Simply Christian by Barney Wiget

02/06/2019

https://barneywiget.com/2019/02/04/our-loss-their-gain/?fbclid=IwAR0yVN5EUc9bnkIfvUzLR6lNLSVg4-O1zKDwHOK6d1C60WBXdDjQ3ZP9Pu0

It’s likely that most people that I meet in the street assume that I’m just an old middle-class white guy who has had an easy life and that my faith just makes my smooth life smoother. (Not true. I…

11/21/2018

https://barneywiget.com/2018/11/19/live-while-alive/?fbclid=IwAR0K7NGQUbL0A9wcTEVets4kCgyhn6pnSPHVT09kl6dzhdO-Eg_LKRzk9UE

God doesn’t usually hand out due dates and deadlines. He doesn’t tell us how much time we have to finish our work here on his earth. I guess he expects us to live responsibly, sensibly, and obedien…

11/01/2018

A conversation with Vanessa Russell from Love Never Fails.

The Vagabond Preacher author of "Reaching Rahab:Joining God in His Quest for Friends."

10/30/2018

https://barneywiget.com/2018/10/29/losers-make-good-dancers/?fbclid=IwAR2msbY2MNxfb0tMUCiU3oEVXR9DVHxmjaHbi3S8vDdM8RiOXVjOaAa4A6Y

You turned my mourning into dancing. Psalm 30: 11 If you ask me, a lot of Christians worship the idol of “Positivity.” They’re afraid to grieve and are self-medicating on happiness. Though I advoca…

10/19/2018

Those who subscribe to the Sales Method of Evangelism are not terribly dissimilar. They figure if they keep up the verbiage, their customers will eventually wear down and sign up to be saved!

God doesn’t merely recruit silver-tongued orators or skilled apologists for his quest for friends. Silver and skill sometimes actually inhibit the Spirit’s efforts to find his way into a person’s c…

10/15/2018

https://barneywiget.com/2018/10/15/seldom-right-but-never-in-doubt/

“Courage,” says Collin Hansen, “is not measured by how many people you can offend.” Peter, the apostle best known for his overconfident bluster, learned over time to share his hope in Christ with “…

10/12/2018

https://barneywiget.com/2018/10/12/tone-down-the-condescension/

10/09/2018

My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, “Lord, I am coming.” Psalm 27:8 (NLT)

10/06/2018

https://barneywiget.com/2018/10/01/splits-for-the-soul/

I love the Bible and can’t imagine my life without it. Its truths are splints for my soul. God talks to me through it and I wouldn’t relish a life without hearing his voice. A rabbi told his studen…

09/26/2018

https://barneywiget.com/2018/09/24/community-preaches/

Elaine Heath said, “The proper context for evangelism is authentic Christian community, here the expression of loving community is the great apologetic for the gospel.” Especially in our day of fra…

08/26/2018

"The Holy Spirit cares not at all whether we write Him into our creeds in the back of our hymnals; He awaits our emphasis. When the Holy Spirit ceases to be incidental and again becomes fundamental, the power of the Spirit will be asserted once more among the people called Christians." A.W. Tozer

08/19/2018

https://barneywiget.com/2018/08/17/gods-kiss-2/

So when you see your hair falling out in clumps, you could choose to celebrate it as an indicator that the cancer-killing chemicals, like assassins are hitting their targets, so chalk up the loss o…