Calling oneself a “Bible-believing Christian” fails to account for the fact that every belief system, knowingly or unknowingly, arises out of a particular history.
06/02/26
From the very beginning, the community that God was forming was going to be much more inclusive than anyone could have imagined.
06/01/26
There are important historical reasons for making a distinction between ministry and vocation.
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12/14/16
We have heard of the man born to be king. Here in Bethlehem, by divine condescension, the King—the King of kings—is born to be man.
12/13/16
Jesus isn't Superman. He's not from another planet. He's from Earth.
12/12/16
God coming to us at Christmas encapsulates the essence of Christian faith: we don't make ourselves strong and then work our way up to a strong God.
12/11/16
He created us with an eye on recreating us. He made humanity in his image because one day he would assume that image. The Creator would become a creature while remaining Creator.
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12/09/16
So it is with my little garden as well; dead, so it would seem. Nothing. Barren.
12/07/16
Have you ever grown despondent from trying so hard to stop behaving in certain destructive ways, but always failing?
12/06/16
This time of year, Christmas time, the world isn't so much Christ-expectant as it is Christ-haunted.
12/03/16
Sometimes we try be the bad god, sometimes the good god, oftentimes a freaky hybrid of both. The result is the same: Jesus the savior just gets in our way.
11/30/16
I have the easiest time remembering all the good things I have done. How I was kind in the face of anger.
11/14/16
As an avid movie-goer, one of the ways Scripture comes alive for me is to picture the stories as if they were scenes and beats from a live-action movie.
10/29/16
True freedom, Luther discovered, is found in Jesus crucified who sets us free.
10/20/16
Over and over, generation after generation, sinners repeat the same mistake. "How is it possible that God can be a man," we ask.
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