certainty leads in the direction of statism. This is so because humanists, having no god, must put something at the centre...inevitably government or the state' - F. Schaeffer

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On Sunday, November 3, 2020, my then pastor described communications he regularly receives from a Rwandan friend. They always follow a pattern: epistle-like greetings followed by descriptions of the most mundane stuff imaginable—the rains have come, a stranger appeared in the village, etc. I was struck by the realization that life in a village enables the understanding that local, personal events are significant. In too large a crowd or too fast a pace—or in too vast a world—the significance of the events of each individual’s life is lost. Imagine then, the devastating impact of a major metropolis on the recognition of one’s own value in the eyes of each other. Imagine comparing one’s personal concerns and crises to the scope of all the world’s problems. In prayer we are reminded that the Architect of the Cosmos lowers his gaze to attend the concerns of his youngest or loneliest child—those seemingly insignificant are revealed in the light of Christ’s countenance to be equal to presidents and tycoons.