Good Faith, Bad Faith, True Faith, False Faith

Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaida, died yesterday. The responses to this have interesting. Some take on a party like celebration. On the other extreme are those who vow vengeance. Some look at the killing as a case of justice, others an ideological battle, and still others as a geopolitical contest. At has …

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Hard Soil

Jesus (in Matthew 13) described "hard soil"-- hearts that are unreceptive to God's message.  But one can't assume that those hearts that are "hard soil" are all the same. Commonly those in this category can be looked as those who are invested in a different faith to the point that they reject a new faith. …

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