“The fear of the Lord” is our heart’s awakening to and recognition of God’s outrageous goodness.
05/14/25
The women at the tomb were surprised by Easter. Amazed and filled with wonder at Jesus' Easter eucatastrophe. And so are we.
05/13/25
This is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in Sinner Saint: A Surprising Primer to the Christian Life (1517 Publishing, 2025). Sinner Saint is available today from 1517 Publishing.
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10/29/15
We harbor a clandestine doctrine in our hearts: we secretly hope there is a purgatory.
10/27/15
If there was a proclamation of grace, it was an afterthought, given in the sense of “just in case anyone needs this.”
10/27/15
Sometimes the only obstacle to the church accomplishing its goals is when God gets in the way. And he has an irritating habit of doing just that.
10/26/15
Is God the perfect loving father for whom we have all longed; or is he an angry, blood-thirsty deity who can only be appeased by the torture and death of his own child?
10/19/15
Jesus simply can’t help himself. Over and over in the Gospels we find Jesus leaving a wake of physical restoration.
10/13/15
Here’s what lurks beneath this seemingly righteous behavior: they wanted to make a name for themselves, these tower-builders.
10/12/15
You know that person who keeps offending you in some way? They come to you all glossy-eyed and soft-spoken, stammering to get "please forgive me" out because it's the umpteenth time they've done this?
10/10/15
This was one of the most haunting and soul tormenting verses in the Bible for me when I was growing up.
10/01/15
Getting ready for church is an exhausting exercise for a lot of people. By getting ready, I don't mean making wardrobe decisions.
09/30/15
But in that quest for thou shalts and thou shalt nots, you’ll miss what really matters. You’ll trample the cross while racing for the tablets of stone. From the tale of Achan's theft, you’ll rob yourself of Jesus.
09/30/15
“God doesn’t care about the intentions of your heart!” I said a little too loudly and emphatically.
09/25/15
Jesus said it would have been better for this man not to have been born. Shocking words, sad words. But they are not the saddest words in Scripture.
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