Let us live by walking with Jesus, so that our Neo-Pagan neighbors, the witch, and frankly a lot of us Christians, can put down our crystals, our superstitions, our vision boards, and our bound sage in order to live out a liturgy of life, with rituals, practices, and behaviors that reflect who we are as followers of Christ.
08/17/26
As Jesus hung on the cross there would be no last second escape. No Greek goddess would swoop in to rescue him. He suffered alone. And yet even in that suffering he declared his victory on the spiritual battlefield to be your victory.
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08/14/26
God can handle grief, rage, and cries for justice. God can handle the victim who cannot yet forgive. God can handle the prayer that comes out jagged and wounded. The good news is that God is holy and merciful enough to handle all our prayers.
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09/12/17
This is why a Christian must keep learning to forget himself so long as he lives.
09/11/17
During my recent trip to visit my daughter and her family, my son-in-law got me hooked on Leah Remini’s A&E show, Scientology and the Aftermath.
09/09/17
The only churches that live are churches that have died. That still die. And that rise to newness of life in Christ’s life alone.
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09/07/17
She does not see a Christian in the mirror. She sees a doubter.
09/05/17
Jesus is the "because" and "therefore" of our salvation because He died for our sin
09/01/17
As the devil awakens after a long slumber, recovering from the resurrection event, he finds his shackles loosened and the glorious screams of torment throughout his dark empire
08/31/17
Desiderius Erasmus and many humanists had for a while held out hope for Luther’s call for reform and many of the reformers were themselves, to some degree, humanists.
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08/29/17
The sight of indulgences being bought and sold is just not something I witness on a regular basis.
08/29/17
We focus on what we have, what we don't have, and how and when God is going to give us what we need. This the opposite of faith.
08/25/17
However, right before I affirmed her proposal, it dawned on me, “Isn’t every worship service and Bible study for those struggling with faith, life, and fear?!”
08/24/17
One thing that makes John different than the other three Gospels is the absence of the Lord’s Supper.
08/24/17
Standing before Jesus is one of the cultural groups that the Lord sought fit to eradicate for their wickedness to preserve the line that would eventually birth Jesus.
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