“God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear.” — Psalm 46:1 Everyone experiences fear. Some people don’t call it fear. Some call it anxiety or doubt, but it all boils down to plain old
I’m a pretty fearful person. As I learn more and more how violent the world is, I grow less secure in the apparent safety of the town where I live. As I realize more and more how ambitious and ruthless one has to be just
To be afraid is to have more faith in evil than in God. (Emmet Fox) If I were to single out one bumper sticker that is often seen on the cars of fundamentalist Christians that upsets me far more than any of the others, it
I am tired of sanctimonious New Age experts pronouncing that fear is an unnecessary negative reaction to events that may never happen. Stop for a moment with me; hear/touch/feel the emotions of a child lying in bed, knowing that sometime during the night its body
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love.” — 1 John 4:18 Several years ago I read a book titled “God’s Best for
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 Perhaps the greatest reason for internalized homophobia, as well as for the homophobia that permeates the Church and
The war is over. Don’t be afraid any more. It’s time to celebrate. A battle will, maybe, be lost now and then but in the long term victory will be ours. The Christian church cannot survive as a homophobic institution. Indeed it is debatable whether
Consider the words, “Here in is our love made perfect.” Multitudes of Christians today lack an understanding of how to make love perfect. It is not intentioned, but if only we could grasp how this love is made perfect in us, then we would enter
For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. — 2 Timothy 1:7 (New King James Version) This scripture is part of the second pastoral letter Paul writes to his colleague
Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and find life a burden, and I will give you rest.” There are few things in the life of gay people that is more of a burden than fear. Fear seems to go hand in