Ernest Lee is going to wade into the ‘atonement’ debate. Several years ago, Ernest Lee asked a young pastoral candidate: “Do you believe Christ died for the man in hell the same as he did for you?” The young man answered, “yes, I believe that Christ died for all men the same way.” On the …
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LET GOD?
A popular phrase Ernest Lee hears is, “Let go and let God.” Carrie Underwood sang, “Jesus, take the wheel,” a kinda practical adaption of the phrase. Ernest Lee has a problem with the expression and here is why: (1) It puts man in control. It implies a man can have enough faith to deflect trouble. …
GOD CAN PAY FULL RETAIL!
Ernest Lee has known a bunch of preachers who believe businesses should give churches and padres a discount off the normal price. “Its for the Lord,” the beggar pleads with the merchant. “Our church is poor and can’t afford to pay the full price,” the mooch cries. Such action reveals an ignorance of both the …
THE SUN STILL CAME UP!
Donald Trump won the general election. Republicans ran the table- got control of the Senate, kept control of the House. So called trifecta- unified government. Conservatives are ecstatic. Liberals are depressed. Trumpsters are saying God had mercy on America. Liberals are claiming God abandoned the country. Some are saying they will leave the United States …
POLITICAL PASTORS
Ernest Lee saw this Facebook post (yep, Ole Ernest Lee is on Facebook) from this yeh who Eric Metaxas, who said if ‘your pastor doesn’t make it clear to vote against the Democratic ticket, you should leave the church and take your tithe with you.’ Metaxas is a writer, calls himself a ‘Mere Christian,’ like …
UMBLE PIE
The phrase “humble pie” comes from the medieval dish “umble pie”, which was a pie made from the edible organs of a deer or hog. Ole Ernest Lee ain’t ever ‘et that kind of pie, but he has ‘et chittlins, which are the intestines of hogs. They were pretty good, but its been years since he ‘et …
HELP!
Does ‘God help those who help themselves?’ Ernest Lee has heard that idiomatic expression all his life. ‘Pull yourself up by your bootstraps,’ his pappy used to say. But neither of those phrases (or concepts) are in the Bible. Ole Ernest Lee ain’t one for Wikipedia, but here is a link on the origin of …
REST IN PEACE & ANGELS
When a person dies, a common response is “Rest in Peace (R.I.P.)” It’s from the Latin- Ernest Lee don’t know a lot of Latin, but here goes: In Latin, it’s requiescat in pace. The saying has been around for a long time, especially in the Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican (Church of England) denominations. It became popular …
MENTORSHIP
Ole Ernest Lee got to thinking about mentors/spiritual guides/confidants God has put in his life through the years. I’ve had some good ‘uns. In the Scripture, there are several examples of people who mentored: Moses and Joshua: Moses mentored Joshua early in their wilderness journey, and God chose Joshua to lead the Israelites later because Moses …
MUSIC
Ole Ernest Lee likes music. I like to listen to most kinds- country, classic rock, pop, and Christian. Don’t care for rap or hip hop, but each to his own. Worship music is something different than secular music- or should be. Today, it’s hard to tell the secular from the sacred. Praise and worship teams …
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