Christianity need not retreat from investigation. Its central claim is that the Word became flesh, entered history, was crucified, and on the third day rose from the dead. That is not an embarrassment to be overcome. It is the claim we have been given to declare and defend.
08/24/26
In the end, your story isn’t an epic of personal glory. You aren’t the hero. Your Savior Jesus is.
08/21/26
Whether a Christian enjoys high church, low church, or something in between, aesthetics in the Church are not about any one individual person and their particular tastes. Aesthetics are, fundamentally, not a matter of legalism, but of edification—that the Gospel of Christ might be preached and taught to all peoples, unhindered by its medium.
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04/02/19
The prophets of old were right: we do resemble what we revere. Our anthropology is hijacked by materialism. We become just stuff who consume stuff and hope to have enough stuff to make life worth it.
03/28/19
When we're under stress, when we're weighed down by responsibilities, and when we feel like nobody cares and no one can help us, we run to God.
03/28/19
Pelagianism is the ancient heresy that says that if you work hard enough and will something strongly enough, you can prevent sin
03/27/19
One of my jobs in high school was helping local ranchers work cattle. We’d vaccinate, cut off horns, castrate, mark their ears, and brand them.
03/26/19
Martin Luther knew something about economics. Well, God’s economics anyway.
03/26/19
No matter what happens, whether failure, pain, or discouragement, Jesus says, “Come to me... and I will give you rest"
03/25/19
As far back as I can remember, even as a small child, I have desperately tried to understand what God’s expectations or requirements are regarding my behavior.
03/22/19
If I’m going to join your church, there’s some things I’ll need to know first. I need to know whether you practice a Christianity that’s primarily a to-do list.
03/20/19
He looked me straight in the eye and said these words, almost in a challenging way, “I hate God. I do."
03/19/19
The other day a prominent Evangelical pastor tweeted, “My life’s commitment is to talk about the Bible in such a way that fake Christians feel fake — so that they can be saved.”
03/15/19
I am the Resurrection,’ says Jesus, not an abstract miracle or idea
03/14/19
With these words, Jesus at the same time acknowledges that earthly government is both divinely sanctioned and, at the same time, not to be conflated with the kingdom of God.
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