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“You can’t just pick and choose which things the Bible calls sin. You either accept what the Bible calls sin or you don’t; you don’t get to pick and choose.” I seem to be reading this a lot, usually in “discussions” about homosexuality. Now let me state up front that this really isn’t intended to be an...
In my last post I wrote how prayer is primarily designed not to move God to action, but to move us. That is not to assert that God does not listen to our prayers, or isn’t active in our world. He does, and is. It is, however, an acknowledgement that a God who is good and who is characterized by...
Jesus says that when we have faith in God and pray, we can move mountains (Matthew 21:21-22). Makes you wonder why more mountains aren’t moved. I think we tend to look at Jesus’ statement with an understanding that the moving of mountains is God’s work. We ask in faith for the mountain to be thrown into the...
I’m tired of people rejecting Jesus for all the wrong reasons. Whatever else you may say about the Romans and the temple leaders in 1st century Israel, at least they rejected Jesus for the right reasons. Pilate and Caiaphas may have been power-hungry, exploitative, greedy, fearful, violent and...
In my last post I wrote about the relationship between the Old Testament and the New. In a culture that tends to value the new over the old, it’s not surprising to find that Christians tend to elevate the New Testament over the Old, whether by considering it to be mere background to the really good stuff...
Imagine that you and a friend decide to go see a movie. You arrive at the box office at what you thought was fifteen minutes before the scheduled start only to find out that you had misread the schedule and the movie had started over an hour ago. Would you still go in and watch the last half of the movie?...
Selective Repentance
Is Prayer Effective When Our Situation Doesn’t Change?
The Prayer That Moves Mountains
Rejecting Jesus for All the Wrong Reasons
The Incarnation Lens
Is the New Testament More Important for Christians than the Old Testament?
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I am a lifelong student of the Bible, and have been a pastor for over twenty-five years. My desire through this blog is to help people see things in the intersection of Scripture and real life that they might have missed. The careless handling of the Bible is causing a lot of problems in our churches and our culture--and is literally turning people away from the church, and, sometimes, God. I hope to treat Scripture with the respect it deserves, and, even if you don't agree with what I say, give you some insight.
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