Musings of a Snickerdoodle

" I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. " (1Jn 5:13 ESV) Many people struggle with doubts as to their personal salvation.  I have struggled with them myself.  Assurance of our salvation is a necessary foundation for our growth as Christians.  One of the problems that can come with doubting one's salvation is timidity in  our good works.  If I am not sure I am saved, then I won't be bold in doing good works, as I will not be sure if my good works really are good works(done in Christ, by the righteousness He gives), works that are pleasing to God.  Doubt impedes our growth in  virtue, knowledge, self control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection and love(2 Pet 1:5-8).  Not growing in these areas does not necessarily mean that we are not saved.  According to Peter, if one of us is not growing in these things " he is so nearsighted that he is blind, hav...

Why did Valkyrie and so many other plans to assassinate Hitler fail?  Was it because Satan had the upper hand over God? Was God powerless to stop it?  "When Mr. Clinton was elected president in 1992, I heard a Christian preacher say, 'God had nothing to do with the election of this president, the people made the choice!'  I found that statement incredible for several reasons.  First, I wonder what that teacher would have said if a president had been elected who was distinctively Christian and consciously committed to ruling with biblical principles.  Would he have said that that president had been raised up by God for this hour of American history?  To put it differently: Is God only involved when righteous leaders are installed and uninvolved when a leader is something less than distinctively Christian, or even evil?"  Of course, the answer to this is that God is always involved, otherwise He is not God.  This is something I like about Lutz...