I have gone to a lot of church services in my lifetime. And if I had to try to guess which passage from Scripture I…
I want to say this up front. I am challenged by what follows. In fact, I don’t really like today’s post. As I contemplate it…
Have you ever heard the phrase come undone? We use it to refer to situations where everything suddenly seems to fall apart. We use it…
There are times when we feel like we have to know. Times when not knowing seems as if it might drive us to the edge of…
I was reading a post on difficult transitions yesterday and it got me thinking about a lot of different difficult seasons in my life. Not all…
There is a good bit of repetition in the gospels, stories that are told more than once. This is especially true in the Synoptic gospels…
I wanted to pass along a couple of interesting interviews of N.T. Wright and Scot McKnight from Frank Viola. You can learn more about Frank…
I grew up in a Pentecostal tradition that places a fairly strong emphasis on the belief that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of…
My spiritual life use to look a lot like Woodstock. You know, lots of peace, love, and good music. Eventually I figured out that I…
Jesus was the finest teacher to ever walk the earth. He was profound. He was paradoxical. He spoke with authority. But one thing that often…
Israel wanted a king. They wanted an earthly ruler so that they might be like the other nations. God knew that Israel would ask for…
I have a confession to make. I have always struggled with the concept of the Holy Spirit. That might not sound like a big deal,…
Imagine what it might have been like to be on the side of the mountain that day, listening to Jesus as he declared the truth…
One of the best ways to learn more about your own culture is to go live within the context of another. I never had a…