
The Fish and The Coin
As my parole hearing gets closer and closer I am thinking a lot about how God operates. I mean, God sure hasn’t done what I wanted Him to do during the past 18 years since I started seeing the Parole Board or I would be in society right now. Evidently He works in ways that are different from the way I understand. Maybe that is why the story in Matthew 17:24-27 really intrigues me. After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax

I LOVE STEAK!
So, this last week I talked to a friend of mine and we got to talking about representing Jesus in this lifetime. He had a view that we should be living as if we were going to take over the Garden of Eden again. He wanted a lifestyle that reflected that relationship with God. I disagreed. I think that we have a much higher and better calling than the Garden. We have way more privilege than that, in my opinion. Let me explain. First of all, Adam and Eve only had fellowship with