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.
05/12/25
On its journey from Byzantium to Constantinople to Istanbul, this special place helps us understand the broader arc of Christian history, which goes on until Christ's return.
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11/15/17
His forgiveness gives us the courage to watch out for our neighbor in both the present and the future, and to act with wisdom while understanding failures are still ahead.
11/07/17
The promise is trustworthy because God has proven Himself to be trustworthy.
11/06/17
The Devil cultivates fear of God and promotes motivation and zeal for outward works and earthly virtue out of pure eternal self-concern.
09/29/17
The Christian who understands Gospel-based love recognizes the false promises and rewards of the Playboy Mansion.
09/26/17
Satan cannot stand the Gospel, and so he goes to work to undermine and render God’s Word an impotent and absurd message.
09/15/17
I hear voices in my head accusing me, telling me these sins will be there on the Day of Judgment unless I make atonement.
08/10/17
The accusations of the voices we hear on a daily basis are deafening. There is no shortage of voices that will remind us of our failures.
08/08/17
I walk in the local mall for exercise several times a week. I purposely avoid weekends and hours when the mall is likely to be crowded because, while I am not a racewalker, I do like to keep up a steady pace as opposed to stopping, starting and inching and this is difficult to achieve even when there are few people around.
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07/25/17
In Christ we are already dead to sin and the eternal consequences of sin. “There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus,” writes Paul (Romans 8:1).
07/03/17
I’ve seen many Christians attempt to wear the world’s hatred as a badge of honor. They count it a huge win if they can get some atheist to rip them up on Twitter or in the comments on Facebook, blogs, or on YouTube.
06/28/17
The only recourse we have is to die before we die. To give up on a fake-life. To acknowledge that this stupid, selfish game we’re playing with our immortality projects has zero success.
05/31/17
Have you ever heard of Spanx? Although they’ve only been around since 2010, their predecessors have been around for centuries.
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