The way of the cross is the actual way of victory. Jesus absorbs the worst of what humanity and even the devil can do to him, and he spurns the shame of it all.
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07/16/25
The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
07/15/25
Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.
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09/23/16
Fairy tales are but one chapter in the book we call storytelling. We may prefer reading other kinds of stories (mystery, science fiction, and so on).
09/22/16
Imagine if Zacchaeus posted on Jerusalem's Facebook a selfie with Jesus. The top dog among the tax-gougers with Christ at his dinner table. Oh, the outrage! The puritanical zealots would have been tweeting and blogging about it for months.
09/22/16
Not long ago I was having a conversation with a friend. She was facing a big decision about her career with a deadline looming for a decision.
09/20/16
We find such a temptation when the devil causes us to question God’s election or predestination of us in “eternity as a past event” (i.e. “eternity-past”).
09/12/16
Real theologians can’t shut up about who Jesus is and what he’s done on your behalf. So-called theologians with little interest in Jesus may be book smart but they're Gospel stupid.
09/06/16
So, what do we do when someone doesn't believe God's promise of forgiveness, life, and eternal salvation is for him?
08/31/16
I love books. I love authors. I love the way putting words down on paper incarnates ideas that might otherwise remain ghosts of the mind, flitting here and there in our gray matter.
08/30/16
Music is an inherent part of our humanity as image-bearers of God. And like all gifts, it is meant for the good of the receiver.
08/24/16
If you know me in the least, then you know of my fondness for the 2010 film Inception.
08/23/16
Before long I was deeply involved in the trilogy (the reader is invariably "drawn into" the story in a unique way, and for a good reason as we shall see).
08/16/16
Although I was too young to have mastered the skill of lying, I also knew that I couldn’t tell this woman the truth.
08/11/16
God’s desire that all be saved led him to pay the price by which all are saved, all are justified.
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