The heavens are neither geocentric, nor even heliocentric, but Christocentric. It is the cross and the crucified and risen Jesus who has the whole world, and each of us, in his nail scarred hands.
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05/07/26
Humanity, despite our best efforts, cannot answer the question as to why God allows evil to occur.
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05/06/26
This is an excerpt from the Chapter 7 of Being Family by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 72-74.
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09/05/18
We all do it. It comes naturally to every human being. Since the Fall, every man and woman, every child, everyone imagines he can use experience and knowledge to figure out God.
09/04/18
She was my friend, walking through marriage troubles. Her husband was unfaithful to her, with the technicalities and carefully drawn lines of “not technically sex” and justifying himself, which had wounded her deeply.
09/04/18
True preaching arises when the Holy Spirit steeps the proclaimer in its own cycle of judgment and mercy.
09/03/18
Jesus says that none of our goodness is good enough to pass muster. Likewise, none of our badness is bad enough to propel us outside Jesus’ death for sin.
08/30/18
Sehnsucht can echo the truth, but only Scripture reveals the God who experiences it.
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08/28/18
Christians have long enjoyed an absurd love affair with white-washing biblical saints.
08/27/18
When I hear the word “repentance” my mind quickly goes to those old terror inducing Chick Tracts.
08/23/18
As a bass player, when I listen to music, I listen for what the bassist is doing. But, when I listen to music in my 2004 Honda Civic I have a problem: only one of the four speakers works.
08/22/18
Amazing things. That’s what happens when the Triune God shows up in Jesus Christ.
08/21/18
Press further on the historicity of the Bible, and we start to get fidgety.
08/20/18
We prefer this to be switched around. We want something to happen in us before anything happens outside of us.
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