US cuts funding for UNESCO after Palestinian vote

Finally, the Obama Administration is cutting spending for outrageous outlays to foreign governments and international institutions.After the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization voted overwhelming to admit the Palestinian state as a...

On Oswald Chambers October 31, 2011 Part III

"Faith by its very nature must be tested and tried."Yes, in that God wants us to see that by faith, by grace we are sustained, not by our own efforts.If we believe that our efforts are key in accomplishing anything, then we have fallen from grace:"Stand...

On Oswald Chambers October 31, 2011 Part II

"God wants you to understand that it is a life of faith, not a life of emotional enjoyment of His blessings.""Enjoyment of His blessings" becomes a work, and therefore we fall from grace to the extent that we strive to be happy.But we already have...

On Oswald Chambers October 31, 2011

"We have the idea that God rewards us for our faith, and it may be so in the initial stages."In one sense, the most explicit reason to suggest that God does not reward our faith is that it is a GIFT! We do not receive it as a trade, but as a part of His...

Kierkegaard, Law, and Grace Part III

Kierkegaard is well-known as a philosopher of loneliness, a man well-acquainted with its sorrows, choosing to cultivate its sad mystery instead of releasing himself into the world.By the grace of God, we are not called to live a life of loneliness.God the Father sent...