Problem. Cry for help. Intervention. Happiness. This is the pattern of just about every TV commercial you will ever see. Arnold has bad credit/bad breath/bad clothes. Arnold asks the sky/his wife/his friend for help. The celebrity endorser/his wife/his friend says “Here! This product will solve all your problems!” Arnold not only now has good credit/good [...]
Posts Tagged ‘providence’
It will change your life!
Posted: February 22, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: commercialism, Moses, power, providence, water
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The slow work of God
Posted: February 14, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: exodus, Moses, patience, providence, Teilhard de Chardin, time
The story of the exodus, of God bringing God’s people out of slavery into freedom, is one of the very most central stories in all of Scripture. It tells us lots of important things about who God is and who we are as people of God. It is dramatic, and flashy, and important – and [...]