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Many high profile men have come to reap the consequences of sinful practices. This illustrates a principle that is true for Christians as well. Usually, when we touch the fire of sin, God allows us to feel the pain so that we will not continue to touch the fire. In this video, we learn the fourth answer to the question, "Why do bad things happen?" - "We reap what we sow."

Answering this question is always difficult. But that does not mean that there are no answers. The Christian worldview gives many good answers to this question. And although none of them take the pain of loss, or sorrow away immediately, as we take in each of these answers, we begin to recover from our difficulties. A third answer to the question of bad is that God uses the bad to make us better. If we did not face the difficult we would not grow stronger. So, at times our loving heavenly Father even asks us to go through the trial to strengthen our faith, our resolves, our character. He makes each of His children stronger through the trial. Consider this very practical answer to the question: "Why do bad things happen to me?" Answer 1 - Bad people do bad things. Answer 2 - We live in a broken world. Answer 3 - God uses bad to things to make us better.

Kids finished Flushing Rec Center street hockey and basketball with tournaments.  Played a bit with Chris Kotsopoulos.  Junior Nicks and Junior Rangers.

New Yorkers are not known for their kindness.   Ok, we have a reputation for the opposite.   And, I’ll be honest, I’ve experienced that negative reputation when a stop light turns green, or when thinking in line at a Deli counter (don’t think, order!).    But I’ve experienced the opposite too.   New Yorkers are regularly exhibit random acts of kindness.   I’ve seen people chase someone down to return something that another person dropped.   I’ve seen multitudes of people give money to complete strangers who are begging on the sidewalk or subway.   I regularly see people offer their seat to others on the subway.   Often, I observe strangers helping strangers up the stairway with their luggage or baby strollers.    These random acts of kindness don’t get our attention because of the random acts of rudeness that   If one person is rude, two are kind, and seven are ambivalent, which do we remember?   The one rude ...

I just finished Ian Murray’s biography on Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones.  His ministry is an inspiration to me.  I love the simple consistency he exhibited and his reliance upon God ordained methods to accomplish God’s purposes. One area I find Lloyd Jones exhibited great wisdom was how he graciously resisted the overwhelming tide of the ecumenism of his day. Dr. Lloyd Jones believed that the ends should not justify the means.  In the 1950’s, ecumenism in England was championed by most Evangelical leaders.  Leaders like J I Packer believed that they were to gain greater respect by association with and dialog within theologically liberal associations.  The hope was to heal the cancerous body from within by being a healthy cell.  His end goal – a more respected evangelical voice. His means – accommodation with theological error. Most conservative evangelicals [1] today side with Lloyd Jones against Packer.  Association with those who deny funda...

This is the conclusion to my book - "Loving - Developing Loving Relationships" What a joy great relationships are in life!  But I would like to leave you with one very important and overarching thought.  Only one relationship can satisfy you.  Sadly, people often try to find satisfaction in their relationships when we know that is not possible.  Only God can fill that satisfying role in our lives and if we try to make a relationship with a spouse, friend or child take the place of the role God should play in our lives, we have actually just made an idol. I often hear counselors, even Christian counselors, give advice that goes along these lines.  “You need to adjust this behavior and continue that habit in marriage so that you can make your spouse happy.”  Or, “Men have this need and women have this need.”  Our job is to meet the other person's needs so they are happy.  I realize that we are all different, and so we all have different n...