People have tough questions about God. Questions like: Why would a loving God cast “good” people into hell? Why would an all-powerful God allow so much death and suffering in the world? Why would a good God allow children to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I would suggest that sometimes it is not easy to navigate between the biblical directions clearly given to us or whether the descriptions of the actions of others are for us to follow. Many scriptures clearly command us how to approach correcting...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In some ways, saying this about the Old Testament may seem to trivialize what is very much the inspired Word of God. If we were saying that the Old Testament is like the prologue to a book that is easily skipped without really missing the real...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
If you are a Christian who pays attention to the culture around you, you just might be tempted to yearn for some justice. We seem to so often be in a minority position. The power of the modern sexual revolution, the atheistic ideologies of our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
One of the most serious and damning statements in the entire bible is the one that Jesus makes to the Jews who are accusing the disciples of overlooking Jewish customs and rules. It appears that the disciples did not wash their hands to eat and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
One of the dilemmas some people have with church membership is the purpose of it. Some people have rightly been against a formal church membership on the basis that it has been explained as the way of inclusion into the church. Hopefully we would...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The book of Isaiah holds the two most quoted Old Testament statements about the promise of Jesus. In Isaiah 7 we hear of the promise of a virgin giving birth to a son. Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It’s hard to be wrong. It’s even harder to be on the end of a rebuke that brings our wrongdoing into the open in a way that requires a response. It’s during these times that the voice inside us starts speaking lies to us....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Not many books have been written so successfully as to reach a 50th anniversary edition. The late Richard Niebuhr’s book, “Christ and Culture,” is one of them. It shows that the questions about Christ and culture are of high...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
So often we read the bible and skip over words that were never meant to be taken lightly. Sometimes the words we so easily read past are truths for our soul and encouragements for our heart. Sometimes the words we pass by so flippantly are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
