Building on the Foundation

  The Big Question Let me get started by asking all of you a question. No, it’s not that big question. This question is a little more awkward than that. Show of hands. How many of you have ever committed adultery? How about murder? Idol worship? I can imagine not too many of your hands went up, but honestly, I didn’t expect them to. All of you who are reading this are probably good solid Christians horrified at the thought of committing adultery or murder, so why would I even expect any hands to go up? This isn’t a fair question, though, because I already know that most of you have committed adultery, and if you are a guy, you certainly have for our natural sinful state with no conscious effort to the opposite is adultery. Wait! Before you get upset with me, just hear me out a little longer, and I think it will all make sense!  Let’s Define Adultery To discuss any subject effectively, we need to all start with the same definition of what we are talking about; otherwise, confu...

  In chicken soup for the soul, there is a story of a huge biker, the toughest guy you’d ever want to meet, covered in tattoos, piercings, and a vast scruffy beard, arrayed in leather vest and chaps and sporting heavy black boots. He has a face only a mother could love. Looking at him, you think to yourself, “This is one bad dude. He probably chews up cans for breakfast and spits out nails.” If you’d happen to get close to him and look closely, not at his eyes, of course. He isn’t the kind of person you want to make eye contact with. If you look closely at his vest, however, you might notice it wiggling, and if you watched it for a bit longer, you might see a tiny white kitten poke his head out of this biker’s vest. Astonished, you do a double-take and shake your head in wonder as this mountain of a man gently draws this tiny kitten out of his vest and cradles it in his palm while feeding it from his hand. This man radiates power and brute force, yet he cradles and cares for this k...