Live Fire with Chuck Holton

Jacques Ellul expands the message of Ecclesiastes chapter 12:

Remember your Creator during your youth: when all possibilities lie open before you and you can offer all your strength intact for his service. The time to remember is not after you become senile and paralyzed! Then it is not too late for your salvation, but too late for you to serve as the presence of God in the midst of the world and the creation. You must take sides earlier–when you can actually make choices, when you have many paths opening at your feet, before the weight of necessity overwhelms you.

If you’ve ever wondered what makes Christianity so different, this is an article you can’t afford to miss.

Randy Alcorn has put together a very concise and comprehensive article about the things that set Christianity apart from the rest of the world’s belief systems.

“Sometimes the Potter must soften the clay before He can make it a work of art.”

    –Randy Alcorn, “Edge of Eternity”

When our kids were growing up, we tried to take advantage of Sunday

afternoons for some special family time. Like a ride to the country or to

some other neat spot in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. Since I like

surprises, I would tell the kids we were going on a “mystery trip”. That

was good enough for Lisa and Brad – but not Doug. No, he was the one who

always had to have all the information before he decided how he felt

about an idea. I’d say “mystery trip”, and Doug would respond with 43

questions – “Where are we going? How long will we be there? Where will we

eat? What’s there to do? How long’s the drive?” My answer was always the

same. Two words.

“Trust me.”
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