The Importance of Believing True Things
“Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not...
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Category: Christian Living
God’s Word Builds God’s Church
In our day and age, it’s common to hear that people are no longer interested in church....
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How Christians Made the Bible Boring (And What You Can Do About It)
“I began my teaching career at a Bible college, where I inherited the “next generation” of...
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Yep, Christians Should Go to Church
Perhaps I have never written a more obvious, and yet, a more needed blog post than this one....
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Did Early Christians Practice Socialism or Communism?
To the chagrin of many Christians today, it may be surprising to learn that some scholars and...
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The “New” Objective Morality
The final days of the 20th century and beginning days of the 21st were rife with socio-political...
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Persuasion to a point of view is ethical and necessary
Have you ever encountered the absurd idea that it is somehow unethical to persuade someone? I...
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The gospel truth in gospel love
This might sound a little silly for a Christian to say, but here goes: Lately, I’m becoming quite...
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Integrity to keep you from sin
We all have different backgrounds… Some of you reading have been followers of Christ for a very...
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Be Kind. No, like, Actually.
We often see t-shirts, signs, and other paraphernalia promoting biblically based concepts… That...
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Actually FOLLOW Jesus
So I was born in 1989… Which means I grew up in the 90’s. The 90’s were…interesting…for a variety...
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5 P’s to lead your family well
There I was….feeling like a failure… Once again, I FORGOT to read the Bible with my kids at...
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The power of love motivated by the Spirit of God
I received some excellent responses the other day when I asked the question, What is God teaching...
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Suddenly, all my coffee was on the floor…
The other day, I spilled my coffee on the floor first thing. Okay…pretty small problem right. I...
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Loss, Peace, and the Folly of Running Away
Just 19 years ago on Saturday, I lost my dad to the “C” word. I was about 12 years old. It was an...
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Biblical Endurance
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be...
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Evangelism and Exponential Growth
We live in a day where the idea of evangelism has become taboo in some circles; and, where some see the need but feel overwhelming fear in sharing Christ with others. I think there’s a two-part remedy to these issues.
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Daniel: A Portrait of Prayer, Power, and Prophecy
The book of Daniel gives multiple accounts of life during the Babylonian exile. In this week’s podcast and blog (which is more of a detailed outline), we explore some key concepts around the book of Daniel and discover how God used this man to change the world in his time.
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The 5 Contexts of Biblical Interpretation
When we think about “context” there are certain concepts that come to mind involving grammar, genre, literary devices, and other linguistic features. But there’s much more to the issue of context than that! Here’s an excerpt from my upcoming book that gives an introduction to thinking about interpreting the Bible well.
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What is Ministry?
What is ministry? The word “ministry” has a variety of contexts, and I think it’s something quite often misunderstood. It’s much more than a profession.
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Marriage in the Bible and Sinning Against God
Many make the mistaking of thinking marriage is more of a constitutional union. In other words, one is married insofar as they have a piece of paper that declares it to be so. This isn’t necessarily wrong, but it is not the full picture.
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Why Are You Still Reading the News?
Amid the COVID-19 crisis the world has been dealing with, I’ve been asking myself this question over and over: Why are you still reading the news? Here are some of my thoughts.
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Should Christians Study the Hebrew and Greek Texts of the Bible Today?
Much time, money, and effort is given to the process of discovering the accurate reading and understanding of biblical texts. With the availability of God’s Word in unprecedented abundance, a question is raised in the minds of many Christians today—is it important to study the original languages of the Bible?
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What Does it Mean to Call on the Name of the Lord?
“The name of the Lord” is a phrase used throughout Scripture by multiple different authors. I wonder if we truly grasp what it really means, though, to call upon his name? I get the sense that this is one of those ideas that has been cliché in Christian culture, such that its true meaning and/or significance is actually lost among those who are familiar with it.
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Reading the Bible may be a bad thing. Here’s why.
That Christians should spend time reading the Bible is, itself, uncontroversial. But just how should we read the Bible? Is there a “best” way?
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