Woodview Christian Church Blog - Wyoming, MI

The Secret of Contented Living

2011-10-11T08:55:00.000-07:00

We are so prone to be obsessed with "what" is happening in our life and to ask "why" if we are unhappy with it (as if the answer would make it easier!). In my outlook with my disease, I agree with former Press Secretary Tony Snow when his cancer came back. He said, "I don't know why I have cancer, and I don't much care. It is what it is -- a plain and indisputable fact." He would concentrate

Joy In The Hard Times

2011-09-01T06:42:00.000-07:00

I think one of the major challenges to a maturing faith is to believe God will make a way of joy and satisfaction when times are hard. That’s why I like Habakkuk. He knew hard times, really hard times, were coming for Judah. He had faithfully fulfilled his prophetic role of announcing God’s judgment. He would not be shielded from the effects. He says if he has no income, no food, no sheep

Americans are the Unhappiest People

2011-08-17T06:31:00.000-07:00

A recent study by the World Health Organization and Harvard Medical School revealed Americans are the unhappiest people on earth. I wonder if this isn't because we are convinced God will spare us any difficulty, pain, suffering, etc. When life does not work out that way, we become unhappy. The Bible will cure such errant theology. My reading the other day, for example: "Take the old prophets

My BHAG

2011-06-15T05:43:00.000-07:00

I became acquainted with a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal” (BHAG) in reading the book Built To Last, and adapted it to my personal life. I am now working on refining it. I don’t want to wake up in the morning and do an inventory of my physical problems (a current danger, and if I start there, I will stay there all day) but goals that rise out of why God has placed me in this culture. I want them

IT WASN'T THE END!

2011-05-27T11:15:00.000-07:00

I was typing Saturday at 6:00 PM, the time Harold Camping had predicted the world would end. For a moment I pondered the foolishness of setting dates, then looked out the window and imagined what it will be like when Jesus does return; the trumpet sound, the skies splitting, seeing Him… What a moment! I think it is getting close. Dick Robinson

Grieving

2011-05-12T10:54:00.000-07:00

There have been seven deaths in the church family in the past ten days. A number of church members, relatives, immediate family and loved ones of people in the church have passed away (just now, as I was typing this up, a member stopped in my office to tell me of his uncle that just died). Paul wrote and said, "Brothers, we do not want you to...grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope" (1

One Of Satan's Most Effective Lies...

2011-05-05T07:32:00.000-07:00