We needn’t fear statistics and studies as palm readings into a certain future. God is God, and his Spirit is alive through his Word.
05/08/25
Christ does not hide his wounds. He offers them.
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05/07/25
The church does not await a verdict; she proclaims one.
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Just when we think we had it all under control, Christ breaks into the midst of our futile efforts to save ourselves.
08/01/17
What do we do when Christians are more focused on their doing for God than God's doing for them?
07/25/17
You can see it far off, looming on the horizon, a thick fog menacing off the coast and swirling in the distance. You know the signs.
07/24/17
One of the biggest challenges to the Christian faith is sorting through our question of “Where is God in the trials of our lives?”
07/23/17
The real Jesus isn’t trapped inside a church’s ATM. He’s smack dab in front of you, grinning from ear to ear, laughing and loving you with a crazy grace that already filled your bank account with millions.
07/19/17
Renowned Scottish philosopher, writer, and historian Thomas Carlyle once quipped, “The History of the World [is] the Biography of Great Men.”
07/19/17
Yet, just as the Jews had two choices, true God or no God, the Christian has the same, true Jesus or no Jesus.
07/18/17
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is read out under the shade of my backyard tree. There, I have a reclining chair and small little side table.
07/18/17
If it's not Christ Jesus "for you" they're not delivering the Gospel to you.
07/17/17
This short series has attempted to show that many, if not all, of the attempts that have been made to reveal or identify tensions or error in Melanchthon’s theology.
07/13/17
Abraham didn’t understand God very well (at least not early on). I don’t say that as a dig against the Patriarch. I don’t think any of us understand God very well either.
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07/13/17
If God is God, He doesn’t need anyone to defend Him. Nor does He need anyone to march for Him.
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