The Bible isn’t a set of moral examples or religious insights. It’s the record of God’s saving work, fulfilled in Christ, delivered now through words spoken and heard.
02/05/26
Ultimately, Scripture does not confront fear with commands. It confronts fear with a promise.
02/04/26
The Scriptures consistently speak about sanctification as a sure gift for the Christian.
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09/18/18
Jesus opened our ears and mouth when He baptizes us. Jesus put His fingers into our ears, speaks to us, and washes our sins away.
09/06/18
The following is adapted from Called to Defend written by Valerie Locklair (1517 Publishing, 2017).
09/05/18
I am not going to give an apology for evolution as a scientific theory. Rather, I am wondering if the normal way of discussing evolutionary science within conservative Christianity has blinded us to certain fruitful uses of the theory.
09/04/18
True preaching arises when the Holy Spirit steeps the proclaimer in its own cycle of judgment and mercy.
09/01/18
Early in the church’s life, some Christians were dragged before the city authorities in Thessalonica and accused of “turning the world upside down,” (Acts 17:6). They were guilty as charged. They were turning the world upside down. Or, rather, they were putting the world right side up.
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08/28/18
Christians have long enjoyed an absurd love affair with white-washing biblical saints.
08/24/18
Prechers translate as a calling. Called by God, they are given a message, and for most of their hearers it is to one degree or another a message in a language from afar, with strange concepts, sometimes with a more familiar ring, sometimes with a strange sound.
08/21/18
Press further on the historicity of the Bible, and we start to get fidgety.
08/19/18
Don’t say you’re beyond hope, for there is not one beyond God. Don’t say you’ve done too much evil, for there is no wrong bigger than God’s heart of forgiveness.
08/17/18
In order to shore up wavering faith commitments, both for the disciples and for us today, Jesus used His actions during a day’s worth of ministry to evidence the hard truth about His Messianic identity.
08/15/18
The Confessions instead look forward and provide a critique of the world and of all my various religions and idolatries.
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