A franchise is a business whereby the owner, the franchisor, licenses its operations – along with its products, branding and knowledge – to another business owner, the franchisee, in exchange for a franchise fee. (expanded Investopedia definition) Christianity is Big Business. Before you argue that Christianity isn’t a business, consider the following. Firstly, the total...Continue reading
Category: Spiritual
Are we here to Get or to Give?
Why are we here and what is the purpose of our human experience? After a life-long search for the answer to that question, I boiled it down to a simple choice; are we here to get something or to give something? Are we here to be Consumers or Contributors? Everywhere I look, I find religious...Continue reading
How can a loving, all-powerful God allow bad things to happen?
Maybe we can begin with a simple idea of a loving, all-powerful God NOT allowing bad things to happen and let’s see how that works out. Joe loves chocolate cake. Joe loves chocolate cake so much that he wants to eat a huge chocolate cake every day. But if Joe eats a huge cake every...Continue reading
My Understanding of the Nature of GOD.
“Let us make humans in our image.” (Genesis 1.26) Using this text as a starting point, I wondered “What about our human image reflects the image and nature of GOD?” Side note: Although I quote exclusively from the Bible in this article, I am not a Christian; I simply respect the ancient wisdom of the...Continue reading