Good News: We Are More Salvageable Than We Think
In my most recent blog posts, I suggest that a good way to summarize what the New Testament writers see as “Good News” is this three-part statement: God loves us
Read MoreGood News: We Are More Broken Than We Think
In my most recent blog, I suggested that a good way to summarize what the New Testament writers see as “Good News” is: God loves us so much that God
Read MoreGood News: We Are More Valuable Than We Think
What is this “Good News,” which is supposed to be the reason many of us gather to worship and serve God together? I am certain that you can find far
Read MoreLiving on God’s Great Stage: Waiting for God
Some of us need to be challenged and encouraged to act rather than be passive. To say it a bit differently, some of us need to take the responsibility that
Read More3 Kings & a Wiseman, Part II: David
His name is David. We named our son after him. It’s easy to love the David we meet in children’s Sunday School stories, but when you free his narrative from
Read More3 Kings & a Wiseman, Part I: Saul
His name was Saul. He lived in a little “third world” country about 3,000 years and 8,000 miles from where I sit as I write. Just as importantly, he lived
Read MoreTaking Small Steps in My Understanding of Healing
Healing of all kinds—spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, and relational—is certainly one of the central themes of the Bible. (It’s especially emphasized in Isaiah, Deuteronomy, and the Gospels.) I openly confess
Read MoreRemembering
Memorial Day weekend is always an interesting and somewhat confusing one for me. I am extremely grateful for the life I am free to live. I am for witnessing to
Read MoreWhy Jesus Being Raised From the Dead Matters Theologically
This is the third and final post in a series about the resurrection of Jesus. The claim of the New Testament writers that God raised Jesus from the dead was
Read MoreWhy Jesus being raised from the dead matters historically
If you are interested in a detailed study of the reasons “Jesus was raised from the dead” can be taken seriously as an ancient historical claim, The Resurrection of Jesus
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