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The Recipe for Spiritual Starvation

by Ben Zornes · Dec 3, 2013

Scripture warns us to take heed over 60 times, and each of these instances would provide a profitable meditation for our soul. We are exhorted, when we think we are standing, to take heed lest we fall (1 Cor. 10:12). The nature of manâ€™s soul is such that we can be starving spiritually, and yet think ourselves healthy and robust merely because we do a whole bunch of spiritually oriented things. Modern Christianity is filled with many instances of this standing but actually falling paradox.

A Thanksgiving Passion

by Ben Zornes · Nov 28, 2013

Sixty-five stormy, sickening days at sea, years of persecution behind them in England, a cold winter and hostile unknown land before them is how the Pilgrim’s were welcomed to the New World which would one day be known as America. As they disembarked there at Cape Cod, though weary, there was a fiery zeal in their souls. They had many trials to face, and one year later, after a meagre harvest and having endured a brutal winter, they rejoiced and gave thanks for what God had provided. Many adventurers were traveling to the New World, in hopes of finding gold. As C.T. Studd would ask, “Are gamblers for gold so many, and gamblers for God so few?”

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Scratching the Itch

by Ben Zornes · Nov 26, 2013

The flesh is always itching, and no amount of Gold Bond will help. There are numerous ways humans seek to scratch the itch, and the fight I want to pick is not primarily with the backscratcher or the ointment, it is with the itch itself. The fleshâ€™s itch is the itch for gratification.Â Although God made us to be satisfied, delighted, even overjoyed, we decided that we want to be satisfied by anything other than Him. We donâ€™t mind using aspects of Who He is to gratify us; but we donâ€™t want just Him, only Him, nothing but Him. Human nature is such that it is always seeking ways to be satisfied, soothed, petted, and coddled. We itch for appeasement, pleasure, and self-satisfaction. The itch should simply be called â€œselfishness.â€Â [Read more…] about Scratching the Itch

And Still the Light Grew: A Tribute to C.S. Lewis

by Ben Zornes · Nov 22, 2013

Fifty years ago today, Jack Lewis entered the High Countries (as he called it). This manâ€™s testimony (going from Atheism toÂ Christianity), though marked by imperfections, is also marked by incredible richness and above all was a voice of sanity in an era of madness. He had a prophetic edge to much of what He said, and now we are living in an age of thought which he foresaw, and warned us to flee. The postmodernist mantra of the subjectivity of truth, the diminishment of reason for the sake of â€œcommunalism,â€ and the misdirected use of joy and desire were all things Lewis combatted, decades before they became the prevailing â€œwinds of doctrine (Eph. 4:14).â€

Lifeâ€™s Puzzle of Providence

by Ben Zornes · Nov 19, 2013

Last Saturday, the students at Ellerslie were doing a fundraiser where they raise funds for orphans by serving widows for the day. It is a great opportunity, and a creative fundraiser idea, and now Iâ€™ll shamelessly ask you to consider donating to the project here at Both Hands. It is a great organization that helps families come up with the money to adopt. However, through a series of seeming flukes, while one group was serving a widow in Estes Park, she invited us to go meet and spend time with another widow. To my wonder, and excitement I ended up have the privilege of meeting with this â€œother widow.â€ She just happened to be Major Ian Thomasâ€™ widow.

What a Leader is Not

by Ben Zornes · Nov 15, 2013

Leadership is one of my passion points.Â When you begin to look at the life of Jesus you see the perfect portrait of what a leader ought to be. However, we can learn a lot about what true leadership is NOT, by watching this whole Obamacare debacle unfold.

Ten observations of how not to be a good leader:

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The Hardest Job

by Ben Zornes · Nov 12, 2013

The hardest job description on the planet is to be a godly man. This is not to discount or belittle the role of godly femininity; however, godly men hold the burden of making the role of a godly woman, in a certain sense, easier. Mâ€™Cheyne; memorably wrote, â€œThe Christian is a person who makes it easy for others to believe in God.â€ While everything God created was signed by His own creative signature, and pointed to Him as the Creator and upholder of all things, the first thing God made in His own image was a man. He then placed upon that man the great burden of responsibility for demonstrating the glory of Godâ€™s own image. When Eve was created, she had the blessing of being given an earthly portrait and image of the Heavenly reality.
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