This is the second installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
06/20/25
This story is not meant for six-year-olds, but it is meant for us, though we should hardly handle it.
06/19/25
Despite how deep Habakkuk sank into doubt and despair, his faith was not entirely lost. He was merely taking his doubts where they belonged: to the Lord.
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09/22/16
Imagine if Zacchaeus posted on Jerusalem's Facebook a selfie with Jesus. The top dog among the tax-gougers with Christ at his dinner table. Oh, the outrage! The puritanical zealots would have been tweeting and blogging about it for months.
09/20/16
We see someone driving a fancy car, owning a big home, having healthy children and an attractive spouse. Instantly, almost without a second's thought, we assume they are successful. Life is good for them.
09/20/16
We find such a temptation when the devil causes us to question God’s election or predestination of us in “eternity as a past event” (i.e. “eternity-past”).
09/14/16
It is often the case that when dealing Divine, we find ourselves befuddled. For as relatable and surprisingly vulnerable God is as the man Jesus, he seems, at times, to retain a certain aloofness, a type of distance.
09/12/16
Real theologians can’t shut up about who Jesus is and what he’s done on your behalf. So-called theologians with little interest in Jesus may be book smart but they're Gospel stupid.
09/06/16
So, what do we do when someone doesn't believe God's promise of forgiveness, life, and eternal salvation is for him?
08/24/16
If you know me in the least, then you know of my fondness for the 2010 film Inception.
08/20/16
To forget ourselves is to remember another, that is, to act in such a way that benefits them. That’s the problem: we don’t.
08/16/16
Although I was too young to have mastered the skill of lying, I also knew that I couldn’t tell this woman the truth.
08/15/16
The Christian life is compared to many things throughout Scripture. It's likened to a soldier going to war, a sheep under the care of a shepherd, or the journey of a pilgrim to a far-off city.
08/11/16
God’s desire that all be saved led him to pay the price by which all are saved, all are justified.
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