Have you ever heard the expression ‘sour grapes’? Do you judge people on the actions of their children? Sour grapes is most commonly used to mean that the value of something unobtainable is not as great as was hoped, but it also refers to a proverb that I forbid to my people, that the sour grapes the fathers ate set the children’s teeth on edge. Haven’t you known good parents whose children made bad choices in spite of good training? A valid Biblical principle is that you not judge others. If you would not judge others for their own actions, how much less should you do so for the actions of someone else, even if it is their own children? 

Are you curious about how things work? Do you wonder about cause and effect? When presented with a new situation do you try to find an explanation for it? A given situation may have multiple plausible explanations, some of which are natural and some are supernatural. Do you assume that only one can be true? Do you prefer natural explanations if one is available? This reflects an anti-supernatural bias and there is nothing irrational in thinking that a given effect can be the result of a combination of causes. I created the natural world. I continue to be present and intervene in its operation. 

The following blog is from Pastor Joe Brock, a close friend, and upcoming blogger to the CWG website. Enjoy! I was a youth pastor in the early 90’s. In 1995 I graduated college and moved into a full-time associate pastor position. My family was involved in a church plant and in time, I became my father’s associate pastor. Who says God does not have a sense of humor? So for the next few years, I served the church in a number of capacities, all the while growing and experiencing the things of the Spirit. As time when on, my wife and I realized that the path we were on was parting from the direction of the church. So in an honoring parting of ways, we left the church and the denomination, determined to continue to follow the Lord.

Is it possible that one could be blind and not know it? Yet the Pharisees asked me if they were blind also, and the answer was yes. What about hunger? Is it possible to be hungry and not know it? Everyone is created in my image, and is therefore a spiritual being. This carries with it a hunger to return and connect with your source, and this applies to all, believer and unbeliever alike. Unbelievers don’t know what to call this, and you see some peculiar and distorted attempts to fill the spiritual vacuum. So you can be hungry and not know it. You are in a position to identify this hunger and bring them to the one who can fill it. Blessed are those who hunger after righteousness, for they shall be filled.