Codger's Cogitations

Have you ever come to a point in your life where you wonder if God cares what you spend your time doing? I don’t mean good vs. evil behavior; I’m talking about what work you do, your job, your calling, your ministry. Can there come a time when God has no more plans for you in this life? Click to read more…

Christians ask God for all kinds of things, and as Scripture tells us, if you don’t ask, you won’t receive. It would be nice to believe that God wants us to always be healthy, wealthy, and happy, but the evidence is that such things are not high on His list of priorities. Click to read more…

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 ESV

Does God love everyone? Many Christians would say He loves only those whom He chooses to love… and He doesn’t choose to love everyone (limited atonement). Furthermore, those whom He loves are forced (irresistible grace) to "believe in him," so all of them have eternal life. If "world" in John 3:16 really means "world" and not "some of the world," then the above interpretation seems incorrect. Click to read more…

I had the idea for this blog a while back, but I never did anything with it. Then I discovered that a quick way to introduce myself to people was to suggest that they do a Google search for "lane lester". (Yes, I know that since I’m in the U.S., the period belongs before the quotation mark, but I think that’s stupid, and anyway, it’s not part of the search term.)

Where was I? We old guys have a tendency to get side-tracked. Oh, yes… well, when I did a Google, I found this website in Google’s index. So I decided I should start putting something here if people were going to find it.

I hope you find something of interest, and I hope you’ll add a comment if you feel so inclined.