Posts by Gordon Dickson
Have Your Leaders Lost Their Minds?
See if any of this sounds familiar. First, imagine a time of tremendous prosperity for your country – the like of which the world has rarely seen. Then think of a political leader. Riding that wave of prosperity, perhaps the leader you have in mind grows proud and pompous. He credits himself with making his…
Read MoreBearing the Yoke in Your Youth
Armchair sociologists are already calling them “Generation C.” A recent article in The Atlantic, put it this way: “Generation C Has Nowhere to Turn: Recent history suggests young people could see their careers derailed, finances shattered, and social lives upended.”1 The article went on to describe the depressing consequences of COVID-19 crisis. Young people, especially…
Read MoreIn the Valley of Trouble: A Door of Hope
Please click here for an audio version of this message. What will you do when trouble comes? How will you confront health calamities and career calamities? The 2020 pandemic is putting pressure on all of us. How are we to have merry hearts, which are like a good medicine, in these dark days? These things…
Read MoreGlory vs. Shame
How long, O you sons of men, will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness and seek falsehood? Selah. (Psalm 4:2) Have you ever heard of “The Teabag Principle?” Here’s how it works: When you are in hot water, the “real you” will come out! Your troubles always show you…
Read MoreA Good Medicine
Have you heard of any good medicines? Some recent advertisements have touted treatments that are supposed to be good for you. But after you hear the long list of bad side effects, you begin to wonder if the cure is worse than the condition! So it is with many medicines. But there is a medicine,…
Read MoreCan’t Be Our Maker – Must Be Math
The caskets are piling up in the potter’s field on Hart Island, New York. Typically, about 25 people a week are interred there. These are people with no known connections, or next of kin. But during this pandemic, the number of people buried there is nearly 5 times that high.1 This is in New York…
Read MoreGod’s Grace in the Narrow Place
Are you feeling stressed? These are difficult days. You find yourself going through times of stress (interrupted by distress). As a believer, what should you do? Turn away from your distractions for a few moments to consider the relief offered to you in Psalm 4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness!…
Read MoreWho Will End the Violence?
Isaiah 9:4-6 These days, our headlines are full of violence. There have been a number of news items about domestic strife and race-based violence. On the international scene, we read of ongoing brutality by Islamic terrorists. The question on many of our minds is this: Who will stop the violence? As we come to this…
Read MoreMaking Sense out of Suffering
FrontLine July/August 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 4 As believers we have the privilege of magnifying the unique excellence of our God. When we glorify Him, we express our praise of His essential excellence. He is the Creator; everything else is the creation. God alone is the unique and perfect Spirit in whom all…
Read MoreThe Shepherds’ Joy in Bethlehem
Who has believed our true report? The Lord alone can tell But Doctor Luke wrote down our words About “Immanuel.” Out in the dark, we watched our sheep (for wolves are sure to lurk when ewes are giving birth alone) So shepherds watch and work Then late one night the angel came And we were…
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