http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/Jake Young is pastor of North Anderson Community Church, Presbyterian.en-ushttp://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/oct/06/rapture_nonsense/God’s plan is for the kingdom of heaven to come to earth, not the other way around. Yikes! I better stop throwing all those plastic bags in landfills. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:02:10 -0000http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/oct/06/rapture_nonsense/http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/sep/19/peace_security_war/There really do seem to be (at least) two radically different political mindsets in our country. Let’s focus, for example, on one specific issue: National security. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:02:08 -0000http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/sep/19/peace_security_war/http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/aug/23/psalm124_drought/Fay dumps more than twenty inches in some parts of Florida. They pray for it to stop while we pray for Fay to come this way. It’s like waiting for a dearly beloved guest who chooses, after all, to not show up. Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:30:23 -0000http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/aug/23/psalm124_drought/http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/aug/04/matthew_14_sinking/Matthew did not write this passage so that ambitious preachers could stand in pulpits and heap scorn upon you and try to have power over you by playing on all of our natural ability to feel tremendously guilty at the drop of a hat. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:32:30 -0000http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/aug/04/matthew_14_sinking/http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/jul/11/matthew13_theword/The Word of God is not written. It is alive. It is Christ. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:51:35 -0000http://www.independentmail.com/blogs/jake-young/2008/jul/11/matthew13_theword/