Yoda was a Christian

“For thus loved God the world, that the Son, the unique One, He gave… For did not send God the Son into the world that He might judge the world, but that might be saved the world through Him.” John 3:16a, 17

Throw a little Yoda “hmmm…” after that and it could have been a line from Star Wars®.

The Greek grammar and sentence structure of the Bible is different than our English.

The verse above is in the actual word order of the original Greek text.

Yoda knew what he was talking about.

I am not saying that the author intended it to be a “Christian” work but so many themes in the Star Wars® movies and books hovercraft dangerously close to being Biblical.

Take the term paduan which not only seems quite close to the Greek paidion but is used correctly as far as the Greek definition goes.

Certainly there are things that are way off.

But ultimately… the battle between right and wrong,…

NASCAR Christianity

I remember reading or hearing somewhere that more people watch a single NASCAR® race each week than do the Super Bowl.

I don’t know if you are a fan but until a few years ago I didn’t even know what the acronym meant.  So I went into the maintenance shop where I used to work and asked.

About eight guys simultaneously let me know…

National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.

With such a massive following you have to ask yourself (or at least I did)…

What can the Church learn from NASCAR®?

The big question... If there is God then why...

Do I even need to finish that question?  Wasn’t there a something on the tip of your tongue or the top of your mind?...

If there is a God…

… why do bad things happen to good people?...

… why is there so much suffering in the world?

Hmmm.  Good questions?

Have you ever sat beneath a tree on a sunny day and asked, “Why is there shade here?”

Often the answer doesn’t rest in why something is as much as in what something is.  The questions as to right or wrong, good or evil, joy or suffering lie in the definitions –at least within a biblical context – of each.

Shade is the evidence that the light from the sun is being blocked.

Shade itself could neither exist without light nor without something to block it.

Suffering is an event, situation, or experience that affirms that evil is still present.