Posts from the ‘Daily Dose 11-20’ Category

Daily Dose 15: Discovering Values

How, then, does a Christian set about to discover his personal values?  For this, we need another question:

What Scriptural ambitions should a Christian have?

When we turn to Scripture and seek from it the responsibilities we are to fulfill, expectations we are to meet, commands we are to obey, ambitions and cautions we ought to possess, we search on solid ground.  Scripture is big enough to address any notion we might have, to assess any desire we are fond of, and to challenge any prejudice we hold. It is, as needed, encouraging, consoling, pointed, and confrontational. Read more

Daily Dose 14: The Must Life

Answering, “Yes,” to “Are you a Christian?,” sets a course that recognizes life values are not only personal choices grounded in whim, fancy, desire, or ambition. Instead, values reflect submission to the Someone who knows better than we the course our lives should travel. Biblical Christians do not choose values as much as discover them, a process that includes embracing and submitting to any particular constraints and/or challenges any given value might impose on the living of life. Read more

Daily Dose 13: A Whatever Life

For both eternal and earthly values, “Are you a Christian?” is a watershed question, essentially dividing all of humanity into two camps since it is a question with no middle ground.  The camp whose answer is “No,” has a staggering and varied collection of value options to analyze, evaluate, and sort through. Read more

Daily Dose 12: Asking the Right Questions

Asking the right questions to get the right answer is a valuable skill needed for more than the scientific and legal professions. Asking the right questions can open new vistas in closed discussions or close discussion on a broad opportunity. Right questions are surgical tools for delicate mind and heart surgery. Right questions make it possible to interrogate yourself and find yourself guilty, when everyone thinks you innocent, and vice versa. Asking the right questions is especially helpful for unearthing values and priorities. Read more

Daily Dose 11: The Value of Values and Priorities

After two days of possible problems, any of which threaten to stymie anyone’s noble attempts to draft a personal priority list, it may seem you’ve been asked to undertake an activity destined to fail. Far from being a wasted venture fraught with disappointment and shattered dreams (well, at least a waste of  some time, and maybe a sheet or two of paper), a life priority list is a positive step toward wise day to day use of your time. Read more