To Live is Christ

    Fear is a capacity built into almost every person.  It is a reflex so influential over a person's decisions and actions, that wisdom must consider its objects and effects.  The Scriptures reveal that fear is at the heart of wisdom and is necessary in order to even begin down wisdom's path.       The stoics sought to do away with fear lest it control them, the entrepreneur embraces fear as a powerful motivating force, but wisdom will not succumb to the resignation of the stoic or the foolhardiness of the entrepreneur.  Wisdom accepts fear as a real thing and makes its object God.  

The condition of the unregenerate and the unborn is very similar. Both the unregenerate and the unborn have yet to be born. Both the unregenerate and the unborn could go their whole lives without being born. Both the unregenerate and the unborn could face a terrible end that they are powerless to escape in themselves. The plight of both the unregenerate and the unborn is easy to forget for they are unable to speak out in their own best interest. The salvation of the unregenerate and the unborn is dependent upon others looking out for their best interest The salvation of the unregenerate and the unborn is dependent upon others speaking out on their behalf.

It takes time for the current from the brain to reach the limbs.   The thoughts of the Reformers and the Puritans have arrived at us a nd we are in motion.   And if we are not, w e are restless.

There lies the corpse: the Letter Unable to see, hear, touch, or taste Here is the God of Hagar who sees Here is the God of Moses who speaks Here is the God of Jacob who touches Here is the God of David who hears Their/our God was/is present

     To esteem one's self is to practice spiritual self-cannibalism.  Begin savoring thoughts of yourself and you will find at the outset fresh vigor and rejuvenation.  Continue filling up on yourself and you will soon find that you have consumed yourself whole.  Left empty, your stomach becomes your god and you begin to resemble instinct driven animals rather than God-fearing and God-loving men. 

Fingers and legs piled in bleach-white bags. Bloodied gloves.  Come feast your eyes!

     I was adopted from South Korea and arrived in the United States at six and one-half months old.  I usually don’t make a habit of telling people I’m adopted - I don't think most adopted people do.  As a matter of fact, it usually takes at least a good six months after a person has met me before they find out.  Sometimes people find out I’m adopted after meeting my parents or a relative, sometimes they find out through a friend of mine, and sometimes they find out after asking,“Sadler? - what nationality is Sadler?”     After people find out I’m adopted, I get mixed reactions.  Most of the time people pause as if they’re wondering how to resume the conversation and then proceed by asking me how old I was when I was adopted or if I have any siblings, sometimes people comment on how cool it is and then switch topics, but sometimes the person who learns I was adopted is a Christian, and when Christians find out I’m adopte...