Doug In a Bottle

They say scars are badges of honor. Sometimes I wonder about that, ya know. When I think of a badge of honor it brings to mind something shiny, maybe, but something with meaning behind it. Something you can take off and put in a walnut box to show your grandkids someday. But the honor ? There’s no box for that. A lot of people are talking about Mork killing himself. I think most would say it’s a tragedy but for opposing reasons. Many are saying he’s a victim of something bigger than himself. Others are saying he’s essentially a villain guilty of a crime against every person he claimed to love. What do I say? I say everybody has scars and some people live with em pushing through the blood, sweat, and tears to the end. I say that good fathers do not abandon their children. I say that good husbands do not abandon their wives. I say that loving kind selfless people don’t leave the world in a fit of despair leaving every single person around them to pick up th...

You might think it preposterous that Jesus could be God. Why would God enter into time, die this horrible death, live a life of poverty, and all so that people could go to heaven forever at HIS expense. You might even say it sounds scandalous. Well, it does, but here's something I want you to think about. Why do you think it's preposterous? I'll tell you why, because you know something of this infinitely holy omniscient omnipresent all powerful Creator that knit you in your mother's womb. You know His justice and His righteousness for all of creation declares it. Its not up for debate and I don't care if you profess to be atheist or agnostic. You still know it, you just suppress it to sooth your conscience. But here's what you 're missing ... you don't really know much about His mercy. If you did the cross would make sense but as Dr. House would say "if something doesn't make sense its because one of your assumptions are ...