Author Archives: Dr. Howard Eyrich
When Life Gets Tough, What Do I Do?
Promises to Contextualize Life Jesus offers some wonderful promises for living in the horizontal. For example, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, … Continue reading
How to Handle an Impossible Crisis
Text: Daniel 2 Introduction Daniel, a young man uniquely gifted to carry a unique life in a unique role in history, faced an impossible crisis. Just as God uniquely called Daniel, He has also uniquely called each of us to … Continue reading
An Invitation to Ponder the Book of Proverbs
Introduction The book of Proverbs is often viewed as an incohesive gathering of Proverbial says. I would suggest that the mind of Solomon and those who built upon him under Divine inspiration was a bit more complex. The first three … Continue reading
Ezekiel and The Twenty-First Century
Question of The Day When was the last time you thoughtfully read from the book of Ezekiel? I suspect the average pew dweller would, at best, need to answer with, “Honestly, I cannot remember.” I would respond with an A … Continue reading
Now Consider This
This is a different blog than I usually post. But this morning, while reading the Scriptures, this contrast set in Titus 1 and 2 struck me as a great reminder of the contrast between secular and Christian people. I encourage … Continue reading
Deliverance from An Addiction
I Samuel 7 Introduction Israel had become addicted to idolatry and foreign gods. Though “Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel” (4:1), they persisted in idolatry for the first twenty years of his prophetic ministry; it cost them … Continue reading
How To Live in a Broken Governance
Through the Eye of the Judge Today, I read the accounts of Jephthah and Samson (13-16). After that, I read the current issue of World magazine. I had the sense that the latter was an extension of the former. It … Continue reading
Ancient Israel and Cultural Compromise
Introduction In the book of I Corinthians, the Apostle addresses cultural compromise in the Corinthian church. There is probably no modern century that looks more like Corinth than the century between the mid-nineteenth and the present. The mid-nineteenth century has … Continue reading
I Got It! Let’s Make a Law
Facebook Deletes Occasionally, Facebook has flagged a post and then choose to delete so that it never saw the light of day. These deletes have only occurred when I’ve written something that raises a question about the current establishment. Seems … Continue reading
God’s Weaving Process and Remembering
Introduction One of the joys of my long life is having the clarity of mind to rehearse the multitude of God’s blessings. Yesterday, I provided a special occasion to do so. In the providence of God, He has allowed me … Continue reading
