My Crazy Faith

I think the first thing we need to do when we talk about God’s Will is to define it.   When we say, “God’s Will,” I think there are actually three different things we are referring to:   God’s desires, God’s plans, and what actually happens. If you said, “It’s God’s Will that I move to New York,” it could be that you think it’s simply what God desires for you, what He wants you to do ... or that it's the one path He preplanned for you and it was your job to find "the path," the next step He planned for you ... or that since you moved to New York (or are going to) then it must have been "God’s Will" because everything that happens is "God's Will" and has been planned by and caused by Him (Calvinists would fall into this camp). I think it causes a lot of confusion when we lump them all together as “God’s Will,” because they are all different things.  And they all bring different questions to the table. 1.  Such as if you say it's what God desi...

(A repost from a few years ago, with a few additions.)  I find it very disheartening to read people’s opinions of Christians nowadays.   Society is coming down on them really hard, with such hateful force.   It almost makes me wonder what kind of Christian they are talking about. While they might not differentiate one Christian from another, I think there are various different kinds of Christians (and “Christians”).   And just for fun, I want to make a list of as many different kinds I can think of.   And I am putting it on this blog because it’s important for the world (and Christians) to understand what a genuine Christian is and isn’t. So here goes, in no particular order   (And these are not exclusive of each other.   There can be some overlap.   Nor is this an exhaustive or “official” list.) … 1.   The Nominal Christian – A Christian in name only.   They call themselves “Christian” but don’t live like it.   They belie...